Options Replay Lab

← live monitor ↻ stock replay ⚙ live screener

Reconstruct the option chain that existed when an opening-range signal fired, test realistic ask-to-bid returns, and compare a perfect-hindsight winner with a fixed selection rule that could have been followed at the time.

Research and paper trading only. “Best contract” and “best exit” use future information. The strategy check does not, but historical performance cannot tell you what will happen next and a long option can lose the entire premium.

1 · Winner autopsy

Hindsight
Liquidity, delta and cost filters
Entry = first ask after the delay. Every exit = NBBO bid.

2 · Strategy check

Entry-only rule

Uses logged ORB events from options_data/events.csv. Contracts are selected from entry-time spread, DTE, delta/moneyness, volume and OI. The newest 30% of events are reported separately as a chronological holdout.

Checking event log…