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Happy to join this cool forum! I’m fairly new to options. My account is with Interactive Brokers, and I've played around with their options trading interface on their main portal (account portal). Do I need to subscribe to their trading platform, or can I use the simpler interface? I’m also trying to sort out in my head two parts of the SteadyOptions experience: the strong advice here to get involved in my trading and monitor my positions throughout the day, and the published historical performance data, which I understand is a reflection of all of the past trade notifications. If I were to try to strictly abide by the trade notifications when they arrive in my inbox, am I correct that the challenge in “duplicating” the trade notifications has to do with possible glitches (partial fills, price movement, other execution issues) which require my attention? Or is there more to this? And once a trade is filled, do I still need to monitor it closely? I’ve got a pretty busy life and there will be times when I can’t monitor my email, or my trades. Thanks Branch