{"id":59,"date":"2018-10-20T20:53:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T03:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2018-10-20T21:46:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T04:46:36","slug":"how-do-you-optimize-option-trades","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/how-do-you-optimize-option-trades\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you optimize option trades?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the most from your options trades can be really hard, but we have some good news for you.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-65 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchDashboard.png\" alt=\"Option Search Dashboard\" width=\"752\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchDashboard.png 752w, https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchDashboard-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 85vw, 752px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Option Search Dashboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although we&#8217;ve since evolved into a pretty comprehensive options platform, Quantcha originally launched as the industry&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/OptionSearchEngine\">Options Search Engine<\/a>. Our unique functionality enables users to easily turn a view for a stock into an optimal options trade. All you need is a stock, a time horizon, and a view.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearch.png\" alt=\"Option Search Term &amp; View Selector\" width=\"600\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearch.png 600w, https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearch-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Option Search Term &amp; View Selector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once you define your view, the options search does all the heavy lifting to generate thousands of potential trades using dozens of common and sophisticated strategies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-67 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchFilters.png\" alt=\"Option Search Filters\" width=\"295\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchFilters.png 295w, https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchFilters-180x300.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 85vw, 295px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Option Search Filters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can customize the results in a variety of ways. First, you can manually select which strategies to include or exclude. There is also a convenient filter the list based on your options trading level. Next, you can filter out trades that don&#8217;t meet your risk\/reward goals. There are also filters to exclude range-bound strategies, illiquid options, and in-the-money shorts. Finally, you can sort the results by their average return (expected value), highest potential, and lowest minimum (all relative to your view).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66\" style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66\" src=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchResults.png\" alt=\"Option Search Results\" width=\"619\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchResults.png 619w, https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionSearchResults-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 85vw, 619px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Option Search Results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trades that meet the filter criteria are sorted and presented in an easily digestible summary. This includes the expected range of returns for the current view, the execution plan, and a profit &amp; loss diagram at expiration. If you see a trade you like, you can click through for deeper analysis using our <a href=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/OptionTradeAnalysis\">in-depth option trade analyzer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cfQKy6NkSvk\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-64 size-full\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather,Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 186px; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: 840px; orphans: 2; outline-color: #72777c; outline-style: solid; outline-width: 1px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; border: 0px none #1a1a1a;\" src=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/OptionsSearchYouTube.png\" alt=\"Option Search Training\" width=\"296\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Option Search Training<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like a deeper tour of our options search functionality, please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cfQKy6NkSvk\">this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the most from your options trades can be really hard, but we have some good news for you. Although we&#8217;ve since evolved into a pretty comprehensive options platform, Quantcha originally launched as the industry&#8217;s first Options Search Engine. Our unique functionality enables users to easily turn a view for a stock into an optimal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/how-do-you-optimize-option-trades\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do you optimize option trades?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantcha.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}