Manual betting
With one-click betting switched off, clicking a price opens the Manual Betting dialog — a proper bet slip, pre-filled with what you clicked, that places nothing until you confirm. It's the deliberate, check-everything way to bet, and the mode we recommend while you're learning.
Who can use it
The full dialog, including the Broadcast toggle when two or more exchanges are connected and the market is linked across them — see Order broadcasting.
The same dialog, identically — manual betting isn't gated. (Broadcast doesn't apply with a single connected exchange.)
Placing a bet
- Make sure the one-click toggle is off, then click a back or lay price in the Market View.
- The dialog opens pre-filled with that selection, side and price. Adjust anything: Odds step through the exchange's valid ticks (typed odds are corrected to the nearest valid tick automatically), and you can flip the side entirely.
- Set the Amount and a Bet Duration — how long the bet may rest unmatched before it's cancelled automatically.
- Check the summary and confirm. The bet appears in Requested Bets immediately.
After you place: the bet's life
Every bet placed through BetTrading.net is tracked live, on every exchange:
- Unmatched — resting in the market. Cancel is shown and removes it (or its unmatched remainder), releasing your funds.
- Partly matched — some stake taken; the matched and unmatched amounts are shown and refresh automatically every few seconds.
- Matched — fully taken. Cancel disappears (there's nothing left to cancel); Trade Out becomes the way to change your mind.
- Settled, cancelled or lapsed — terminal states are clearly indicated, and everything flows into your trade history.
If the exchange got there first — the bet matched a heartbeat before your Cancel — the app tells you rather than pretending: the bet stays, marked matched.
Use manual mode for prices away from the current market — click any rung, then adjust the odds a few ticks further and let the bet rest. Short bet durations are a tidy discipline: an offer that hasn't matched in a minute usually wasn't the right price.