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If you exit at first sign of trouble and then re-enter when the trouble does not materialize, is it still considered exiting?

Options Hacker scan?

And where does your current system connect for all these? The only useful (I hope) piece of advice I can offer is forget about the sample code. Open paper trading account and use it to test.

From Earn2Trade or independently?

TDAmeritrade - not for serious day traders (no per share commissions, no rebates). Speedtrader - not familiar with. IB - a bit slow and unpredictable, imo. (Disclosure: My current execution platform). Lightspeed - fast and steady. Having the privilege to get help from Robert - Priceless! :)...

What kind of stocks(liquid/thin)? How important is execution speed?

You forgot to mention customer support ... And guess what ... You are in luck!

What functionality are we talking about specifically? If he scans options manually and puts in orders manually by " staging" them, which part will be automated?

Check out this thread, not sure at what stage they are now, but looks very promising. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/can-you-automate-your-option-strategy.326646/#post-4763738

So you never adjust your orders even if the underlying moves?

What if they all fill before you get a chance to pull them? You sure you can have so many open orders with each bidding for the full desired size? Sounds like you need a custom "smart router" type application built to spray orders, probing multiple exchanges. Not trivial. I doubt there's...

Oh, ok didn't know that. Thanks. Still not sure how practical that really is.

I am not aware of the ability to do automated trading via TDAmeritrade. You can only trigger alerts, afaik.

He is trading liquid stocks which means he can easily increase the size once he gets better/consistent. BTW, you can get much better rates than $1/100 even with IB.

That sucks ... I believe they have some formula which they suggest to follow to avoid liquidation. Did you not follow it intentionally or just got a hair over it unintentionally? Just curious because for some strategies it's not a big deal, but for some it would be pretty bad.

Right, the platform is showing me 15% Margin, but the Rep. said that that's the "up to" not what their algorithm will allow.

I have PM. Trading AAPL only (no other positions), for example, it required 20% for initial margin. I believe it's 30% for shorts. You can use order entry to see what the requirement will be for the order.

I hope someone more knowledgeable than me can give you a definitive answer, but here's how I understood it: Let's say you use ATR to fade extended move. A) use backtest to come up with best ATR value for the dataset => curve fit. B) use dynamic ATR value based on recent volatility => more adaptive.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-04/trying-to-buy-stuff-you-want-is-not-manipulation