MY apologies for crossposting - I wanted to get comments from this forum also. I am looking at the increasingly authoritarian measures against SHORT sellers with some degree of trepidation, and I want to epxplore alternative methods to trade. First, I'd like to find a program to analyze and back test options: buy- and sell- write, or at the very least a program to easily identify the potential returns on current stocks/options. Also, to identify good spreads etc, and options on the popular commodity ETFs like USO. The inputs would be the options data file, and optimizable parameters. Please suggest possibilities. Thanks
take a look at Optionetics Platinum software. You can create and backtest options trades with it. Requires a monthly subscription.