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03:45
Easily Run Automations On Specific Days of the Week
With event automations, you can schedule your automations to trigger on a specific day of the week, giving you complete control of when your strategies run.
4 min video
3:51
Creating Repeating Schedules for Automations
Do you like to enter trades on a consistent schedule? Use events to run your automations on a custom repeating schedule.
4 min video
2:29
How to Move Bots to Your Live Trading Account
Cloning enables you to move a bot from a paper trading account to your live trading account.
2 min video
5:09
Leveraging SmartPricing Settings for Intelligent Position Management
Explore the many ways you can leverage different SmartPricing settings to enter and exit positions more intelligently and customize orders.
5 min video
8:27
Combining Multiple Probability Analysis Decisions
Filtering potential trade opportunities has never been easier. With automation, you can quickly evaluate multiple probability analysis decisions simultaneously.
8 min video
6:13
Estimate the Probability of Trades being ITM at Expiration
Do you trade short option positions? This decision recipe estimates the short strike's probability of being in-the-money at expiration.
6 min video
4:56
Instantly Close All Open Positions Inside a Bot
Have you wished you could close all your positions with one button? Now you can! Learn how to use an event automation to instantly exit open positions.
5 min video
8:05
Group Multiple Technical Indicator Signals Inside Your Bot Automations
If you use multiple technical indicators, we suggest grouping them together in a scanner automation when filtering trade opportunities.
8 min video
3:27
Matching Expiration Dates of Current Positions to New Positions
Hedging and rolling positions is easy with this feature that matches expiration dates of new and existing positions.
3 min video
1:16
Renaming Custom Inputs Inside Automations
Quickly and easily rename inputs to customize your automations with specific descriptions.
1 min video
2:47
Setting Fixed Contract Limits to Manage Position Sizing
Worried about overallocation? You can set fixed contract limits to manage position sizing in your autotrading bots.
3 min video
5:09
Use Grouped Decisions for Monitoring Multiple Position Legs
If you trade multi-leg option positions, grouping decisions is an efficient way to monitor different option properties.
5 min video
6:21
Quickly and Easily Test Bot Automations
You can easily test your automations in the automation editor to quickly see decision action outcomes in live market conditions.
6 min video
1:46
Clear Bot Logs in One Click
We've made it easy to manage your automation history and clear the entire bot log with just one click of a button.
2 min video
7:54
Automatically Check Probabilities Before Opening New Positions
Use a decision recipe to automatically check a position's probability of profit when filtering for potential trading opportunities.
8 min video
03:23
Use Time Stops with Bot Monitors
If you manage trades based on the position's duration, you can use a time stop decision recipe inside a monitor automation to close positions exactly when you want to.
3 min video
07:31
Filter Trade Opportunities for a Minimum Rate of Return
If you look for a specific risk/reward ratio, use this rate of return opportunity recipe to automatically filter trades before sending an order to you broker.
7 min video
03:29
Automate Actions in Your Portfolio by Ticker Symbol
You can specify different actions inside an automation based on the position's ticker symbol in the bot.
3 min video
06:46
Setup Custom Inputs from a Cloned Bot Template
Cloning bot templates is an incredible feature of the autotrading platform. Learn how to setup custom inputs to customize bot templates added to your library.
7 min video
04:19
Dynamically Adjust Profit Targets The Week of Expiration
Let your automations dynamically adjust profit targets the week of expiration. Monitor automations can automatically manage positions as expiration approaches, so you don't have to.
4 min video
06:18
Get Notified of Early Assignment Risk
Worried about being assigned on your option position? Bots can automatically notify you of early assignment risk if your option is in-the-money.
6 min video
03:43
Modify Bot Templates Shared in the Community
You can easily modify any bot template that is shared in the Community. Learn how with this tutorial video.
4 min video
09:10
Filter for Tight Bid-Ask Spreads
To target high liquidity and avoid costly slippage, everyone should use this recipe in their bots to automatically filter for tight bid-ask spreads before entering a new position.
9 min video
03:45
Easily Run Automations On Specific Days of the Week
With event automations, you can schedule your automations to trigger on a specific day of the week, giving you complete control of when your strategies run.
4 min video
04:06
Avoid Pattern Day Trader (PDT) Rule Automatically
If you're worried about overtrading in a small account, use this decision recipe to check a position's duration and avoid the pattern day trader (PDT) rule.
4 min video
07:52
Estimate the Probability of Maximum Loss
Use this simple decision recipe to estimate the probability of taking the maximum loss on an options trade.
8 min video
06:54
Setup Automated Profit Targets and Stop Losses
Are you tired of closing every trade with manual orders? Learn how to automate your trade exits with profit targets and stop losses.
