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Showcase: My Personal Options Dashboard (Or A Glorified Watchlist)

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    Teddy Xinyuan Chen
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Since this tool doesn't show you vol surface, skew, VRP, vol rank or anything like that, it should probably be called a glorified watchlist. :)

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Why?

After wasting another 10 minutes trying to sort through my ever-growing options / option spreads watchlist and delete 50+ entries I'm no longer interested in in thinkorswim, I decided to make my own dashboard to make my trading days easier and more oriented. I cannot afford to waste mental capacity organizing the watchlist manually during the day.

Demo

Before:

My watchlist sidebar in thinkorswim doesn't get to enjoy more screen estate - I only use it as a scratch pad for trade ideas, and I used the ask / bid bottons to place trades directly on them, instead of going to the option chain. I have automated the conversion bewteen standard option symbols used by UnusualWhales, the tos symbols used by tos and OptionStrat, and TradingView symbols, that's how I avoided going to the chain.

After:

Sorting, grouping, simple color-coding by number of legs... I love it. And you can even filter or tag them

Video demo: https://youtu.be/seC6lJCPHG0

Features

  • Intuitive drag-and-drop reordering
    • Manage entries with ease
  • Dynamic filtering, sorting, and grouping
    • Clear filters with a single tap
  • Import/export functionality for persistence
  • Seamless deletion and restoration of entries

Tech Stack

  • React & TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • shadcn/ui for components
  • LocalStorage for data persistence (for now)
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