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1. Getting Started
- What is the Brutus Options Ranker?
- Getting Started with the Brutus Options Ranker in 3 Easy Steps
- How Do I Run My Strategy?
- How Should I Organize my Strategy Tree?
- How to Modify Your Trading Preferences
- Do You Offer Professional-Level Accounts or Only Plans for Retail Traders?
- What is a Strategy?
- What is a Strategy Tree?
- What is a Market Group?
- How Do I Use My Brutus Options Ranker Dashboard?
- What are Your Trading Preferences?
- Notification/Email Setting
- Does the Brutus Options Ranker Really Offer a Free Plan?
- Brutus Options Ranker Key Terminology
- 2. Key Concepts
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3. Common Questions
- What is the Brutus Options Ranker?
- How Do I Clone a Strategy?
- Can I Test a Strategy While Building Up My Strategy Tree?
- How Should I Organize my Strategy Tree?
- How to Modify Your Trading Preferences
- What is a setup?
- When will OptionAutomator come to my country?
- What is a Strategy?
- Can I Execute Options Trades Through the Brutus Options Ranker?
- Can OptionAutomator add support for creating order codes for my broker?
- What is the difference between regulated standardized options contracts and binary options?
- Brutus Options Ranker Key Terminology
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4. Navigating Your Account
- Getting Started with the Brutus Options Ranker in 3 Easy Steps
- How Do I Clone a Strategy?
- How many strategies can I enable at once?
- How to Modify Your Trading Preferences
- How Do I Use My Brutus Options Ranker Dashboard?
- What are Your Trading Preferences?
- Notification/Email Setting
- Navigate and Personalize Your Profile
- Current Plan, Invoices and Billing Info
- 5. Pricing & Upgrades
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6. Criteria Help
- Earnings Prior to Expiration
- 1m Percent Change
- Current Options Volume vs 20d Avg Ratio
- Short Ratio
- Max Annualized Return on Capital
- Max Return
- 1y Annualized Std Deviation of Intraday Volatility
- 1y Annualized Std Deviation of IVs
- 20d Avg Options Volume
- IV 30d Correlation to SPY IV (1m)
- IV 30d Correlation to SPY IV (1y)
- Ticker IV vs Spy IV Percentile (1y)
- Standard Deviations from 1-yr Mean IV
- Standard Dev of Year’s IVs
- Dividend Prior to Expiration
- 5d Percent Change
- 6m Percent Change
- 3m Percent Change
- Days To Ex-Dividend
- Dividend Frequency
- IV Rank (1y)
- IV Rank (1m)
- 20d Forecast Actual Volatility (Earnings Effects Removed)
- 20d Forecast IV (Earnings Effects Removed)
- Dividend Yield
- EPS (Trailing 12 Month)
- Price-to-Sales Ratio
- 50d SMA
- 5y Percent Change
- 2y Percent Change
- 1y Percent Change
- Price-to-Book Ratio
- YTD Percent Change
- 90d IV
- 6m IV
- Dividend Amount
- PE Ratio
- Beta (30d SPY)
- 52-Week High
- Takeover Target [filter only]
- 52-Week Low
- 52-Week Change Percent
- Trade Theoretical Value
- 20d IV Forecast
- 200d Simple Moving Average
- Infinite IV Forecast
- 20d IV (Earnings Effects Removed)
- Infinite IV (Earnings Effects Removed)
- 200d Moving Average of 20d IV
- 20d IV
- 30d IV
- 60d IV
- New Group
- Previous Close Price [Underlying]
- Total Volume [underlying]
- Avg Earning Effect
- Theoretical Value
- Implied Earn Effect
- Avg Earning Effect Vs Implied Earn Effect
- Theo Value – Mid Price Difference Percent of Avg Price
- Mid Price [Raw]
- Probability of Touch
- Break-Even Price
- Option Volume
