Thanks for that - never heard of barchart, but a quick look and it seems like it might do the job, though I'll still have to copy and paste data...
Interesting - is that a program you wrote yourself?
Yeh I looked at finviz - I can export data if I pay $25 per month. Nothing free (or at least cheaper) out there?
Just wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to download a list of upcoming earnings reports dates for all US stocks? (I know I can get...
From IB chat just now: "Margin account is available only for Corporate registered in Australia." Looks like it might be the way to go - create a...
Feel free to ask them, but I did and they said NO.
Just one (major) problem Robert - as an Australian (not sure about other countries) IB won't allow me to open a margin account. Btw using margin...
Yes cash account.
I've recently started trading covered calls with Interactive Brokers and find that I can't use cash from a position I've just closed until three...
Actually I'm using batch files with gwebcmd. I must have done my downloads at a bad time before - just did them again and it took about one...
I'm using Alan Ellman's 'Return on Option' formula to try and find good covered call trades, so I'll be loading them into Excel and sorting them...
I'm looking at using a program to download options chain data from Nasdaq.com. I'd be downloading data for several hundred companies and thus...
Yes - to quickly identify options offering good premium for covered calls trades.
Thanks for the replies! I should have mentioned I'm with Interactive Brokers and use Win 8 btw. IB's TWS API looks like it should be what I'm...
Thanks Nano - I should have mentioned I want the Bid/Ask data as well, which Iqfeed doesn't seem to have.
Just wondering if there's a tool or script out there anywhere that would let me download option chains for a given list of stocks (between 50-100)...
Thanks Tom - yes you're correct about the paper trading, I've been doing that for several months. Right now I'm just planning to put on a token...
Just started using IB - if you want to place a covered call trade would you use Strategy Builder, Mosaic or OptionTrader please anyone?
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