Free options screener

Scan every listed option contract by volume, premium traded, open interest, implied volatility and delta. Crypto options from Deribit need no key; US stock and ETF options use your own free Alpaca key. For a focused scan, pick one of the five specialist options screeners below the table.

Delayed/indicative data, not financial advice.

All options screeners

Each one asks a different question of the same live option chains.

Options screenerEvery option contract by volume, open interest, implied volatility and delta, for crypto and US stock options.Crypto optionsUS options Unusual options activityOption contracts trading more than their open interest, and the biggest premium traded today.Crypto optionsUS options Put/call ratioPut/call ratios by volume and open interest, for each underlying and each expiry.Crypto optionsUS options Max pain & open interestMax pain for every expiry, plus the call and put strikes with the most open interest.Crypto optionsUS options Covered calls & cash-secured putsOut-of-the-money calls and puts ranked by premium yield and annualized return.Crypto optionsUS options Options expiring this week (0DTE)Contracts expiring today and this week, by volume, open interest and delta.Crypto optionsUS options

What the columns mean

  • Days left: time until the contract expires.
  • Volume and open interest: contracts traded (the last 24 hours for crypto, today for US options) and contracts still open.
  • Premium traded: volume × option price × contract size, in US dollars.
  • IV: implied volatility, the yearly move the option price assumes.
  • Delta: roughly how much the option moves for a $1 move in the underlying, and a rough chance of finishing in the money.
  • vs price: the strike against the underlying price.

Delayed/indicative data, not financial advice. Options are risky and can lose their whole value.

Frequently asked questions

Is this options screener free?

Yes. There’s no account and no subscription. Crypto options need nothing at all; US options need your own free Alpaca market-data key (about two minutes: how to get one). Your key is saved only in your browser and sent only to Alpaca.

Which options can it scan?

Crypto options (the default) come from Deribit’s public data: BTC and ETH, plus USDC-settled options on SOL, XRP, AVAX, TRX and HYPE, with OKX as a fallback. US options cover a watchlist of about 65 of the most active US stocks and ETFs, for expiries in the next 45 days and strikes within 30% of the price.

Is the data real-time?

No. Treat it as delayed and indicative. Deribit’s numbers are close to live; Alpaca’s free plan uses an indicative feed that may be delayed, and US open interest is from the previous session.

More free screeners

Unusual options activityOption contracts trading more than their open interest, and the biggest premium traded today. Put/call ratioPut/call ratios by volume and open interest, for each underlying and each expiry. Max pain & open interestMax pain for every expiry, plus the call and put strikes with the most open interest. Covered calls & cash-secured putsOut-of-the-money calls and puts ranked by premium yield and annualized return. Options expiring this week (0DTE)Contracts expiring today and this week, by volume, open interest and delta. All-in-one screenerGainers, losers, RSI extremes, volume spikes, 52-week highs and lows, and trend for crypto, perps, US stocks and CME futures.