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The Option Alpha Podcast

93: Options Trading Timelines & Duration [EEM Straddle Backtest]

May 27, 2017
18:36

Show notes: http://optionalpha.com/show93

How far out should you go when entering a new options trade? 10 days, 30 days, 60 days? Does it change based on the strategy you are using or the market situation you are in? All great questions we aim to answer and in today's newest case study we'll look at how options trading timelines and duration impacted the returns of this EEM straddle backtest. Plus, we'll cover some of the overall performance and variance metrics we ran on both strategy setups using our backtesting software that launches next week.

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