Introducing Market Trigger Alerts: Let the Market Come to You

We are currently testing a new feature within the DC Network Pro Market Form Terminal: Market Trigger Alerts.

The idea is simple. You may be interested in a horse, but the current market has not yet given you the evidence needed to act.

You might want to back a runner—but only if meaningful support arrives. Alternatively, you may believe a favourite is vulnerable, but want to see genuine market weakness before considering an opposing position.

Market Trigger Alerts allow you to define that evidence in advance.

Set your own market trigger

A new Set Alert button is available alongside runners in the Pro Market Form Terminal.

Select a horse and choose between two conditions:

• Wait for support: receive a notification if the horse is backed by your chosen number of probability points.
• Wait for weakness: receive a notification if the horse drifts by your chosen number of probability points.

You can currently choose a movement of:

• 2 probability points
• 4 probability points
• 6 probability points
• 10 probability points
• 15 probability points

When an alert is created, DC Network records the horse’s live reference price and calculates the approximate price required to trigger your notification.

For example:

Reference price: 6.50
Alert condition: Backed by 6 probability points
Approximate trigger price: 4.68

If the required support develops, the member receives a personal push notification through OneSignal.

Why we use probability points

Market Trigger Alerts are based on changes in implied probability rather than simple changes in decimal odds.

This matters because the significance of an odds movement depends on the starting price. A move from 10.00 to 8.00 does not represent the same market change as a move from 3.00 to 2.00.

Using probability points allows movements to be measured consistently across different prices.

For example, decimal odds of 6.50 represent an implied probability of approximately 15.38%. If the horse gains six probability points, its implied probability becomes approximately 21.38%—equivalent to decimal odds of around 4.68.

The displayed trigger price is an estimate. The system verifies the latest available live price when the alert is saved and when each subsequent check is performed.

Confirmation before backing

Some horses have compelling form or historical Market Form profiles, but members may still want confirmation from the current market.

Instead of continually refreshing the Terminal, a member can create an alert and ask DC Network to notify them if the required support appears.

The alert does not tell the member to place a bet. It tells them that the specific market condition they chose has occurred.

That distinction is important.

Market Trigger Alerts are designed to support an individual decision-making process—not replace it.

Waiting for weakness

The feature can be equally valuable when assessing a potentially vulnerable favourite.

A member may believe that a short-priced horse is worth opposing, but only if the market begins to weaken.

They can select Wait for weakness, choose the required probability-point drift and allow the system to watch the price.

If that weakness develops, the notification provides evidence that the member’s chosen condition has been satisfied.

What happens after an alert is created?

Every alert begins with an Active status.

The automated checker then compares the latest available price with the reference price captured when the alert was created.

An alert can move through the following statuses:

• Active: the system is monitoring the runner.
• Triggered: the requested movement occurred and the notification was sent.
• Expired: the race started before the requested movement occurred.
• Cancelled: the member cancelled the alert.

Notifications are intended to trigger only once. Clicking a notification takes the member back to the relevant racecard.

Personal alerts—not general broadcasts

These are individual alerts created by individual members.

If one member asks to be notified when a horse is backed by six probability points, that does not create a notification for every DC Network member. The push notification is linked to the member who created the alert.

This allows different users to monitor the same horse for entirely different reasons.

One member might be waiting for support. Another might be waiting for weakness. Others may decide that no market movement is required at all.

The member defines the condition.

Currently in testing

Market Trigger Alerts are currently in a testing phase.

During testing, we will be assessing:

• The accuracy of reference and trigger prices.
• The reliability of individual push-notification delivery.
• The speed of alerts after a qualifying movement.
• Automatic race-time expiry.
• Performance during busy racing periods.
• The clarity of the alert-setting interface.
• How different browsers and devices handle notification permissions.

Because the feature is being tested, notifications may occasionally be delayed, particularly where website traffic or scheduled background processing affects the timing of a market check.

Members should not rely on Market Trigger Alerts as their only source of live pricing information. Prices can also change again between an alert being triggered and the member opening the relevant race.

The beginning of a wider alert system

Market Trigger Alerts provide the foundation for a broader personalised notification system across DC Network.

In future, the same infrastructure could support optional alerts for features such as:

• Repeat Winner signals
• Elite and Gold signals
• Stable Intent
• Analyst selections
• Other Market Form qualifications

For now, the focus is narrower: allowing members to create a one-off alert for a specific horse and a specific live market movement.

It is another step towards making the Pro Market Form Terminal a genuinely personal market-monitoring tool.

Instead of watching every price every minute, members can identify what matters to them, define the evidence they are waiting for and let DC Network monitor the market.