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Well, I didn't want to mention tastytrade as some people say I'm biased. But since you did.. I have no idea why they do what they do. Presenting results in dollar terms is completely meaningless. Even if you backtest the same stock over 5 years period, and the stock price doubled, which probably caused the typical straddle price to change significantly as well. So if 5 years ago the straddle price was $10 and today it's $20, how does it help to compare the dollar P/L? it's comparing apples to oranges. Even on the same stock.

Yes. Tasty trade does this too and it drives me crazy when they include AMZN in their limited studies. You would think their team of "data scientists" would catch this and they probably do but I suspect Tom tells them how he wants the results to look and then they scramble around trying to make it fit his narrative.

Google "Robinhood outages" and you'll get all the info you need regarding why you shouldn't use Robinhood. People lost millions of dollars from being unable to trade on some of the most volatile days in memory and only having an email address to theoretically reach a trading desk. Also Google "Robinhood infinite leverage" if you want a laugh. They aren't a serious outfit.

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