Unsure of what size actually refers to

[Krippers]

in a price there is price and size. I am not sure if size refers to the amount that can actually be placed or the amount available to be returned. So if I see size=2 then does that mean i can place £2 at that price successfully ?

[LetsGo]

if you can't work out simple problems like that yourself using a debugger or through trail and error then...

[Krippers]

Thanks, I appreciate the response, pointless and witless though it was. Any real people can clear this up please, it would help, otherwise I wouldn't have asked. Ta

[LiamP]

in a price there is price and size. I am not sure if size refers to the amount that can actually be placed or the amount available to be returned. So if I see size=2 then does that mean i can place £2 at that price successfully ?

Yes, assuming you are looking at the ladder it is the amount available to be placed. If you see £2 at a price of 10 you can match that with £2.

[jabe]

You can try.

[Krippers]

Thank you LiamP, jabe, can you expand on that please, I'm writing the tests for failed scenarios, it would be useful to know of such issues.

[Guest]

Price and Size. The Price is the odds ie 1.97, the Size is the amount of money that can be placed at 1.97, ie $30

So if you back bet $30 at 1.97 your bet is fully taken, but if you backed $35 at 1.97 then $30 is matched and your remaining $5 would sit at 1.97 as a potential Lay bet for someone to match you.

[jabe]

Thank you LiamP, jabe, can you expand on that please, I'm writing the tests for failed scenarios, it would be useful to know of such issues.

If there is an amount of money (size) on offer for particular odds (price) and your program places a bet for the price and size on offer, there is no guarantee that the same price & size will still be available because someone else might have taken all or some of it. If that's the case, the whole or part of your bet will remain until someone else matches it, or you cancel or change it, or the bet somehow expires.