The Evolution of An Options Trader – Part III

As I mentioned in an earlier post here at DDI, for the past few months, I’ve been working on an algorithmic options trading system. I described it as follows: But, one rabbit hole tends to lead to another.  The same filtering process allowed me to identify option candidates for short-term purchase and sale. By exclusively purchasing call and/or put options on these stocks, I could (on a projected basis) do very well because the leverage available in options far exceeds the leverage available in purchasing equities.  Once again, I would be initially focused on stock price appreciation. If there were…...