Option strategies are complex, and the data tends to be voluminous and cost-prohibitive, which is one of the reasons why so few backtesting applications exist.

We backtest options trading strategies, optimize existing strategies, and construct portfolio hedging strategies to match your goals and risk tolerance.

Back testing is a powerful tool, but you still need to do the hard work of creating a hypothesis, then act like a scientist and determine whether history suggest you’re likely to be correct.

Options traders seem to think these names are set for more near-term gains. To dig deeper, we did some backtesting to see how these stocks have performed near 52-week highs over the last five years.

The premise behind backtesting is that if a specific strategy would have generated returns in the past, replicating that strategy may be able to generate returns in the future. Examples of ...

Backtesting 11 Oversold Stocks With Bullish Options Sentiment Feb. 16, 2011 3:46 AM ET MNIQQ, ENTR-OLD, AUO OWW IONS MITI BAP KODK CSCO MNKD EXPE Kapitall 5.55K Follower s ...

TradeStation Securities has announced an integration with MultiCharts, a professional trading platform that offers charting, ...

When backtesting ES, it is necessary to collect the daily forecast of the entire distribution of the tail. The distribution can be described by a parametric model, which means one must have associated ...