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Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following

Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following

0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades

0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades

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

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades

0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades

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

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following

Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

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

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades

0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades

Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following

Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

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

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades

0DTE Options Strategies: Insights from 25k Trades

Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following

Trading the Opening Range: Mean Reversion vs Trend Following

13 Stock Chart Patterns that You Can’t Afford to Forget

13 Stock Chart Patterns that You Can’t Afford to Forget

The Three Best Option Strategies for Earnings

The Three Best Option Strategies for Earnings

How Can a Call Option Decline in Value When a Stock Rises?

How Can a Call Option Decline in Value When a Stock Rises?

What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You About Trading Iron Condors

What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You About Trading Iron Condors

4 Must Know Options Expiration Day Traps to Avoid

4 Must Know Options Expiration Day Traps to Avoid

Problems Getting Your Option Order Filled? Try These 3 Quick Adjustments

Problems Getting Your Option Order Filled? Try These 3 Quick Adjustments

How to Set Up a Broken-Wing Butterfly Option Strategy

How to Set Up a Broken-Wing Butterfly Option Strategy

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

5-Year SPY Put Credit Spread Backtest

3 Option Strategies to Use During Low Volatility Markets

3 Option Strategies to Use During Low Volatility Markets

Naked Option Selling: The Stupid Myth of "Unlimited Losses"

Naked Option Selling: The Stupid Myth of "Unlimited Losses"

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

Rising Interest Rates: Taper Tantrum or Opportunity?

Mastering the 4 Different Types of Option Orders

Mastering the 4 Different Types of Option Orders

How Can I Exit a Vertical Option Spread Without Getting Creamed?

How Can I Exit a Vertical Option Spread Without Getting Creamed?

Portfolio Hedging Strategy with VIX Options

Portfolio Hedging Strategy with VIX Options

What Can I Realistically Make My First Year Trading Stocks and Options?

What Can I Realistically Make My First Year Trading Stocks and Options?

Trading Psychology – 5 Tips to Help Control Your Emotions

Trading Psychology – 5 Tips to Help Control Your Emotions

How to Profit from Volatility Skew Trading Strategies

How to Profit from Volatility Skew Trading Strategies

Here’s a Quick Way to Hedge Credit Spread Option Strategies

Here’s a Quick Way to Hedge Credit Spread Option Strategies

Building an RSI Swing Trading Bot with Credit Spreads

Building an RSI Swing Trading Bot with Credit Spreads

When Should You Buy Back the Short Leg on a Credit Spread?

When Should You Buy Back the Short Leg on a Credit Spread?

4 Rules for Generating Profits During Market Declines

4 Rules for Generating Profits During Market Declines

TD Ameritrade Commission Negotiation: How I Did It

TD Ameritrade Commission Negotiation: How I Did It

Options Volume Trading Strategy: How to Profit

Options Volume Trading Strategy: How to Profit

19 Top Places to Get Real-Time Stock Market Quotes and News

19 Top Places to Get Real-Time Stock Market Quotes and News

Using Diagonal Spreads for Long Term Investing Plus Monthly Cash Flow

Using Diagonal Spreads for Long Term Investing Plus Monthly Cash Flow

14 Stages of Investor Emotions & Trading Psychology

14 Stages of Investor Emotions & Trading Psychology

How Much Money Do You Need to Trade Options

How Much Money Do You Need to Trade Options

Options Technically Don't Expire on the Third Friday

Options Technically Don't Expire on the Third Friday

12 Can’t Fail Steps on How to Place Your First Option Trade Tomorrow

12 Can’t Fail Steps on How to Place Your First Option Trade Tomorrow

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

Deep-in-the-Money ETF Options Strategy

Deep-in-the-Money ETF Options Strategy

Why Most People Fail Miserably at Options Trading (And How to Avoid it)

Why Most People Fail Miserably at Options Trading (And How to Avoid it)

What to Know About Proper Position Sizing when Trading

What to Know About Proper Position Sizing when Trading

10 Golden Rules for Trading Success Regardless of What You Trade

10 Golden Rules for Trading Success Regardless of What You Trade

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

Tail Risk Pricing Post-Pandemic

14 Characteristics of Highly Successful Option Traders

14 Characteristics of Highly Successful Option Traders

3 Smart Ways to Use SmartStops

3 Smart Ways to Use SmartStops

Straddle Option Strategy: Profiting from Big Moves

Straddle Option Strategy: Profiting from Big Moves

Figure Out How Many Options Contracts to Trade

Figure Out How Many Options Contracts to Trade

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

Is the “Golden Bull Market” Finally Ending?

