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options flow scanner: catching smart money before the move
it’s 1:30am. A. passed out on the couch around midnight waiting for me to come to bed. carried her there, went back to the desk. couldn’t sleep anyway. march has been annoying. january was solid (+1.9%). february was decent (+2.3%). march so far: -0.5% with two weeks left. not a disaster but it stings after a clean Q4. the algos aren’t broken, the signals are just getting weaker in this chop. SPX has been range-bound for three weeks and my momentum strategies are getting whipsawed.
polygon.io vs iex cloud - 2 year data feed comparison
been using polygon.io as primary data source since 2023. added iex cloud as backup last year. here’s how they compare for algo trading. polygon.io (primary) # what I use it for:
polygon.io vs thetadata - options data deep comparison
been running both for 8 months now. time for an honest comparison. why both # polygon.io: primary equities and options quotes
polygon.io data feed review after 1 month
been using polygon.io for options data since april. here’s my review after 1 month. background # was using alpha vantage (free tier) until march. data quality was shit: