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How to Automate a Bollinger Band Strategy
How to Automate a Bollinger Band Strategy
6 min read
Option Alpha Announces Tradier Integration
Option Alpha Announces Tradier Integration
1 min read
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
3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested
3 AAPL Bullish Options Strategies Backtested
5 min read
Expanded Strike Selections Give You Even More Control
Expanded Strike Selections Give You Even More Control
3 min read
New Community Groups For Targeted Conversations
New Community Groups For Targeted Conversations
3 min read
Enhanced Bot Performance Stats
Enhanced Bot Performance Stats
2 min read
Crowdsource Backtests in the Community
Crowdsource Backtests in the Community
2 min read
Master Your Decision Timing With These Automation Sequencing Improvements
Master Your Decision Timing With These Automation Sequencing Improvements
2 min read
We didn’t find any tutorials with this tag so here's some new videos.
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Filter for Tight Bid-Ask Spreads
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Estimate the Probability of Maximum Loss
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Close Positions Based on Their Time Until Expiration
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Add Multiple Profit-Taking Bot Buttons
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Add a Bot Button that Liquidates All Positions Instantly
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Filter Trade Opportunities for a Minimum Rate of Return
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How Bot Allocation Limits Work to Protect You from Overtrading
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Use Criteria Groups and Sub-groups for Targeted Decisions
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Build Spreads with a Minimum Probability of Success
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Apr 17, 2017
Are Your Current Technical Analysis Indicators Slowly Destroying Your Portfolio?
This episode takes another in-depth look at technical analysis indicators to identify which ones work best and which ones you should avoid.
22 mins
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Jan 22, 2016
This Stochastics Tweak Was the Difference Between Making or Losing Money
The stochastics indicator has long been a favorite for investors and is arguably one of the most popular technical analysis indicators. In this episode, I will show you the results of our backtesting analysis on the stochastics indicator and share the tweak that make a major difference.
15 mins
Show #41
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Jan 20, 2016
How Changing Just One Setting Increased this Indicator’s Win Rate from 31% to 68%
Today I'm going to give you a very special sneak peak inside our new technical analysis backtesting report called SIGNALS. Using backtest results, we show how changing just one setting increased a win rate by more than double.
16 mins
We didn’t find any podcasts with this tag so here's some new shows.
Show #217
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May 5, 2022
Shop Talk: Autotrading Expectations, Trading Routine and Consistency, and Market Update
In this week's shop talk, we explore how to manage your autotrading expectations, and share tips for trading routine consistency, and discuss current market news.
37:15
Show #216
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Apr 24, 2022
Shop Talk: Twitter Bid, Oil Volatility, and Strategy Selection
We "talk shop" about the recent news with Elon Musk's Twitter bid, why people are attracted to IPOs, selecting and refining the right strategy, crude oil volatility, habit-forming and changing, and what we have noticed in markets recently.
55:27
Show #215
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Apr 12, 2022
The 15 Trading Psychology Questions to Ask Yourself If You Don't Have a Trading Coach
In this episode, we present a collection of questions to help you dig deep into your psychology and mindset around trading.
34 mins
Show #214
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Mar 16, 2022
Build A Fully Automated Options Portfolio with $3,000 in 1-Click
On this podcast, we introduce a new bot template that you can clone with one click. This bot is perfect for traders with portfolios of around $3,000.
1 hour 19 mins
Show #213
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Mar 1, 2022
What I Learned From NOT Trading Last Year
I did not trade last year. My attention was focused on the launch of the autotrading platform and not on the daily routine of trading. The year away provided many lessons that I want to share with you all in this episode.
28 mins
Show #212
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Feb 25, 2022
How Smart Traders Allocate Capital Efficiently Inside Their Bots
In this show, we'll highlight ways to allocate capital inside your bots and unpack some thought-provoking questions you should consider when building your automated trading strategies.
54 mins
Show #211
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Feb 8, 2022
Iron Butterfly Strategy - 8 Tips Before Your Next Trade
The iron butterfly strategy is popular for traders of all experience levels. This episode explores the basics and provides 8 actionable suggestions you should consider before placing your next trade.
1 hour 1 min
Show #210
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Jan 31, 2022
12 Complex Things That Are Simple To Automate With Bots
Trading doesn't have to be complicated. Before automation, you had to complete countless tasks manually for every position. Now you can automate these repetitive processes with bots. Here are 12 examples of complex things you can automate with bots.
1 hour 3 mins
Show #209
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Jan 18, 2022
The Doors Are Open to Autotrading & The Next Chapter of Option Alpha
In this episode, we share how to get access to our new platform and what comes next on your autotrading journey. We’ll also explore why we built the platform, what it does, and what’s next for Option Alpha.
1 hour 21 mins
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Automated Bollinger Bands Bot
48 min video
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Stochastic Swing Trading Bot
57 min video
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MACD Indicator Bounce Bot
51 min video
We didn’t find any lessons with this tag so here's some popular videos.
