Build vs Buy: What It Actually Takes to Automate Options Yourself
Any competent developer can wire a signal to a broker API and place an order. The gap between that weekend prototype and a system you would trust with real capital is enormous, and it lives in the unglamorous problems: state management, reconnection, reconciliation, and the edge cases that only appear in production. This is an honest inventory of what building your own options automation actually requires, and a fair account of when you should build it anyway.