Event-Driven Limits on Second-Level Option Strategy Execution

Summary

This short forum exchange explains why a minute-bar option strategy cannot simply schedule orders to run every few seconds. In the described framework, strategy callbacks are driven by incoming market data rather than by a clock. One reply says higher-frequency data is needed to trigger more frequent execution, while another clarifies that the option strategy component is designed for a maximum frequency of one minute and does not support higher-frequency operation.

The discussion distinguishes a general event-driven framework from a timer-driven scheduler and notes that second-level option trading is treated as a separate, higher-frequency use case. It offers no implementation steps, benchmarks, or testing evidence, and does not explain what alternative framework or data feed to use. The guidance is specific to the framework being discussed; it should not be read as a universal limit on option execution systems.

Key ideas

• The framework described triggers strategy callbacks from market data rather than from elapsed time.
• More frequent execution requires higher-frequency data to produce more frequent events.
• The option strategy component discussed is designed for a maximum frequency of one minute.
• Second-level options trading is presented as a higher-frequency use case outside that component’s supported scope.

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