What's New in Option Alpha

November 2024

New 0DTE backtester features based on community feedback

Thank you to everyone in the community who took time to contribute ideas and feedback to improve the new 0DTE backtester. Here are the changes that made it into this release:

  • IWM added as a supported symbol
  • Backtest capital allocations and % of capital position sizing
  • Simple/exponential moving average filters
  • Change % since market open filter
  • Overnight gap % filter
  • Standard deviation based price change filter
  • More precise leg delta selections
  • Additional Expiration exit option choices
  • Compare up to 5 backtests at once
  • Delete multiple backtests at once
  • Improved filtering of invalid pricing and wide bid/ask spreads
  • Search backtest descriptions
  • Generate a bot with a scan time frame instead of a fixed time
  • Link to backtest automatically added to generated bot notes
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Customize the schedule for automations and exit options

You can now change the time bots start scanning for new positions and monitoring existing ones.

  • Scanners and exit options can start as early as 9:31am
  • Run scanners until 5 minutes before market close
  • Monitor exit options until 1 minute before market close
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New decisions for VIX and overnight gap %

  • Check VIX change from high/low/open/close over a specific period of time
  • Check gap % - the overnight change % from previous day close price to current day open price
  • Added gap and gap % to symbol decision recipe
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Additional updates worth mentioning...

  • IWM added to 0DTE Oracle
  • Select deltas for position legs in .01 increments instead of .05
  • Added 5 minutes, 10 minutes and 3 hours to the Expiration exit option
  • Added "change as std dev" to symbol decision recipe

What's New - November 2024

November's platform release features new enhancements to the 0DTE backtester, customizable automation scheduling, and new decisions for VIX and overnight gaps.
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