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Cutting Your Commissions
7 min video
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Diversify Across Options Strategies
4 min video
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Market Orders
5 min video
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Maximum Capital Usage
3 min video
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The Importance of Liquidity
4 min video
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Long-Term Consistency
6 min video
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More "Robot-Like" Trading
6 min video
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Optimal Probability Level
7 min video
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The Cost of Slippage
10 min video
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Simple Trend Trading with Options Bot
Discover how you can leverage the flexibility of automation to create a simple trend following bot using options.
10 min video
Simple Trend Trading with Stocks Bot
Follow along as we automate a simple trend following strategy using scanner and monitor automations.
11 min video
Trend and Momentum Trading Bot
This bot automates a popular strategy using a moving average and ADX to trigger open and close position actions.
20 min video
Technical Swing Trading Bot
Create an options swing trading bot using a strategy that references MACD levels to enter bullish and bearish credit spreads.
27 min video
Portfolio Trend Trading Bot
Learn how you can reuse a single scanner automation for multiple ticker symbols to create a portfolio of trend following options positions.
17 min video
Multiple Moving Averages Bot
Create a bot that uses multiple moving average crossovers to enter and exit long equity positions. Plus, learn how to copy an automation for ultimate efficiency.
13 min video
Evaluating MACD Technical Indicator
Evaluating MACD technical indicator allows you to use a ticker's MACD values to make decisions inside an automation.
3 min video
Platform Indicators
Current indicators on the platform and their source code from TA-Lib: Technical Analysis Library.
4 min read
Comparing Underlying Symbol Price to an Indicator
Comparing underlying symbol price to an indicator allows you to choose whether a symbol’s price is above or below a moving average indicator with a defined time period.
1 min video
Evaluating Underlying Symbol Standard Deviation
Evaluating underlying symbol standard deviation lets you reference a ticker's price movement relative to standard deviation in a defined period.
1 min video
Comparing Multiple Underlying Symbol Indicators
Comparing multiple underlying symbol indicators allows you to compare the value of a symbol’s moving average indicator to the value of another moving average indicator for the same symbol, with different time periods.
1 min video
Evaluating Underlying Symbol Indicator Properties
Evaluating underlying symbol indicator properties allows you to make decisions based on an indicator’s properties for an underlying symbol.
4 min video
Comparing Bollinger Bands to Symbol Price
Comparing Bollinger Bands to symbol price allows you to use Bollinger Band values to make decisions inside an automation.
2 min video
Evaluating Stochastic Technical Indicator
Evaluating stochastic technical indicator allows you to set a ticker's K, D, and smooth period for a specified moving average.
3 min video
Comparing Multiple Underlying Symbol Indicator Properties
Comparing multiple underlying symbol indicator properties allows you to make decisions by comparing indicator property values for multiple underlying symbols.
4 min video
We didn’t find any help articles with this tag so here's some we just updated.
Backtesting Metrics
Overview of how the autotrading backtest engine operates and what each of the different performance metrics mean.
2 min read
Receiving Automations
It's never been easier to implement a trading strategy. Receive automations in public and private messages to expand your portfolio.
2 min video
Attaching Automations
Crowdsource your strategies with other traders. Attach automations in private and public messages to share your ideas with the Community.
3 min video
Duplicate Orders Error
The duplicate orders error protects you from replicating orders in your bot and brokerage platform.
1 min read
Pricing Anomaly Warning
The “pricing anomaly” warning occurs when a trade opportunity experiences pricing that is outside of what is expected.
1 min read
Using Bookmarks
Bookmarks help you track and organize your favorite Community posts.
1 min video
Daily Symbol Limit Error
The “daily symbol limit” error occurs when a bot attempts to reference more than 10 symbols in a single trading day.
1 min read
Session Timeout
The autotrading platform will automatically log out after an extended period of no user activity. You have control over the session timeout length.
1 min read
Receiving Bot Templates
You can receive bot templates through messages and posts, save them to your library, and quickly create a clone.
2 min video
We didn’t find any bots with this tag so here's some new templates.
Dual Action Bot
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@matt
Bot sells ATM put spreads M/W/F morning when in an uptrend and will also sell call spreads to hedge.
Range Breakouts
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@steve_boswell
Checks for range breakouts with custom inputs and checks SMAs before opening long spreads.
Pre-Earnings Run
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@steveganz
Buys stock X days prior to an earnings report and sells the stock the day prior to earnings.
IV & SMA Spreads
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@qbgemini96
Filters for high IV Rank and strong SMA trends for entering credit spreads.
Fed Day
by
@larry_rupp
This bot opens put and call credit spreads using an event automation at 2:15 before Fed announcements.
45 DTE Iron Condor
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@dannyvfilms
Opens a portfolio of .15 Delta 45 DTE Iron Condors on 10 of the SPDR Sector Funds.
Weekly Iron Butterfly
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@jdraket
Weekly iron butterfly with customizable profit targets, trailing stops, and spread widths.
Earnings IV Crush
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@dannyvfilms
Attempts to take advantage of IV Crush through Iron Condors in the days leading up to earnings.
Deep ITM Call Debit Spread
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@larry_rupp
Seeks a small profit after entering deep ITM 30 DTE long call debit spreads.

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