Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show210Sometimes we don't know what we don't know. As a trader, we might have been conditioned after years of using legacy platforms to just "suck it up" and grid our way through complex and tedious tasks on a daily basis. But with automated trading, you can finally offload the things you do now (or should be doing) as a trader for bots and automations. In today's show, we'll highlight at least 12 complex things that are simple to automate with bots. If you...

210: 12 Complex Things That Are Simple To Automate w/ Bots

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Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show232Navigating options expiration is a critical skill for traders, especially with the rise of daily expirations.This week’s podcast explores the top 7 automated tips and tricks you can use inside Option Alpha to set up your portfolio for better options expiration management.See all 7 tips hereAdjust exit options as you near expirationCheck the extrinsic value of your positions/legsCheck the probability of short legs being ITMDon’t use market orders, use...

232: Tips and Tricks for Navigating Options Expiration

Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show231This week we explore the latest and most pressing challenges emerging for investors who have embraced autotrading.As automation revolutionizes the financial markets, traders find themselves navigating uncharted psychological territory. From trusting bots and algorithms, coping with reduced decision-making control, and the novel complexities of autotrading that demand a new style of adaptation and resilience. With help from our team, I’ll peel back th...

231: The 10 New Trading Psychology Challenges Emerging from Autotrading

Show Notes: https://optionalpha.com/show230 This week I explore a deep and philosophical viewpoint into the world of automated trading and its inevitable rise for investors. I explore the evolutionary nature of human decision-making and its limitations in complex financial markets by examining cognitive biases and their impact on manual trading. I’ll also discuss the technological advancements driving this shift, risk management in autotrading, and the future trends and challenges in this rap...

230: An Evolutionary Perspective on Why Autotrading Will Dominate

AI is the hot new buzzword these days, sparked by the release of ChatGPT a few months ago. Since then, it seems everyone has used OpenAI’s software in fascinating (and sometimes scary) ways. So, I jumped into ChatGPT and asked it to come up with the top questions that new and advanced traders ask about options trading.  This week's podcast explores the 15 questions - and answers - that options trades want to know.See all 15 answers hereWhat are options and how do they work?How much money...

229: 15 Options Trading Questions from ChatGPT

How long does it take a stock to get back to even after a large daily move down? And does the magnitude impact how long it takes the position to recover the loss?We’ve all been in losing trades and wondered if we should hang on to the position for a little longer or cut it loose. So, to help answer the question, we studied the short-term performance of stocks and ETFs after different daily loss totals.The study analyzed 324 assets over a 20-year period. We calculated the 5-day returns followi...

210: 12 Complex Things That Are Simple To Automate w/ Bots

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