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Omnieq: Credit Spread Scanner (omnieq.com)
53 points by ehsync 2336 days ago
5 comments
timdorr 2336 days ago
I really like and hate this site at the same time.

I like it because of its minimalism and function over form.

I hate it because I have no idea what any of it means.

That's not a critique. It should stay high on the SNR, as it clearly serves a purpose. I'm just jealous because I know other folks that have figured this stuff out and are likely far smarter than me are making a ton of money right now. PEBCAK.

Any idea where I should start so I can grok this site better?

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bcaffrey 2336 days ago
Option Volatility and Pricing by Natenberg and Option Trading by Sinclair were the books given to me at an options trading firm if you're looking to get really acquainted.
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NWChen 2336 days ago
You can start at the About page as a root node: https://omnieq.com/about

Recommend Hull's Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives as reference text.

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toomuchtodo 2335 days ago
Options as a Strategic Investment: Fifth Edition by Lawrence G. McMillan
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gandreani 2336 days ago
This is awesome. Love the minimalistic UI. I might sign up if I ever decide to get back into options trading
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vizzah 2336 days ago
Interface is nice and clean. Though, can instantly recognise hidden tickers by their current market price.. APPL, BA, AMZN.. ;-)
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mylons 2336 days ago
i'll trade a year's membership for revealing how i can see the ticker for anything on this site
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trakout 2336 days ago
Your comment attributes to the fact that knowing it's possible is usually enough data for HN folks to figure out what's going on.

Maybe we should somehow tag the developer? ;)

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mylons 2336 days ago
ya i can’t delete the comment for some reason. i realized that after i posted.
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zinclozenge 2336 days ago
Where do websites get this information? Do they get it for free or do they pay CBOE for it?

edit: as in the raw data

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bm1362 2336 days ago
You can purchase real time data streams for relatively cheap (200/month) from many companies, even exchanges themselves.

I’m actually building something similar for my own options trading and was eventually going to spin it into a SaaS.

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arthurcolle 2336 days ago
Haven't been able to find decent data providers other than brokers. Have any good providers you're willing to share?
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synthetik 2336 days ago
DTN IQFeed is affordable and has options data. Access is through a windows only client.
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bradj 2336 days ago
Raw data is available directly from the exchanges. You can also go through other market data companies, like Refinitiv, to source the data and some infrastructure.
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SavageBeast 2336 days ago
Re: Sources of data - Maybe worth mentioning that Interactive Brokers will sell you real time data for about $10/mo (CBOT Futures in my case, your market may vary) if you have a funded account ($5k minimum). This is for non-professional use naturally. Also they have a pretty nice API that allows you to literally take any action what so ever.
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santa_boy 2336 days ago
Also, they provide delayed data for free (10-15 minute delayed).

If you can do with delayed data, I wrote a post on my data extraction using IB. This works pretty neatly both with R and Python for my analysis.

link: https://l.mypad.in/DRNDGd

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