The journey into options trading began with excitement—but quickly revealed a series of hurdles:
- Inherent complexity: Options are non-linear, multi-dimensional instruments. While they offer the precision to express market expectations, goals, and risk preferences accurately, that flexibility also introduces complexity—making it difficult to understand and confidently start trading options.
- No bridge from knowledge to trading: There is no shortage of books on options trading. Most books stop at theory. Converting that information into a verified trading plan with clear steps and decisions proved difficult.
- Lack of options backtesting tools: The search for meaningful backtesting and modeling tools was frustrating. Most platforms did not support simulating strategies with historical data, making it hard to rapidly validate ideas before trading with real money.
- Disjointed technical and options analysis: Technical analysis and options platforms existed in separate worlds. There was a dearth of platforms that combined both worlds, which made it challenging to incorporate technical insights into options strategies.
- Technical hurdles: Most software supported only some operating systems, and some lacked the necessary functionality. On top of that, the sheer volume of options data made analysis sluggish or unreliable. Instead of focusing on learning and trading, too much time was spent troubleshooting technical issues.
While these hurdles were eventually overcome, they became more than just lessons—they forged the mission behind KubikTrader: to provide a tightly integrated ecosystem of software, knowledge, insights, and community to empower the self-directed options trader to grow with confidence.
KubikTrader exists to remove these frustrations—and help you trade with conviction, insight, and control.
