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How to Automate a Bollinger Band Strategy

How to Automate a Bollinger Band Strategy

Learn how to build an automated Bollinger Band bot using debit and credit spreads to trade breakouts.
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We Analyzed 20,000 Options Trades: Here’s What We Learned About Position Swings
We Analyzed 20,000 Options Trades: Here’s What We Learned About Position Swings
4 min read
Backtester Enhancements Unlock Research Superpowers for Options Traders
Backtester Enhancements Unlock Research Superpowers for Options Traders
3 min read
Building an RSI Swing Trading Bot with Credit Spreads
Building an RSI Swing Trading Bot with Credit Spreads
30 min video
3 Smart Ways to Use SmartStops
3 Smart Ways to Use SmartStops
4 min read
5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest
5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest
7 min read
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13 Stock Chart Patterns that You Can’t Afford to Forget
13 Stock Chart Patterns that You Can’t Afford to Forget
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4 Must Know Options Expiration Day Traps to Avoid
4 Must Know Options Expiration Day Traps to Avoid
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The Three Best Option Strategies for Earnings
The Three Best Option Strategies for Earnings
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How Can a Call Option Decline in Value When a Stock Rises?
How Can a Call Option Decline in Value When a Stock Rises?
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What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You About Trading Iron Condors
What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You About Trading Iron Condors
4 min read
Problems Getting Your Option Order Filled? Try These 3 Quick Adjustments
Problems Getting Your Option Order Filled? Try These 3 Quick Adjustments
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How to Set Up a Broken-Wing Butterfly Option Strategy
How to Set Up a Broken-Wing Butterfly Option Strategy
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4 Rules for Generating Profits During Market Declines
4 Rules for Generating Profits During Market Declines
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Automated Trading Using AND/OR Decision Criteria
Automated Trading Using AND/OR Decision Criteria
5 min video
Share Bot Automations Just as Easily as Bot Templates
Share Bot Automations Just as Easily as Bot Templates
2 min video
The Power of Reusable Automations Across Multiple Bots
The Power of Reusable Automations Across Multiple Bots
3 min video
Automated Trading Decisions Based on a Symbol's Price Change
Automated Trading Decisions Based on a Symbol's Price Change
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How to Setup Your Bot Automations to be Incredibly Flexible
How to Setup Your Bot Automations to be Incredibly Flexible
13 min video
Automated Trading Using Multiple Moving Averages
Automated Trading Using Multiple Moving Averages
3 min video
How to Add a Global VIX Filter to the Beginning of an Automation
How to Add a Global VIX Filter to the Beginning of an Automation
7 min video
How to Automatically Avoid Trading When Markets are in a Downtrend
How to Automatically Avoid Trading When Markets are in a Downtrend
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Account Management Improvements Released
Account Management Improvements Released
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Use Bot-Level Decisions for Added Flexibility
Use Bot-Level Decisions for Added Flexibility
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Order Controls Released
Order Controls Released
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Bot Template Versioning Released
Bot Template Versioning Released
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Bid-Ask Spread Expectations
Bid-Ask Spread Expectations
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Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?
Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?
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Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered
Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered
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Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained
Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained
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Grouping and Nesting Decisions for More Powerful Automations
Grouping and Nesting Decisions for More Powerful Automations
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Using Folders for Organizing and Grouping Bot Automations
Using Folders for Organizing and Grouping Bot Automations
5 min video
When to Group Decisions Together and When to Separate Them into Multiple Steps
When to Group Decisions Together and When to Separate Them into Multiple Steps
10 min video
Test Automations Directly Inside the Automation Editor
Test Automations Directly Inside the Automation Editor
5 min video
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Have You Peaked?
Have You Peaked?
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Steps for Selling an Iron Condor
Steps for Selling an Iron Condor
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Short Options Contract: Exercised or Assigned?
Short Options Contract: Exercised or Assigned?
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Automated Does Not Mean Unattended
Automated Does Not Mean Unattended
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