Options Volume and Open Interest The trading environment has been changing rapidly due to many factors among which are social media influence and involvement of retail traders in the options market. As the January 2021 events demonstrated (extreme movements in names...
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Obtaining, managing, and supporting an options data infrastructure is incredibly complex and costly. Understanding and managing these costs can be quite complicated as well. Many trading organizations that take the in-house approach do not execute well on all fronts....
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When it comes to service from your data partner, what should you expect? Onboarding, integration, and production support are all vital to your success. A partner’s onboarding services should include a working pre-production environment, migration support, accurate...
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What are the building blocks for a successful options trading model? Many investors who are getting started with options begin by analyzing historical data and end-of-day prices. Historical data is important for updating options trading models while access to deep,...
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Provider Experience and Expertise is Key. A great options data partner is not solely defined by the strength of its product and service offering. Some options data providers rely on inexperienced or ill-equipped staff to manage or control costs and this method is...
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Are Your Option Analytics Accurate? Simply having an eye on the numbers is not enough. To ensure data consistency, live market data and analytics should be integrated with the same data source and produced holistically. Combining historical data with live analytics,...
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