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Trader Spotlight: Charles
We are thrilled to spotlight Charles, an engineer who embraces education, strategy development, and selflessly sharing ideas with the Option Alpha Community.
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Option Alpha April 2023 Release
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How To Manage Assigned Autotrading Positions
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Create Your Own Custom In-App Notifications
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The Power of Reusable Automations Across Multiple Bots
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How to Automate a MACD Strategy with Bots
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How to Automate a Bollinger Band Strategy
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Building an RSI Swing Trading Bot with Credit Spreads
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Automated Trading Using Multiple Moving Averages
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New, Streamlined Way to Filter Trading Opportunities
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New Probability & Symbol Filters Added to Trade Ideas
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Expanded SmartPricing Settings to Control Slippage
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New FOMC Meeting & CPI Decision Recipe
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Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following
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0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades
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We Analyzed 20,000 Options Trades: Here’s What We Learned About Position Swings
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3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested
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Using Folders for Organizing and Grouping Bot Automations
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Test Automations Directly Inside the Automation Editor
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Grouping and Nesting Decisions for More Powerful Automations
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When to Group Decisions Together and When to Separate Them into Multiple Steps
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Options Wheel Strategy
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Portfolio Hedging Strategy with VIX Options
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