Hey Mitch89 if you are going to pump a program at least port it to Linux (Java). I really do not want to deal with another broker (Ameritrade/TOS) but at least TOS works with java on my Linux system. I do not want to deal with Excel macro packages because I run libreoffice and even worse none of them work with the different versions of Excel. It seems to me anyone our modern age of hackers who even thinks of using a .dll is brain dead. I want to purchase a reasonable priced program per year licenses even and I would prefer connecting to IB real time quotes but delayed quotes are ok. Here are my tests. Allow me to analyze Atticus Pitch fork idea: 3x short puts about straddle distance way and short 1x calls same strike. I would like to be able to see what happens as time moves forward and my guesses of IV and underlying moving. My other test is being able to handle Cottle's sling short type of hedge. If you are going to pump at least be less hat and more cattle.
I don't like Excel macro packages either, had a lot of bad experience with them, so I finally found this great software and for the last 3 months I've been working with it, made nice profit and can test each of my positions with every risk angle (e.g time decay) long before I execute it. I work on Windows, so didn't try it on Linux.