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Python Options Trading Program on Alpaca - 19/01/2025 10:30 EST

Status: Open
Prize: $202
Entries Received: 3

Contest Brief

I'm seeking an expert Python developer with a profound understanding of options, stocks, and or etf trading to create a program aimed at trading on Alpaca. The program can implement "Straddle/Strangle", "Long call or puts" strategies, long or short stocks/etfs.

Requirements:
- An impressive success rate of 80%+ with a minimum of 40 trades each month.
- A proven track record of achieving over 20% returns in the past month.
- Profound knowledge and experience in options trading, specifically with the mentioned strategies.
- Python programming expertise, with prior experience in developing trading programs.
-Program must be continuously running and historic and live data should be from free api sources. (Or cost of service is considered against the month returns).
-Daily dated excel file outputs of trades, costs, and gains preferred (not required)
-Strategy must work with a max. account size of $30,000 (no margins).

Summitions must be made by Feb. 1 and competition starts Feb 3.
After all submitions, programs will be ran in paper trading account. Best performance over 20% gains after a month, wins. The last week, the top 3 will be live accounts and winner will also gets 10% of the profits from that week (upto $1,500).