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CFA Level 1: A reflection and a pre-reg (of results)
CFA
exams
It’s Tuesday, August 25th, 2026 and I am about 4 days out from having taken the CFA L1 exam. It wasn’t terrible. I am writing this post both as a reflection on the exam, and…
Aug 25, 2026
Tiffani Ashley Bell
On Volatility-Driven Trailing Stops - Chandelier Stops via the Interactive Brokers API
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Python
risk management
Interactive Brokers
APIs
Having a better methodology for stops and capturing unrealized gains became super important after a certain set of recent disappointing trades. Goldman ran up to an…
Nov 6, 2025
Tiffani Ashley Bell
Live at the OPRA - Watching options order flow with Python
code
options
Python
Databento
market microstructure
I trade options via Interactive Brokers and their Trader Workstation software. At a certain point, though, I realized their option chain interface did not always show the
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Nov 2, 2025
Tiffani Ashley Bell
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