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Short answers, no marketing-speak. If something isn't covered here, email contact@letthebotcook.com.

what is letthebotcook.com?
A subscription to the live feed of every options trade a proprietary day-trading bot fires in one real audited Interactive Brokers account. Subscribers see entries, exits, strikes, stops, targets, and the SPX dealer-positioning levels the bot reads — in real time, every market session.
is this financial advice?
No. Nothing on this site is investment advice, a recommendation to buy or sell any security, or a solicitation. We publish what the bot did in one real account. You are solely responsible for any decisions you make with that information. Trading options carries substantial risk of loss. Read the full risk disclaimer.
do you offer refunds?
No refunds — ever. Subscriptions are billed monthly via Stripe. You can cancel at any time from your account page and you will not be charged again. We do not prorate or refund the current billing period under any circumstance, including (but not limited to) market closures, bot downtime, losing days, broker outages, or change of mind. By subscribing you agree to this policy.
can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Sign in, go to Account, click Manage Billing. That opens the Stripe customer portal where you can cancel in one click. Your subscription remains active until the end of the current billing period. No refund — see above.
does the bot trade my account?
No. The bot trades one specific IBKR account belonging to a real human trader. Your subscription gives you a live view of what the bot is doing in his account. We have no access to your broker. If you want to mirror a trade, you do it yourself, at your own size, with your own broker. Your finger. Your trigger.
do I need an IBKR account to subscribe?
No broker required to be a subscriber. You only need a broker if you want to actually take the trades the bot fires. Any options-capable broker works (IBKR, Tastytrade, Schwab, Robinhood, etc).
what does the bot trade?
SPX 0-day-to-expiration (0DTE) and near-dated options. Strict day-trading — every position opens and closes inside the same cash session. No overnight risk. No swing book. Single-leg long calls/puts and credit spreads.
how fast are signals?
Sub-second from the moment the bot fires an order in its IBKR account to the moment the signal lands in your feed. We HMAC-sign the webhook from the bot to our API to guarantee authenticity; the API rebroadcasts over WebSocket to every subscriber in flight.
what about the lifetime bot license?
Limited to 10 buyers ever. Includes full bot source code, lifetime updates, and permanent subscriber access. Pricing is by request and includes a screening conversation — email contact@letthebotcook.com to start.
what is the audited P&L number?
+$524,485.94 YTD as of 2026. That number is the actual year-to-date profit in the IBKR account the bot is trading. Active subscribers can request a CSV of every trade (entry/exit timestamp + price) by emailing contact@letthebotcook.com from the address on file. Full settled fills with commissions and exchange fees require an IBKR-issued account statement PDF, which only the account holder can produce.
what happens if I miss a signal?
The dashboard preserves the live session feed. Refresh, and the day's entries/exits are all there. The bot fires on dealer-flow conditions, not on user attendance — if you weren't at your desk, the trade still happened in the bot's account, you just won't have the option to mirror it.
what data are the levels based on?
SPX dealer-flow positioning — gamma, charm, vanna exposure across all expirations. Refreshed every 10 minutes during market hours. Used to derive the day's buy/sell zones and conviction read. The bot consumes the same data feed for its entry signals.
what if a session is a losing day?
It happens. Win rate is ~75% over the audited year; some sessions miss. The bot has hard stop-losses on every position and the IBKR account is sized to survive consecutive losses. You will see losing days. Don't subscribe if a bad week ends the relationship.
is my data private?
Stripe holds payment info, we don't. We store only what we need to authenticate you (email + password hash + active session id). No tracking pixels, no analytics resellers. Full details in the privacy policy.

DISCLOSURE — letthebotcook is an information service. The levels, signals, commentary, and historical session data published on this site and in the subscriber dashboard are for educational and informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice, a solicitation to buy or sell any security or derivative, or an offer to manage capital. Trading options and futures involves substantial risk of loss including the loss of all principal and is not suitable for every investor. Past performance — whether published on this site or otherwise — is not indicative of future results. The proprietary trading bot referenced on this site fires hypothetical and/or paper-trade positions; published P&L may include unfilled hypothetical orders. You are solely responsible for any trades you execute, regardless of any signal, level, or commentary published here.