A Christmas Gift for You
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Or Tools of the Trade.
Hopefully this Dropbox link will work if you copy / paste it into a browser:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ctzm1tf5yx1b73k/AAAR7GHW8qYcY_aI2CRWeazNa?dl=0
There’s been some talk of acca’s and acca spreadsheets and how to calculate lay stakes for them on here recently, it’s a topic that seems to come up quite often.
There are plenty of spreadsheets and online tools available now, but I though I’d make available one I designed some time ago. In essence, it doesn’t really do that much different to others I’ve seen, but it might offer a few more options/advantages:
– it’s more succinct than others I’ve seen, you don’t need a separate sheet/set of calculations for acca’s with different numbers of legs
– it offers a number of different strategies as options
– you can use it to monitor up to a dozen running accas at a time
– it’s got a simulation sheet so you can see what sort of variance you might encounter if you were to repeat the same (or similar) acca over and over (if you are not laying or you are adopting an approach which doesn’t guarantee profit).You will need Excel on your machine and it includes macro’s so your settings will need to allow these to run. That said, all of the key staking calculations are done by formulas in the main sheet. Also, it was designed for a widescreen monitor so you may want to adjust the zoom or some of the column widths to see it better on a smaller screen.
As ever with these things, it’s offered with no warranty, express or implied, use at your own risk etc. (especially since it’s not idiot-proofed). There are some guide notes included, but some of it may need further explanation, so if anyone has questions just post them here and I’ll answer as soon as I can.
