Here you’ll find helpful definitions and resources for the available criteria to add to your Brutus Options Ranker strategies.
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Downside Protection
The percent move down that the underlying can make until the trade begins to show a loss at expiration. The nearest expiration is used for the basis of calculation for time spreads.
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Upside Protection
The percent move up that the underlying can make until the trade begins to show a loss at expiration. The nearest expiration is used for the basis of calculation for time spreads. Note a value of 100% signifies no losses to the upside, while a value >100% (very rare) signifies a break-even at greater than double the underlying price.
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Gamma-Theta Ratio
Trade gamma divided by trade theta. Ratio gives indicator of the gamma risk vs. the time decay potential.
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Month 1 ATM IV
First-month (the next normal expiration that is neither quarterly nor weekly) Implied Volatility at the Money.
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Month 2 ATM IV
Second-month (normal expiration that is neither quarterly nor weekly) Implied Volatility at the Money.
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Month 3 ATM IV
Third month (normal expiration that is neither quarterly nor weekly) Implied Volatility at the Money.
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Month 4 ATM IV
Fourth month (normal expiration that is neither quarterly nor weekly) Implied Volatility at the Money.
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200d SMA Cross Below Signal
Signals true when a ticker’s last price at time of ranking crosses from yesterday’s previous value above the 200d simple moving average (SMA) to below the 200d SMA
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EMA 200d Cross Above Signal
This filter triggers when the underlying close price crosses from under the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) to above the 200d EMA.
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ITM
Determines if any of the spread or trade is ITM (in-the-money). Returns 1/0 for true/false and can only be used as a filter, not as a criterion.