Omnieq: Credit Spread Scanner

Omnieq: Credit Spread Scanner(omnieq.com)

53 points by ehsync 6 years ago | 16 comments

timdorr 6 years ago |

I really like and hate this site at the same time.

I like it because of its minimalism and function over form.

I hate it because I have no idea what any of it means.

That's not a critique. It should stay high on the SNR, as it clearly serves a purpose. I'm just jealous because I know other folks that have figured this stuff out and are likely far smarter than me are making a ton of money right now. PEBCAK.

Any idea where I should start so I can grok this site better?

bcaffrey 6 years ago | |

Option Volatility and Pricing by Natenberg and Option Trading by Sinclair were the books given to me at an options trading firm if you're looking to get really acquainted.

NWChen 6 years ago | |

You can start at the About page as a root node: https://omnieq.com/about

Recommend Hull's Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives as reference text.

toomuchtodo 6 years ago | |

Options as a Strategic Investment: Fifth Edition by Lawrence G. McMillan

gandreani 6 years ago |

This is awesome. Love the minimalistic UI. I might sign up if I ever decide to get back into options trading

vizzah 6 years ago |

Interface is nice and clean. Though, can instantly recognise hidden tickers by their current market price.. APPL, BA, AMZN.. ;-)

mylons 6 years ago |

i'll trade a year's membership for revealing how i can see the ticker for anything on this site

trakout 6 years ago | |

Your comment attributes to the fact that knowing it's possible is usually enough data for HN folks to figure out what's going on.

Maybe we should somehow tag the developer? ;)

mylons 6 years ago | | |

ya i can’t delete the comment for some reason. i realized that after i posted.

zinclozenge 6 years ago |

Where do websites get this information? Do they get it for free or do they pay CBOE for it?

edit: as in the raw data

bm1362 6 years ago | |

You can purchase real time data streams for relatively cheap (200/month) from many companies, even exchanges themselves.

I’m actually building something similar for my own options trading and was eventually going to spin it into a SaaS.

arthurcolle 6 years ago | | |

Haven't been able to find decent data providers other than brokers. Have any good providers you're willing to share?

bradj 6 years ago | |

Raw data is available directly from the exchanges. You can also go through other market data companies, like Refinitiv, to source the data and some infrastructure.

SavageBeast 6 years ago | |

Re: Sources of data - Maybe worth mentioning that Interactive Brokers will sell you real time data for about $10/mo (CBOT Futures in my case, your market may vary) if you have a funded account ($5k minimum). This is for non-professional use naturally. Also they have a pretty nice API that allows you to literally take any action what so ever.

santa_boy 6 years ago | | |

Also, they provide delayed data for free (10-15 minute delayed).

If you can do with delayed data, I wrote a post on my data extraction using IB. This works pretty neatly both with R and Python for my analysis.

link: https://l.mypad.in/DRNDGd