Plotting Straddle mark prices in ToS or IB?

[Andre]

Hi everyone,

 

Do you know of an easy way to plot the price of straddles, strangles, verticals, etcetera, in either ToS or IB?

 

I'm not talking about the P/L charts, but the actual historical value of complex orders.

 

I can't seem to find it.

 

Thanks in advance

[Gary]

This is how I usually do it in IB:

 

Right click the spread --> Charts --> New Chart --> Set options --> OK --> Chart this combo now

[Andre]

Thanks for that. I use TOS a lot though, can any TOS users chime in as well?

[jfouche]

Once you have the symbol, TOS will take any mathematical combination of symbols, though it gets messy.

So for example, without testing, weekly straddle on AAPL ATM should chart as: .AAPL130222C460 + .AAPL130222P460 

[Andre]

Thanks. I wish there was an easier way, strange that TOS doesn't implement something so simple.

[Kim]

TOS has its own strengths that IB doesn't - this is why I have both.. I have IB to trade and use some of their tools (those charts for example) and TOS mostly for backtesting and P/L risk profiles.