Stop scanning chains.
Start finding trades.
OptionsAnalytx processes over 26,400 data points per scan — fetching the full options chain, scoring every contract across 9 weighted factors simultaneously — and surfaces your top trades in under 2 seconds. No other retail tool does this.
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Covered Call Screener
Scan stocks and rank opportunities by Smart Score
Real OptionsAnalytx screener output · Scores ranked by Smart Score algorithm
26,400+
Data points per scan
Per single ticker
38
Fields captured per contract
38 data fields × 400 contracts
<2s
From scan to ranked results
Single ticker
9
Weighted scoring factors
Evaluated simultaneously
The Problem
Manual covered call trading is broken by design
Every morning, active covered call traders face the same 6 problems. Most tools solve none of them.
Time you don't have
Scanning 10 stocks across multiple expirations manually takes 45–60 minutes every morning. That's time spent on data work, not execution and position management.
Filters without rankings
Other screeners give you a list of 50 qualifying trades. You still have to compare them yourself. The hard work isn't done for you — you just have fewer rows.
Analysis paralysis
When every strike looks different across 10 stocks, identifying the genuinely best one requires mental gymnastics. Most traders either guess or default to the highest yield.
IV environment invisible
Selling premium when IV is low is the most common retail mistake. Most tools show you IV as a number — none penalize you algorithmically for ignoring the context.
Earnings traps
Getting assigned through a surprise earnings move turns income trades into losses. Manual scanning across multiple tabs makes event risk easy to miss.
Yields that don't compare
A 7 DTE and 45 DTE trade can't be compared on raw premium. Without annualized normalization, you're comparing apples to oranges on every decision.
OptionsAnalytx solves all six. Simultaneously. In under 2 seconds.
See how Smart Score works ↓The Algorithm
One score.
Nine factors.
Smart Score evaluates every covered call simultaneously across 9 quantitative factors — then gives you a single grade so the best trades are obvious at a glance.
For every scan, OptionsAnalytx fetches ~400 OTM call contracts, captures 38 data fields per contract, and runs 28 individual calculations through the scoring algorithm. Over 26,400 data points processed. Top trades surfaced. Under 2 seconds.
Most screeners show you IV. We reward you for selling when IV Rank is elevated. Most screeners show you theta. We score how efficiently it decays relative to premium size — a distinction no other retail tool makes.
The most important risk variable — baked into the rank itself
Normalized so 7 DTE and 45 DTE trades are comparable
Rewards selling when IV is elevated vs its own history — not just raw IV
★ Most differentiated factor — no other screener scores this
Strike distance from current price as a buffer metric
Protects you from wide spreads and bad fills automatically
Earnings and ex-dividend flags automatically reduce score
Less-crowded strikes score higher — the algorithm avoids where retail traders pile in
Residual IV signal — minimal weight, superseded by IV Rank
Exact factor weightings revealed on Pro. See pricing →
NVDA Mar 21 $880C
High probability · Strong yield · Clean event risk
Ann. Yield
31.4%
Prob. Profit
74%
IV Rank
82nd
DTE
28 days
Delta
0.29
Event Risk
None
Smart Score Breakdown
Why Theta Decay Efficiency matters
A $5 premium decaying at $0.10/day is far worse than a $5 premium decaying at $0.50/day — even though raw premium is identical. No other screener scores this distinction.
By The Numbers
What actually happens
when you click Scan
Most screeners show you a filtered list. OptionsAnalytx processes the entire chain, scores every contract, and surfaces only what matters. Here's the math.
~400
OTM call contracts fetched
Full chain, not just ATM
38
Data fields per contract
Price, Greeks, OI, IV, events
28
Calculations per contract
Smart Score algorithm
26,400+
Total data points touched
To surface your top results
What happens in under 2 seconds
Fetch chain
~400 OTM contracts from Tradier API
Ingest 38 fields
Price, Greeks, IV, OI, events per contract
Run 28 calculations
Smart Score algorithm across all 9 factors
Rank everything
All contracts sorted by composite score
Surface top trades
Best opportunities ranked and delivered instantly
Fetch chain
~400 OTM contracts from Tradier API
Ingest 38 fields
Price, Greeks, IV, OI, events per contract
Run 28 calculations
Smart Score algorithm across all 9 factors
Rank everything
All contracts sorted by composite score
Surface top trades
Best opportunities ranked and delivered instantly
500
Symbols scanned weekly
500 high-liquidity S&P symbols
7.6M+
Data points processed
Per Monday morning scan
Top 10
Picks delivered weekly
Highest Smart Score opportunities
Monday
Pre-market delivery
In your inbox before the week opens
Every Monday morning. Your top 10 highest-scoring covered calls — delivered before the week opens.
Live now for Pro Plus subscribers. Zero scanning required. Full 5,500+ universe scan coming in Phase 2.
Get Pro Plus →Why OptionsAnalytx
Built different.
On purpose.
Every other covered call screener was built on the same filtering paradigm from 2010. We built something fundamentally different.
Traditional Screener
OptionsAnalytx
Built for ranking, not filtering
Core approach
Trade scoring algorithm
Theta Decay Efficiency
IV Rank scoring
Event Risk Penalty
Backtested performance
Weekly curated picks
Free tier
UI design
How it works
Three steps. Under 2 seconds.
Enter your stocks
Type tickers or use a preset group — Tech Giants, Dividend Favorites, Popular ETFs, High Volatility. Scan one stock or twenty simultaneously.
Pick an expiration
Select your target date. Smart Score fetches the full chain, evaluates every OTM call across all 9 factors, and ranks the results instantly.
Find your trade
Ranked by Smart Score. Filter by strategy. Click any row for full analysis. Execute through your broker with data-backed confidence.
