OK, Kevin - point made.
Since you’ve raised this suggestion twice - asking that C2 support more advanced option trade-entry - I’ll just comment and say that things are not as simple as I wish they were. In the case of options, it’s not just a matter of allowing you to type in spreads (i.e. it’s not merely a web user-interface project)… for spreads (and all multi-legged options trades) to work, we need to support them at each individual broker who is an autotrade partner, and each of those brokers have different APIs that need to be supported flawlessly. Some don’t even support spreads natively via their APIs at all, in which case we need to write some kind of workaround. So there’s no magic wand I can wave to support multi-legged trade entry quickly and easily - rather, it’s a complicated project.
All software development projects, complicated or not, need to be prioritized by evaluating potential payoff versus cost. I’m not telling you it’s not important, or that it won’t or can’t be done, but I am saying (in the interest of transparency and expectation setting) that it is not an immediate project, and that there are a few other things that are in the works which will get done first. (And these are projects which I suspect you will like very much.)
So first things first.
Anyway, I’ll try to look more into option spread/complex-trade entry as soon as I can.
As always, I really do appreciate it when members of the C2 community tell me what they want to see, and what they need, but I also think it’s important that I should say what is likely to happen in the near term, and what will take longer.
