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Re: Options Trading System



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Thanks - That is what I thought based on reading the material on the Omega
web site.

I am really surprised that no one has developed any trading software for the
options trader - granted there are more options pricing model software out
there than you can shake a stick at....

Does anyone know of any options trading software?

Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Holverstott" <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Yup, TS is pretty worthless for testing options strategies without
> getting into a whole coding nightmare. Even if you could find accurate
> data (hard to do), there is a limit to how many data series you can load
> in a chart and you can only trade Data1. So, say your strategy is to
> trade the at-the-money calls, you would need to have many strikes loaded
> in the chart and every trade would take place at a different strike
> (different data series) which would be unlikely to be Data1.
>
> Optionstation? I've never tried it but friends who know options a lot
> better than I say it's a bad joke.
>
> Bob Fulks wrote:
> > You may have to do your own accounting for
> > profitability, etc., since you will need to trade on the data1 series
which is
> > not likely to be very accurate.
>
> --
>   Dennis
>