The OptionBots Blog

Tutorials, walkthroughs, and guides for building automated options trading bots — straight from our YouTube channel, written up so you can follow along.
GuideAutomated credit spread trading bot dashboard — navy and gold fintech chart showing a defined-risk credit spread profit zone with bounded losses on both sides
July 15, 202613 min read

Best Options Trading Bots for Credit Spreads in 2026

OptionBots, Option Alpha, and TradeSteward lead for credit spread automation — but the right pick depends on your broker, whether you have a signal source, and how much of the management cycle you want automated. Seven tools compared.

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GuideCovered call passive income automation dashboard — navy and gold fintech chart showing a stock price with a call strike ceiling and premium income flowing as a passive income stream
July 14, 202613 min read

Best Automated Covered Call Software for Passive Income in 2026

OptionBots, Option Alpha, and TradersPost lead for full automation — but the right pick depends on your broker, budget, and how hands-off you actually want to be. Seven approaches compared.

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GuideIllustration of the Wheel options strategy automation cycle — sell cash-secured put, assignment, sell covered call — shown as a rotating gold and navy fintech dashboard diagram
July 12, 202614 min read

Best Options Trading Bots for the Wheel Strategy in 2026

OptionBots, Option Alpha, and ThetaGang lead for full automation — but the right pick depends on your broker, whether you code, and how much of the CSP-to-covered-call handoff you want automated. Seven tools compared.

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GuideIllustration comparing automated Wheel strategy trading bots — a rotating wheel of cash-secured puts, assignment, and covered calls on a navy and gold fintech dashboard
July 11, 202613 min read

Best Options Trading Bots for the Wheel Strategy in 2026

OptionBots, QuantWheel, Option Alpha, PeakBot, and TradersPost each automate a different piece of the sell-puts-get-assigned-sell-calls cycle. Seven real tools and approaches compared.

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GuideFintech illustration of a trader comparing automated options trading bot platforms connected to a Tastytrade account, with navy blue and gold dashboard panels
July 10, 202611 min read

Best Options Trading Bots for Tastytrade in 2026

OptionBots, Option Alpha, Trade Steward, TradersPost, and SignalStack all connect to Tastytrade's Open API. Which one fits your strategy, budget, and how hands-off you actually want to be?

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GuideIllustration of a beginner trader comparing options trading automation platforms on a dashboard, with navy and gold fintech styling
July 9, 202612 min read

Best Options Trading Bots for Beginners in 2026

OptionBots, Option Alpha, and Options Auto Trader lead the list — but the right pick depends on risk control, readiness to automate, and your broker. Seven real approaches compared.

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GuideIllustration of options trading tax documents, including a tax form, calculator, and stock price chart with a gold accent
July 5, 20268 min read

How Are Options Trades Taxed? What Automated Options Traders Need to Know

Most options trades are taxed as short-term capital gains, but the wash sale rule and Section 1256 contracts change the math. Here's how each rule works, which forms you'll file, and what to track — especially once a bot is trading faster than you can log by hand.

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GuideIllustration of automated cash-secured put trading showing a stock price chart with a put strike level, gold cash reserves, and an automation gear motif
July 3, 20269 min read

How to Automate Cash-Secured Puts: A Step-by-Step Guide for Options Income

Automating cash-secured puts means setting rules for strikes, expirations, and exits, then letting software execute them without you watching the market all day. This guide covers the full setup — delta targets, DTE windows, profit targets, stop losses, and IV filters.

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GuideCovered call automation illustration showing a stock price chart with a call option written above it and gold premium income flowing from the position
July 2, 202610 min read

How to Automate Covered Calls: Generate Consistent Monthly Income on Autopilot

A covered call bot handles strike selection, entries, profit-taking, and rolling automatically. This guide covers the full setup — delta rules, expiration targeting, IV filters, broker connections, and how to backtest before going live.

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GuideCash-secured put strategy illustration showing a stock price chart above a put strike level with premium income flowing upward
July 1, 20268 min read

What Is a Cash-Secured Put? How to Sell CSPs and Automate the Income

A cash-secured put pays you premium for committing to buy shares at your target price. This guide covers strike selection, expiration rules, risk management, and how to automate the full CSP workflow — entries, profit targets, rolls, and assignment handoff — without writing any code.

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How to Automate the Wheel Strategy: Sell Puts, Get Assigned, Sell Calls — on Autopilot
June 29, 20268 min read

How to Automate the Wheel Strategy: Sell Puts, Get Assigned, Sell Calls — on Autopilot

The Wheel strategy is one of the most popular income-generating options strategies — but running it manually is tedious. This guide explains exactly how it works, what makes it automatable, and how to run it on autopilot.

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Guide0DTE opening range breakout options strategy chart showing morning breakout on SPY
June 29, 20268 min read

What Is the 0DTE Opening Range Breakout Strategy? (And How to Automate It)

The 0DTE ORB strategy buys calls or puts when price breaks out of the first 15–30 minute trading range. Learn how it works and how to automate every entry, filter, and exit without watching charts.

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VideoThe PDT Rule Is Dead: Day Trade 0DTE With Any Account Size
June 4, 20265 min read

The PDT Rule Is Dead: Day Trade 0DTE With Any Account Size

The $25,000 pattern day trader rule is officially dead. Here's what the SEC's change means for traders and how to take advantage by running 0DTE options bots — even with a small account.

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VideoHow to Build a 0DTE SPX Iron Condor Bot on OptionBots
June 3, 20267 min read

How to Build a 0DTE SPX Iron Condor Bot on OptionBots

A step-by-step walkthrough of building a live, fully automated 0DTE SPX iron condor bot — choosing symmetric 0.10 deltas, a 5-point spread width, a VIX filter, and disciplined stop-loss rules.

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VideoHow to Set Up a Paper Trading Bot on OptionBots
June 3, 20265 min read

How to Set Up a Paper Trading Bot on OptionBots

Every OptionBots account starts with ~$500,000 in free paper-trading capital and no broker required. Here's how to build, configure, and launch a 0DTE iron butterfly paper bot from scratch.

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Run a Hedge Fund From Your Bedroom

Finally have an excuse to call yourself a quant trader. Because that's what you'll be.