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Free options tools Free options trading tools in 2026
Of the 65 options tools we track, 43 offer some free option, 11 have no free plan, and for 11 we couldn't verify a free tier. "Free" often means a delay, a ticker cap or a trial, so this page lists exactly what each free tier gets you, taken from each tool's own site.
Free options screeners
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| Barchart | Free membership with limits; screeners show only the first 20 results. | From $8.25/mo |
| OptionClaws | Free account, no card: full scanner during a no-card free trial; the trade journal (log, close and roll trades, P&L, win rate) stays free after the trial ends. | From $33.33/mo |
| OptionVisualizer | Free plan: 61 filters, 25 results per search, watchlist, earnings calendar. | From $39/mo |
| Optvana | Free forever: option chain, earnings calendar, calculators, 2 watchlists. | From $16/mo |
| ThetaScanner | Free plan covers 12 major tickers (AAPL, TSLA, NVDA, SPY, QQQ...) with previews; no card. | From $5.99/mo |
Free options flow trackers
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| InsiderFinance | Free options flow page. | From $55/mo |
| Reslyce | A recorded session can be explored free with no account. | From $29/mo |
| Tradytics | Free basic access: market overview, daily scanner, free Discord channels. | From $69/mo |
| Unusual Whales | Free account sees the whole platform with flow delayed 2 trading days, news 15 min and alerts 30 min. | From $42/mo |
Free options strategy builders
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| Options Profit Calculator | Free calculator (ad-supported). | From $9.95/mo |
| OptionStrat | Free plan with delayed data and limited access to each feature. | From $39.99/mo |
Free wheel trackers & options journals
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| CoveredWheel | Free account. | Free |
| MyATMM | Free forever: 1 portfolio, up to 3 stock tickers, limited screener; first 14 days have full access, no card. | From $6.67/mo |
| Options Wheel Trading Tracker | Whole tracker is free and runs on the page with no account. | Free |
| QuantWheel | Free demo portfolio with delayed data. | From $29/mo |
| TrackTheta | Free forever: up to 10 options per month. | From $10/mo |
| Tradervue | Free plan available. | From $29.95/mo |
| TradesViz | Free Basic plan forever, no card. | From $14.99/mo |
Free options backtesters & bots
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| Option Alpha | Free account with paper trading; Pro features free with a qualifying partner-broker account. | From $99/mo |
| TradersPost | Free plan: manual submission on live, auto on paper. | From $41.65/mo |
Free earnings & expected-move tools
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| arBtrage | Free account unlocks calendar, dashboards, heatmaps, flow, congressional trades and screener; no card. | Free |
| Earnings Whispers | Calendar and news free on site. | From $150/mo |
| Market Chameleon | Free registration adds personalized watchlists, earnings charts and option volume and open interest pages, plus free daily email alerts. | From $99/mo |
| OptionSlam | Free registered account: stock statistics incl. EVR, live charts and live webinars; calendar, screener and implied-move reports are preview or partial, and earnings history is limited to two quarters. | From $16.58/mo |
Free volatility & gex tools
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| FlashAlpha | Free API key: 5 requests/day, 15-minute data freshness, no card. | From $63/mo |
| gexbot | 30 research charts/day free with any account. | From $37.50/mo |
| MenthorQ | Free start, no credit card. | From $129/mo |
| OptionCharts | Free site with ads and limited charts. | From $20/mo |
| PredixLab | Free account sees the options activity list and Gamma Map with a 10-calendar-day delay. | From $16/mo |
| SpotGamma | Free tools: opening setup report, implied earnings moves, options profit calculator, training. | From $99/mo |
| SqueezeMetrics (sqzme) | Public DIX/GEX monitor page. | From $720/mo |
Free options data apis
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| Algoseek | Sandbox with up to a year of data, no credit card required. | From $1,000/mo |
| Alpaca | Free trading API and free data plan: indicative options data, 200 API calls/min, 7+ years of history. | From $99/mo |
| MarketData.app | Free Forever plan: 100 API credits a day, 100 Sheets formulas, 24h delayed options data and 1 year of history. | From $12/mo |
| Massive (formerly Polygon.io) | Options Basic $0/month: 5 API calls/min, end-of-day data, 2 years of history. | From $24/mo |
| optionsDX | Site advertises free historical options data; product price ranges start at $0. | Price not listed |
| ThetaData | Free end-of-day data through the Theta Terminal, listed in ThetaData's docs (options EOD from June 2023, delayed 1 day); not shown on the pricing page. | From $32/mo |
Free options education resources
| Tool | What you get for free | Paid plans |
|---|
| Options Industry Council (OIC) | Free. | Free |
| tastylive | All shows are free to watch; a free login adds slide downloads, video playlists and research newsletters. | Free |
| The Options Playbook | Strategy pages free to read; a free account (no card) adds real-time access to Brian Overby's trades, a dashboard of his content, past AMAs and 1 spreadsheet in My Trades. | From $20/mo |
How we check
Every free tier comes from the tool's own website, and each tool page shows the date we last checked it. Spot something that changed? Tell us and we'll fix it.