Summary: I built an algorithmic trading bot that executes complex options strategies in real-time. I'm proud of it because I had no experience with options before the project, and I worked on it alone, but I found a way to deliver something that made my clients a lot of money. It required a lot of grit and perseverance to complete, and helped me reaffirm my belief in my skills as a developer and problem solver. Building the bot required understanding what the client wanted, writing and continually refining a PRD, building a prototype, testing, deploying, and continuing to iterate until it was ready for production. The bot is built on an API that is undocumented and unreliable, so it has a ton of hacks to gracefully handle unexpected behavior.
Tools: Python, Options
Questions? me@dpmehta.com