---
title: "How to Get the Edge out of TradeMachine"
slug: "how-to-get-the-edge-out-of-trademachine"
description: "Maximize your trading success with the TradeMachine platform by harnessing the power of detailed market analyses and innovative strategies. Discover essential tips for bear market trading and leverage skewness, kurtosis, and proprietary algorithms to craft winning strategies that enhance win rates and returns. This guide offers an expert walkthrough on effectively using the Backtest tab and the Create tab, providing traders with the tools they need for superior market performance."
tags: ["TradeMachine Trading Platform", "TradeMachine Features", "TradeMachine Backtest", "How To Use TradeMachine", "Bearish", "Skewness", "Skew", "Kurtosis", "Market analysis tools"]
updated: 2024-07-16T16:46:12Z
published: 2024-07-16T16:46:12Z
canonical: "learn.trademachine.com/how-to-get-the-edge-out-of-trademachine"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to Use TradeMachine® - Getting Edge and More

### Short How to Get Edge with TradeMachine

In this short video, Ophir Gottlieb provides a detailed overview of the Trade Machine platform. He explains [how to use the Backtest tab](/v1/docs/how-to-use-the-backtest-tab), including entering tickers, selecting backtest length, setting days to expiration, and adjusting settings such as number of contracts, execution fill type, commissions, and custom deltas.

He also discusses the importance of delta in options trading and demonstrates how to backtest different options strategies. Gottlieb then explores the [earnings handling feature](/v1/docs/earnings-and-trademachine), including options to avoid, only trade, or customize trades around earnings. He shows how to set stops and limits, and how to use technical opens to filter trades based on moving averages, Bollinger Bands, and kurtosis. He also explains how to create custom strategies and [alerts](/v1/docs/building-your-alerts-portfolio), and how to use the [ProScanner](/v1/docs/navigating-the-proscan-tab) and [Today Tab](/v1/docs/what-is-the-today-tab-and-how-does-it-work) to find and monitor trading opportunities.

### Full Version with Q&A How to Get Edge with TradeMachine

This video is the longer version of the video from above, CEO Ophir Gottlieb discusses using the TradeMachine platform to optimize trading strategies, focusing on techniques like pre-earnings momentum, skewness, and kurtosis analysis. The speaker emphasizes the importance of tailoring strategies to maximize win rates and returns, using features such as real-time quotes, technical analysis, and customizable alerts. The discussion includes examples like trading calendar call spreads and leveraging proprietary AI-driven algorithms for remarkable trading insights.

    

### How to use TradeMachine to Trade in a Bear Market

A complete demonstration on how to use TradeMachine®. The webinar also focuses on altering technical set-ups to use the same strategies that have worked in the past for this bear market.

[Video Transcript](https://learn.trademachine.com/docs/how-to-use-trademachine-getting-edge-and-more-transcripts)

## Related

- [How to Use TradeMachine® - Getting Edge and More Transcripts](/how-to-use-trademachine-getting-edge-and-more-transcripts.md)