- Percent ITM
- Percent OTM
- Historic Volatility 20d Change
- Notional Risk
- Open Interest [contract]
- Beta (1yr SPY)
- Implied Volatility [contract]
- 30 day Implied Volatility [underlying]
- Last Price at Time of Rank [Contract]
- Last Price at Rank
- Mark % of Underlying
- Mid Price % Change Today
- Max Covered Return
- Net Change [underlying]
- Probability ITM
- Probability OTM
- Ask [Options]
- Bid [Options]
- Mid Price [Options]
- Ask [Underlying]
- Bid [Underlying]
- Mid [Underlying]
- Covered Return
- Days to Expiration
- Intrinsic Value
- Extrinsic Value
- Put Volume All Strikes
- Put Open Interest All Strikes
- Bid-Ask spread [options]
- Natural-Mid spread [options]
- Probability of Profit
- Return on Capital
- Annualized Return on Capital
- Return on Risk
- Annualized Return on Risk
- Delta
- Theta
- Driftless Theta
- Rho
- IV Percentile
- Market Cap
- Call Volume All Strikes
- Call Open Interest All Strikes
- Social Sentiment
- Days to Next Earnings
- Margin % of Underlying Price
- Downside Protection
- Upside Protection
- Gamma-Theta Ratio
- Month 1 ATM IV
- Month 2 ATM IV
- Month 3 ATM IV
- Month 4 ATM IV
- 200d SMA Cross Below Signal
- EMA 200d Cross Above Signal
- ITM
- OTM
- ATM
- Avg Earning Effect Vs Implied Earn Effect
- Margin Requirement
- EMA 200d Cross Below Signal
- Gamma
- Vega
- Dividend Rate (Total Payments in Year)
- OA Underlying Liquidity Score
- 50d Simple Moving Average
- 200d Simple Moving Average
- Div Yield If Assigned
- Dividend Frequency (days between payments)
- Above 200d SMA Signal
- Exponential Moving Average 200d
- Slope Percentile (1y)
- Underlying % of 200d SMA
- EMA 200d Cross Above Signal
- 200d SMA Cross Above Signal
- Moneyness
- OA Trade Liquidity Score
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7. Brutus Ticker Groups
- Financial & Bank Tickers
- Berkshire Hathaway Tickers
- S&P 500 Tickers
- NASDAQ 100
- S&P 100
- All Underlyings
- ETFs
- Dividend Aristocrats
- Popular
- Dividend Domination
- Takeover Targets
- 25% and Lower IV Rank
- 5-day Top Gainers
- Value Stocks (Lowest PE Ratio)
- Monthly Dividend Payers
- Financial
- Consumer and Industrial Goods
- 5-day Top Losers
- Basic Materials
- 50% and Higher IV Rank
- 50% and Lower IV Rank
- 75% and Higher IV Rank
- Penny-Increment Options
- 75% and Higher Percentile Slope
- 25% and Lower Percentile Slope
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8. Brutus Spreads
- Call Front Ratio
- Deep Covered Call
- Double Front Ratio with Stock
- Iron Condor
- Jade Lizard
- Put Front Ratio
- Long Stock
- Long Straddle
- Short Straddle
- Put Broken Wing Butterfly
- Short Put (covered or uncovered)
- Bull Put Spread
- Bear Call Spread
- Bear Put Spread
- Bull Call Spread
- Butterfly (Long Puts)
- At The Money (ATM) Put Calendar
- Out of The Money (OTM) Put Calendar
- Out of The Money (OTM) Call Calendar
- Covered Call
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9. Brutus Strategy Templates
- Iron Condor Standard Premade Strategy
- Small Account Bull Put Spread Strategy
- Low Vol OTM Short Put Calendars
- Short Put Strategy on Dividend Dominators Weight to Customize
- Tiny Account Bull Put Spread
- Long Stock Standard Framework
- Standard Starting Framework
- Premium Selling Starting Framework (Freemium)
- Premium Selling Starting Framework (Premium Users)
- Premade Short Put Strategy
- Premade Bull Put Spread
- Onboarding Strategy Results Intro
- Slightly OTM Put Calendar
