Hoadley Trading & Investment Tools... ???

I've had an account with TOS for a while,
partly for the free live squawk box [s&p futures],
but I also can't find anything that gives me a
relatively quick % Return on options, that I can annualize.

thanks
marc

 

well the tools that come with Hoadley are very worth it .

 

I get a strong feeling you like Hoadley

I found a Trade & Probability Calculator
over at OptionsXpress, that may do what I was looking for...

marc

 

partly because it gives you tons of functions you can use on your own spreadsheets..

 

Can anyone using the Hoadley kit and trading Futures Options please share info on what data feed you are using?

I am on the Rithmic feed and Hoadley has just confirmed that it cannot hook up.

He suggested either paying separately for data or opening an account with OptionsXpress.

I do not see the value of paying for data when I already have the Rithmic feed, might as well open another broker account and get the Futures Options data that way.

Interactive Brokers comes to mind, especially for the many exchanges I will be able to trade.

Comments and advice please?

 

Just noticed on Hoadley's site that Interactive Brokers does not provide Futures Options chains. http://www.hoadley.net/options/develtoolsIBLanding.htm

Suggestions please?

 

i wanna trade options on futures! haha... all i do know is that the ib data coming into excel finance add in is super slow.. super slow..

 

i would love a good data feed.. as far as ib is concerned.. during trading hours they are decent.. but otherwise they must be throttling their data stream .

 

From what I have read, the IB feed is filtered. Not a big deal unless tick data is significant in your calculations. Also, it does not provide Futures Options Chains.

I will have to look into Hoadley's suggestions in greater detail, and I will probably post what I find here.

Off the bat I can't see myself paying $12.99/contract base rate commissions to OptionsXpress when IB charges $0.85, nor can I see myself paying $250 in monthly fees to Barcharts to get the CME/CBOT/NYMEX feeds.

I'm looking to swing trade options, holding for days - weeks, not doing 20 contracts a day as it were, so I need to find something sensible that meets my needs.

 

Things make no sense cost wise for us small sized not hugely active options traders.. a lot of things that is