4 Ways You Can Trade Weekly Options in Your Portfolio

4 Ways You Can Trade Weekly Options in Your Portfolio

10 Reasons Why Options Trading Liquidity is Vital

10 Reasons Why Options Trading Liquidity is Vital

Autotrading Is Here: The Doors Are Open

Autotrading Is Here: The Doors Are Open

Backtester Enhancements Unlock Research Superpowers for Options Traders

Backtester Enhancements Unlock Research Superpowers for Options Traders

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

Bid-Ask Spread Volatility Explained

Using Bots to Automate Profit Targets and Stop Losses

Using Bots to Automate Profit Targets and Stop Losses

Why You Should Never Look at Stock Charts Again

Why You Should Never Look at Stock Charts Again

How to Automate a Bollinger Band Strategy

How to Automate a Bollinger Band Strategy

Option Alpha Announces TradeStation Integration

Option Alpha Announces TradeStation Integration

19 Famous Quotes from Great Investors

19 Famous Quotes from Great Investors

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: 5 Questions Answered

SmartPricing Released

SmartPricing Released

When to Hold a Position Before You Cut Losses

When to Hold a Position Before You Cut Losses

Digging for New Stock and Options Trading Ideas

Digging for New Stock and Options Trading Ideas

Option Alpha Announces Tradier Integration

Option Alpha Announces Tradier Integration

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Bid-Ask Spread Anomalies: Risk and Opportunity

Combining Multiple Moving Averages to Trend Follow with Bots

Combining Multiple Moving Averages to Trend Follow with Bots

Bot Template Versioning Released

Bot Template Versioning Released

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested

Automatically Scan a Watchlist of Ticker Symbols Inside Your Bots

Automatically Scan a Watchlist of Ticker Symbols Inside Your Bots

Managing Multiple Strategy Types with Monitor Automations

Managing Multiple Strategy Types with Monitor Automations

Have You Peaked?

Have You Peaked?

Short Options Contract: Exercised or Assigned?

Short Options Contract: Exercised or Assigned?

Top 5 Ways to Reduce Your Options Trading Commissions

Top 5 Ways to Reduce Your Options Trading Commissions

How to Automatically Avoid Trading When Markets are in a Downtrend

How to Automatically Avoid Trading When Markets are in a Downtrend

Automated Does Not Mean Unattended

Automated Does Not Mean Unattended

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Bid-Ask Spread Expectations

Leveraging the Power of Bots to Scan for Trading Opportunities

Leveraging the Power of Bots to Scan for Trading Opportunities

Automatically Exit Your Option Trades Before Expiration

Automatically Exit Your Option Trades Before Expiration

Bot & Position Tags: Where Precision Meets Flexibility

Bot & Position Tags: Where Precision Meets Flexibility

Introducing Automation "Switches"

Introducing Automation "Switches"

