For active options traders

Know the setup before the bell.

Every weekday morning, Option Scheme scans your tickers, scores each one on its stock setup, options quality and volatility, and shows you exactly why. Then it follows the trade all the way into your journal.

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Rule-based scoring with every input visible. Not financial advice.

The Morning Brief

Ranked setupsBefore the open

i.

NVDA · CALL

Bullish trend · IV cheap · tight spreads

94Score
ii.

MSFT · CALL

Pullback to support · IV fair

86Score
iii.

XLE · PUT

Breakdown watch · near resistance

79Score

Plan: Long call · 21 DTE · delta 0.42
Risk: take profit +29% · stop −10%

Illustrative example

Scans before the open
Every score explainable
Options data from EODHD
STOCK Act disclosures

How a morning works.

Three moves, one thread. The setup you find at dawn is the trade you review after the close, with nothing copied by hand in between.

Before the open

Scan

Your tickers are scored and ranked overnight, so the morning starts with a short list instead of a blank chart.

ii.

Before you enter

Decide

Read the options market around each setup, including volatility, gamma levels and unusual flow, then plan the risk before you commit.

iii.

After you exit

Record

Log it straight from the scan, review what went right and wrong, and watch what your edge actually looks like over time.

Everything the desk needs.

Four chapters, one workflow: from the score, to the market around it, to the record you keep.

№ 01

Scores you can read.

Three independent engines score each ticker on its stock setup, its options quality and its volatility, adjusted for the market regime. You never get a number without the inputs behind it.

Stock setupTrend, momentum, ADX and how long the setup has held
Options qualityLiquidity, spread, delta and days to expiry
VolatilityIV rank from your own snapshot history

Score breakdownIllustrative

Stock setup

Options quality

Volatility

trend SMA20 > SMA50 > SMA200 ✓

rsi 64.2, inside 40–70 ✓

spread 0.8% of mid ✓

iv rank 24th percentile, cheap

№ 02

Read the options market.

See where the options market is leaning before you put on a position: how expensive volatility is, where dealer gamma clusters, and which contracts traded far outside their normal size.

IV rankCheap, fair, elevated or expensive at a glance
Gamma exposureMagnet level, call and put walls, flip point and net GEX
Unusual activityVolume and open-interest anomalies, scored on their own

Gamma by strikeIllustrative

$200

$195

$190

$185

$180

$175

$170

Put gammaCall gamma

Net GEX +$220M Magnet $195 IV rank 24th pct

№ 03

Follow the disclosures.

Congressional trade disclosures are pulled in daily and matched against your scan. When members are buying the same name you're looking at, the score says so, and the filing delay is shown right next to it.

Daily syncSTOCK Act filings, stored and searchable
Scan overlayAligned activity adds to a setup's score
Filing delaySee how stale a disclosure was when it went public

Disclosure ledgerIllustrative · names withheld

Ticker	Member	Type	Range	Delay
NVDA	Member A · House	Buy	$250K–500K	2d
NVDA	Member B · Senate	Buy	$15K–50K	6d
XLE	Member C · House	Sell	$1K–15K	31d

Overlay on today's NVDA setup+9 pts

№ 04

Your trading record.

Every trade can start from the scan that found it. Write structured reviews, keep a daily process, and let the analytics show where your edge really comes from: by side, by volatility, by weekday and by score.

JournalSingle legs and spreads, notes, exits and hold time
ReviewsExecution, emotional state, mistakes and lessons
AnalyticsEquity curve, monthly P&L, score versus return

Your recordIllustrative

68%

Win rate

2.4×

Profit factor

8.2d

Avg hold

Daily process · 12 of 14 days

Plan before you enter.

Pressure-test the trade while it's still an idea. It's cheaper than finding out with real money.

Performance profile

Simulate profit and loss at any price and date for a scanned setup or a trade you've logged.

Strategy Lab

Compare candidate structures for an opportunity side by side, from single legs to verticals, with their payoff.

Backtesting

Track how past scan recommendations actually resolved against real option prices 30 days later.

How we think about it

A scanner should show its work. If you can't see why a setup ranked first, you shouldn't trade it.

Rule-based, not a black box

Scores come from explicit rules: moving averages, momentum, spreads, IV rank. Every input is shown next to the result.

End-of-day data, honestly labeled

Options chains and disclosures are end-of-day and filing-based. This isn't a live trade tape, and it never pretends to be.

Tools, not advice

Option Scheme helps you research and keep records. The decision to trade, and the risk, stay yours.

Start tomorrow's scan tonight.

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