Proven by the Data
We backtested 96,208 real contracts.
Here's what the grades actually predict.
96,208 real covered call contracts across 488 stocks and 7 market regimes — including the COVID crash and the 2022 bear market. Every contract tracked to expiration. Real outcomes. No simulations.
96,208
Contracts backtested
Real options data, 2018–2025
86.1%
A/A+ win rate
Expired worthless — premium kept
93.2%
A+ ★ win rate
Highest confidence grade
488
Stocks covered
7 market regimes, 7 years
The only covered call screener with documented win rates by grade — because filter-based tools have nothing to backtest.
A and B trades win at the same rate.
But A trades pay twice the yield. The algorithm finds maximum income at each risk level — not just safe trades, but the highest-value safe trades.
88.1% A/A+ win rate during the 2022 bear market · 84.3% during the COVID crash · Consistent across all 7 regimes
Live Performance
The algorithm, live.
Real picks. Real results.
Every Monday morning, Pro Plus subscribers receive the 10 highest-scoring covered calls in their inbox before the market opens. Here's how last week's picks performed.
Get Pro Plus — Receive picks every Monday →Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when ready.
Free tier available now. All paid plans include a 7-day free trial.
Free
Get started with AI-powered covered call screening
- ✓Scan up to 3 stocks at once
- ✓Smart Score letter grades (A–F)
- ✓Stock group presets
- ✓Trade summary modal
- ✗Numeric scores (0–100)
- ✗9-factor score breakdown
- ✗Unlimited stock scanning
- ✗Advanced filters + saved presets
Pro
🔒 Founding member price — locked forever
Full analysis for serious covered call traders
- ✓Everything in Free
- ✓Numeric scores (0–100)
- ✓Full 9-factor score breakdown
- ✓Exact factor weightings revealed
- ✓Unlimited multi-stock scanning
- ✓Full Greeks display
- ✓Advanced filters
- ✓5 saved filter presets
- ✓25-stock watchlist
- ✓Risk/reward analysis + full trade detail modal
7-day free trial · Cancel anytime
Pro Plus
🔒 Founding member price — locked forever
Maximum power for professional traders
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓This Week's Top 10 — every Monday morning
- ✓Unlimited watchlist
- ✓Unlimited saved filter presets
- ✓Today's Top Picks — full universe scan (Phase 2)
- ✓Adaptive Smart Score personalization
- ✓Early access to all new features
- ✓Priority feature requests
- ✓Cash-secured puts screener (Phase 2)
- ✓AI Trade Advisor (Phase 3)
7-day free trial · Cancel anytime
🔒 Founding Member Pricing — Early Subscribers Only
Create a free account today. You have 7 days to upgrade at founding pricing — lock in $19/mo Pro or $32/mo Pro Plus forever before your window closes. Includes a 7-day free trial — no charge until day 14 if you upgrade on Day 7.
Roadmap
This is just the beginning
Smart Score for covered calls is Phase 1. Here's where we're taking it.
Today's Top Picks — Full Universe Scan
Pro PlusScale from 500 to 5,500+ securities. 83+ million data points every morning. Your top 50 highest-scoring covered calls before market open — zero scanning required.
Cash-Secured Puts Screener
Pro / Pro+Smart Score applied to cash-secured puts — same algorithm, CSP-adjusted. Closes the wheel strategy loop. Sell the put, get assigned, write the call, repeat — all in one tool.
Position Manager + Roll Analysis
ProBuy-to-close cost vs. collected premium. Roll up/out analysis with net credit/debit. Assignment probability by current delta. One clear hold/roll/close recommendation.
Smart Alerts
ProEmail or push notification when any watchlist stock hits your Smart Score threshold. Never miss a high-probability setup because you weren't watching the screen.
Market Regime Detection
ProReal-time IV environment signal app-wide. Explicit low-IV warning when premium is compressed across the market. Macro-aware context no competitor provides.
Strike Recommendation Engine
ProWhen you open a stock, we surface one recommended strike with plain-English reasoning: yield, delta, downside buffer, IV context. No chain-scanning required.
IV Heat Map
Pro PlusYour watchlist stocks vs. DTE buckets (7/14/21/30/45 days) — color-coded by IV Rank. See where volatility is elevated across your entire watchlist at a glance.
AI Trade Advisor
Pro PlusDescribe your open position in plain English — get a specific, data-backed hold/roll/close recommendation with full reasoning. The shift from screening tool to intelligent trading partner.
Portfolio Coach
Pro PlusAll open positions monitored continuously. Proactive alerts when a Smart Score deteriorates below your threshold. Tracks P&L, break-even drift, and time decay across every open trade.
Adaptive Smart Score
Pro PlusThe algorithm learns your trading style. Factor weightings auto-adjust to your DTE preferences, risk tolerance, and trade history. Your score, calibrated specifically to you.
Portfolio-Aware Screening
ProEnter your existing holdings. OptionsAnalytx surfaces covered call opportunities specifically on your positions, ranked by Smart Score. Personalized screening from day one.
Custom Score Weights
Pro PlusManually tune all 9 factor weightings to match your exact strategy. Conservative income trader and aggressive yield-chaser get completely different rankings from the same data.
Historical Score Timeline
Pro PlusFor any stock, see how its Smart Score has trended over the last 30, 60, or 90 days. Pattern recognition across time — ships after Phase 2 data build.
Brokerage Integration
Pro PlusOne-click trade execution from within OptionsAnalytx. Eliminates the last friction point between finding a trade and placing it.
API Access
Pro PlusProgrammatic access to Smart Score rankings and screener data for traders who want to build their own tools or automate workflows.
Pro Plus subscribers get early access to every new feature.
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