Use Bot-Level Decisions for Added Flexibility

Use Bot-Level Decisions for Added Flexibility

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

Automated Trading Using Multiple Moving Averages

Automated Trading Using Multiple Moving Averages

Import Your Positions from Your Brokerage Account to Option Alpha

Import Your Positions from Your Brokerage Account to Option Alpha

Expanded Strike Selections Give You Even More Control

Expanded Strike Selections Give You Even More Control

New Community Groups For Targeted Conversations

New Community Groups For Targeted Conversations

Manage Your Positions with Return on Risk

Manage Your Positions with Return on Risk

Create Your Own Custom In-App Notifications

Create Your Own Custom In-App Notifications

Introducing the Bot Wizard

Introducing the Bot Wizard

Test Automations Directly Inside the Automation Editor

Test Automations Directly Inside the Automation Editor

Share Bot Automations Just as Easily as Bot Templates

Share Bot Automations Just as Easily as Bot Templates

Automated Trading Decisions Based on a Symbol's Price Change

Automated Trading Decisions Based on a Symbol's Price Change

Strike Price Selection Enhancements Released

Strike Price Selection Enhancements Released

Compare Multiple Backtests for Unparalleled Strategy Development

Compare Multiple Backtests for Unparalleled Strategy Development

Scanner and Monitor Ordering Released

Scanner and Monitor Ordering Released

New Open High Low Close (OHLC) Stock Decisions

New Open High Low Close (OHLC) Stock Decisions

The Power of Reusable Automations Across Multiple Bots

The Power of Reusable Automations Across Multiple Bots

How to Setup Your Bot Automations to be Incredibly Flexible

How to Setup Your Bot Automations to be Incredibly Flexible

Automated Trading Using AND/OR Decision Criteria

Automated Trading Using AND/OR Decision Criteria

New Decisions to Check Bot Trade History & Active Orders

New Decisions to Check Bot Trade History & Active Orders

Master Your Decision Timing With These Automation Sequencing Improvements

Master Your Decision Timing With These Automation Sequencing Improvements

Create Bots Instantly from Any Backtest

Create Bots Instantly from Any Backtest

Choose Your Path with these Automation Editor Improvements

Choose Your Path with these Automation Editor Improvements

Now Your Bots Can Make Decisions Using Market Days or Calendar Days

Now Your Bots Can Make Decisions Using Market Days or Calendar Days

Account Management Improvements Released

Account Management Improvements Released

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

Now You Can Schedule Automations to Run After Market Open & Before Market Close

Now You Can Schedule Automations to Run After Market Open & Before Market Close

4 New Updates to Make Autotrading Easier

4 New Updates to Make Autotrading Easier

Enhanced Bot Performance Stats

Enhanced Bot Performance Stats

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SmartPricing Released

SmartPricing Released

Use Bot-Level Decisions for Added Flexibility

Use Bot-Level Decisions for Added Flexibility

Order Controls Released

Order Controls Released

Bot Template Versioning Released

Bot Template Versioning Released

Choose Your Path with these Automation Editor Improvements

Choose Your Path with these Automation Editor Improvements

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

Grouping and Nesting Decisions for More Powerful Automations

Grouping and Nesting Decisions for More Powerful Automations

Share Bot Automations Just as Easily as Bot Templates

Share Bot Automations Just as Easily as Bot Templates

The Power of Reusable Automations Across Multiple Bots

The Power of Reusable Automations Across Multiple Bots

Now Your Bots Can Make Decisions Using Market Days or Calendar Days

Now Your Bots Can Make Decisions Using Market Days or Calendar Days

4 New Updates to Make Autotrading Easier

4 New Updates to Make Autotrading Easier

Autotrading Is Here: The Doors Are Open

Autotrading Is Here: The Doors Are Open

Increased Automation Flexibility With "Stock or ETF" Decision Recipe

Increased Automation Flexibility With "Stock or ETF" Decision Recipe

Compare Multiple Backtests for Unparalleled Strategy Development

Compare Multiple Backtests for Unparalleled Strategy Development

Now You Can Schedule Automations to Run After Market Open & Before Market Close

Now You Can Schedule Automations to Run After Market Open & Before Market Close

Easily Edit Automation Paths With Negated Decisions

Easily Edit Automation Paths With Negated Decisions

Expanded Strike Selections Give You Even More Control

Expanded Strike Selections Give You Even More Control

Master Your Decision Timing With These Automation Sequencing Improvements

Master Your Decision Timing With These Automation Sequencing Improvements

Crowdsource Backtests in the Community

Crowdsource Backtests in the Community

How to Automate a MACD Strategy with Bots

How to Automate a MACD Strategy with Bots

Options Wheel Strategy

Options Wheel Strategy

How To Manage Assigned Autotrading Positions

How To Manage Assigned Autotrading Positions

Introducing $0 Commission Free* Trading with Option Alpha and Tradier

Introducing $0 Commission Free* Trading with Option Alpha and Tradier

Introducing $0 Commission Free* Trading with Option Alpha and TradeStation

Introducing $0 Commission Free* Trading with Option Alpha and TradeStation

Backtester Now Includes Technical Indicators

Backtester Now Includes Technical Indicators

Introducing Interactive, Real-Time Options Payoff Diagrams

Introducing Interactive, Real-Time Options Payoff Diagrams

Upgraded Backtester Offers Increased Precision

Upgraded Backtester Offers Increased Precision

Upgraded Bot Logs Add "Highlights" & Quicklinks to Positions

Upgraded Bot Logs Add "Highlights" & Quicklinks to Positions

Manual Trading Reimagined and Easily Connected to Auto-Management

Manual Trading Reimagined and Easily Connected to Auto-Management

Faster Position Management with 1-minute Auto-Exit Options

Faster Position Management with 1-minute Auto-Exit Options

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