Use the strategy builder to calculate and visualize the expected profit and loss of over 50 pre-made strategies. Or, create your own strategy by selecting various option strikes and expirations.
Use the options optimizer to find the best trades for a given target price and date. The strategies are ranked by best return or best chance.
Follow the smart money by watching large and unusual trades as they are made. Our options flow uncovers complex trades that otherwise go unnoticed.
Find trades with the highest chance or highest return using our options optimizer. Just enter the direction you think the stock will go, and we will search thousands of trades to find them for you.
Our options profit calculator predicts the future performance of your option strategies. Easily build and compare strategies to find what works for you.
The flow page shows large and unusual trades as they are being made. These are real trades made by professional traders and institutions.
We scan the market to uncover real trades that professionals, congress, and company insiders are making.
Set up custom filters to find trades matching your criteria. Add alerts to instantly be notified the second a matching trade is made.
Our strategy builder helps you instantly visualize the expected profit and loss for your strategy. Never trade in the dark again.
Not sure where to start? Simply give our optimizer a target date and price and we'll scan thousands of potential trade to find something for you.
Save trades to your account to see how they perform, without risking real money. We track the performance of each trade over time.
Our tools pack in relevant information for your trades, including breaking news, important upcoming dates, and helpful liquidity reminders.
To provide you with unerring accuracy, especially with unusual options activity for complex strategy types, OptionStrat calculates and charts trades using data provided exclusively by the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA). That means OptionStrat gets the same data that your trading platform does. Data lags by only 15 minutes for free users. Premium accounts receive live auto-refreshing data.
As part of our commitment to educating and building better traders, we publish weekly videos and blog posts covering market insights and trade ideas. Follow along and gain a deeper understanding of options trading!
Last week, I reviewed the relationship between historical (realized) and implied volatility using the VIX as an example. Given the war in Iran and crude oil’s importance as drivers of the current market, I thought...
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