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Ranker Criteria, Filters, and Signals

Here you’ll find helpful definitions and resources for the available criteria to add to your Brutus Options Ranker strategies.

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EMA 200d Cross Above Signal

EMA 200d Cross Above filter. Signals true (with a 1) when an underlying last price goes from below the 200d EMA the day before to above the 200d EMA.

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Gamma

The current expected change in delta’s value for a $1 move in the underlying.

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Vega

Vega, one of the options greeks, quantifies the predicted change in the option contracts value in response to a 1% change in the underlying assets implied volatility.

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Dividend Rate (Total Payments in Year)

The dividend rate is the total amount of dividend payments made by the company or ETF in a year (usually from 4 quarterly payments). It is different from the dividend yield, which is defined as the dividend-rate/share-price.

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OA Underlying Liquidity Score

OptionAutomator’s proprietary scoring method to rank the underlying’s overall liquidity.

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50d Simple Moving Average

50 day Simple Moving Average on daily close time interval

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200d Simple Moving Average

200 day Simple Moving Average on daily close time interval

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Div Yield If Assigned

The dividend annual yield if assigned the stock at the trades break-even price. This is a useful criterion when writing short puts for discounted acquisition of stock.

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200d SMA Cross Above Signal

Signals true when a ticker’s last price at time of ranking crosses from yesterday’s previous value below the 200d simple moving average (SMA) to above the 200d SMA

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Moneyness

Moneyness returns one of three labels that can be used for filters: 0) OTM 1) ATM 2) ITM

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