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[ranieri 2]

Hi guys,

IB gives me a decent idea  of the payoff profile of an option strategy. However it does not consider reductions or increases in implied volatility. Is there a way to view this on IB, which I am not aware of?

Thanks in advance for any help

[Kim 8,042]

I'm using ONE software which has a lot of options including increase and decrease in IV. I'm not sure if IB has that option, but I never really checked it.

[ranieri 2]

Thanks Kim

[Bull3t007 147]

On 5/11/2017 at 3:25 PM, Kim said:

I'm using ONE software which has a lot of options including increase and decrease in IV. I'm not sure if IB has that option, but I never really checked it.

Do you prefer one software to capital market laboratories? I looking for the best software for analysing and backtesting but I do not want to spend so much per month. What is your advice? 

[Kim 8,042]

They are not apples to apples comparison. ONE is options analytics software, it allows you to build positions, see the Greeks, the P/L profile etc. and also do backtesting. CML does backtesting only, but it makes it much easier and more automatic. In my opinion, ONE is a must for any serious trader, CML is "nice to have".

[Bull3t007 147]

11 minutes ago, Kim said:

They are not apples to apples comparison. ONE is options analytics software, it allows you to build positions, see the Greeks, the P/L profile etc. and also do backtesting. CML does backtesting only, but it makes it much easier and more automatic. In my opinion, ONE is a must for any serious trader, CML is "nice to have".

Hmm good to know, I subscribed to CML to check it out but I am not completely satisfied. Thanks for your answer.