7 min video
03:23
Use Time Stops with Bot Monitors
If you manage trades based on the position's duration, you can use a time stop decision recipe inside a monitor automation to close positions exactly when you want to.
3 min video
07:31
Filter Trade Opportunities for a Minimum Rate of Return
If you look for a specific risk/reward ratio, use this rate of return opportunity recipe to automatically filter trades before sending an order to you broker.
7 min video
04:51
Create Custom Profit Target Inputs
Not all profit targets are created equal. Use custom inputs inside a monitor automation to easily modify profit targets for different tickers and strategy types.
5 min video
04:03
Build Spreads with a Minimum Probability of Success
Use this decision recipe inside a scanner automation to filter spread positions for a minimum probability of success before entering a trade.
4 min video
2:29
How to Move Bots to Your Live Trading Account
Cloning enables you to move a bot from a paper trading account to your live trading account.
2 min video
03:29
Automate Actions in Your Portfolio by Ticker Symbol
You can specify different actions inside an automation based on the position's ticker symbol in the bot.
3 min video
02:24
Setup a Moving Average Trend Decision Automatically
This useful decision recipe enables you to evaluate if a security is above or below a moving average to determine its trend before moving through the automation.
2 min video
09:50
Create Custom Ticker Inputs
Custom inputs give you incredible flexibility and are an efficient way to extend the functionality of a variable field. With custom ticker inputs, you can easily change an automation's ticker symbol inside any bot.
10 min video
06:46
Setup Custom Inputs from a Cloned Bot Template
Cloning bot templates is an incredible feature of the autotrading platform. Learn how to setup custom inputs to customize bot templates added to your library.
7 min video
06:15
Use Bots to Manage Assignment Risk
You no longer need to stress about challenged positions as expiration approaches. Learn how you can use decision recipes inside a monitor automation to manage potential assignment risk.
6 min video
03:45
Easily Run Automations On Specific Days of the Week
With event automations, you can schedule your automations to trigger on a specific day of the week, giving you complete control of when your strategies run.
4 min video
09:10
Filter for Tight Bid-Ask Spreads
To target high liquidity and avoid costly slippage, everyone should use this recipe in their bots to automatically filter for tight bid-ask spreads before entering a new position.
9 min video
05:55
Combine Multiple Decisions for Position Exit Triggers
Do you use multiple criteria to trigger close position actions to exit a trade? Now you can combine decision recipes into a single group to dynamically and intelligently manage positions in a monitor automation.
6 min video
04:06
Avoid Pattern Day Trader (PDT) Rule Automatically
If you're worried about overtrading in a small account, use this decision recipe to check a position's duration and avoid the pattern day trader (PDT) rule.
4 min video
06:54
Setup Automated Profit Targets and Stop Losses
Are you tired of closing every trade with manual orders? Learn how to automate your trade exits with profit targets and stop losses.
7 min video
07:52
Estimate the Probability of Maximum Loss
Use this simple decision recipe to estimate the probability of taking the maximum loss on an options trade.
8 min video
2:29
How to Move Bots to Your Live Trading Account
Cloning enables you to move a bot from a paper trading account to your live trading account.
2 min video
5:09
Leveraging SmartPricing Settings for Intelligent Position Management
Explore the many ways you can leverage different SmartPricing settings to enter and exit positions more intelligently and customize orders.
5 min video
04:03
Build Spreads with a Minimum Probability of Success
Use this decision recipe inside a scanner automation to filter spread positions for a minimum probability of success before entering a trade.
4 min video
7:54
Automatically Check Probabilities Before Opening New Positions
Use a decision recipe to automatically check a position's probability of profit when filtering for potential trading opportunities.
8 min video
6:13
Estimate the Probability of Trades being ITM at Expiration
Do you trade short option positions? This decision recipe estimates the short strike's probability of being in-the-money at expiration.
6 min video
03:29
Automate Actions in Your Portfolio by Ticker Symbol
You can specify different actions inside an automation based on the position's ticker symbol in the bot.
3 min video
07:31
Filter Trade Opportunities for a Minimum Rate of Return
If you look for a specific risk/reward ratio, use this rate of return opportunity recipe to automatically filter trades before sending an order to you broker.
7 min video
09:29
How Bot Allocation Limits Work to Protect You from Overtrading
Want to avoid overtrading? Learn how bot limits protect you from allocating too much capital to a single position.
9 min video
03:40
Avoid Trading Around Earnings Announcements
Earnings announcements can create a lot of volatility and uncertainty in individual stocks. Avoid the event with this simple decision recipe.
4 min video
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