Quote timeline
Quote vs Trade Timeline for Options
A quote versus trade timeline shows the market around the trade instead of relying on a single final print.
Use quote timelines to compare bid, ask, midpoint, and trades through time. This helps validate whether a fill assumption was plausible at the modeled entry and exit.
Quotes show the market
Quotes show where buyers and sellers were posted. For backtests, they tell you whether the modeled fill was inside, near, or through the spread.
Trades show prints
Trades show executed prices and sizes. They are useful evidence, but a print can be stale relative to the current quote.
Use both together
A serious research workflow stores quote and trade timelines around each decision point, then rejects entries where the evidence does not support the fill.
Quote vs Trade Timeline
Bid, ask, midpoint, and prints show why last price alone is fragile.
Bid/Ask Spread by Strike
Lower bars usually produce more defensible fill assumptions.
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Options data API
See the full API surface behind these tools.
Historical options data API
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Options backtesting API
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