IntraAlpha
TransitioningThe world's best options-only platform. Price efficiency, research, and probability-based trading — giving retail traders institutional-level data access for options and equities.
What is IntraAlpha?
IntraAlpha combines data from OPRA and US exchanges to give retail traders the same level of data access as institutions. The platform offers proprietary options tools, real-time charting, algorithmic trading, and a daily research report — all focused on options.
It started as a full trading platform with subscriptions, tools, and resources, then grew into a Discord-based community of traders. The platform runs on Google Cloud and pulls financial data from industry leaders ThetaData and Polygon, with charting powered by TradingView.
Platform Tools
Options Screener
Customizable tool that identifies profitable trade setups. Filter by percent away from ATM strike, efficiency percent, market cap, stock price, directional bias, and weeks until expiration.
Historical Option Graph
See how expired options performed in the past. Millions of contracts across hundreds of equities and ETFs with option data going back up to 7 years. OHLCV in 5-minute intervals.
Best Options Report
Daily automated analysis of 400+ widely-traded stocks with weekly options. Identifies potential profitable strategies each morning before market open.
IV Analysis Tools
Proprietary tools for historical implied volatility, IV curves across expiration dates, and IV curves across strike prices. Use IV to your advantage by understanding its impact on option prices.
Option Charts
Industry-leading charting powered by TradingView. Real-time data, responsive and mobile-friendly. Plot options data with the same tools institutions use.
Algo Trading
Trade equities algorithmically for free via Alpaca. Submit options orders via API using IBKR's Trader Workstation. Real-time audio alerts for US equities.
Best Options Report — Results
The Best Options Report runs a comprehensive daily review of over 400 stocks. Key findings from the tracked results:
- Short puts were the top performer — representing 60% of profits generated
- Short calls generated $136,518 in premium
- Short puts delivered $86,703 in premium
- Long calls and long puts were losers across all variables — confirming the selling premium thesis
The data reinforces what experienced options traders already know: selling premium consistently outperforms buying it. IntraAlpha's tools are built around this probability-based approach.
Data & Infrastructure
- 100% market coverage — real-time, 15-minute delayed, and 24-hour delayed data packages
- ThetaData + Polygon — financial data from industry leaders
- TradingView — charting technology
- Google Cloud — infrastructure
- Alpaca — commission-free algorithmic equity trading
- IBKR TWS — options order submission via API
- tastytrade partnership — open and fund a tastytrade account through IntraAlpha, receive a year of IntraAlpha Premium free
Community & Content
IntraAlpha has a growing community of options traders sharing ideas and building followings as contributors. The ecosystem includes:
- Discord community — real-time trade discussion and algo signals
- Best Options Report newsletter — daily pre-market analysis
- Educational courses — including "The Complete Guide to Option Selling: From Basics to Advanced Strategies"
- Product guides — how to use the screener, historical graph, and other tools
- X / Twitter — market commentary and platform updates
Current Direction
IntraAlpha is transitioning from a full subscription SaaS platform to a leaner model:
- Simplifying — streamlining the tool set, cutting infrastructure costs
- Discord-first — centering the community and algo signals on Discord
- Algo migration — moving the core algorithm to Alpaca for equities
- Lessons learned — the algo works, but the business model needed to be leaner. Productizing knowledge is different from building sustainable infrastructure
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