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New Backtest Feature: Enter Trades Based on Premium Divided by Strike Difference

For spread strategies, you can now define the premium compared to the strike difference for...

The Tale of Two Backtests: Why Aren't Opposite Strategies Absolute Returns Equal?

You might think a strategies like short call spreads and long call spreads should have equal and...

The Wildest Earnings Week on Record

Last week was the wildest earnings week of any in the ORATS 3-year study, as measured by the...

Nasdaq-100 Stocks with High Options Volume Today

CSX MAR AMAT UAL CTRP FOXA QCOM EBAY TMUS and NTAP have unusual options volume today.

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Join Us at the Chicago Traders Expo

The ORATS team will be at the Arc Bar in the Hyatt Hotel McCormick on Sunday and Monday from...

What To Do When The VIX Is This Low

With the VIX hovering around 12.5, we looked at how various strategies have worked in the past...

How to Backtest a Short Calendar Diagonal Spread

This is another 'non-traditional' options spread that can be set up in the ORATS backtester by...

Backtest ‘Non-traditional’ Options Spreads Like a Diagonal Call Ratio

There are times when you want to backtest a 'non-traditional' options spread as a package rather...

Backtest Exiting an Options Spread with Price Divided by Max Profit

There may be a time when the current market price of a spread is so large or so small relative...