Options analytics API + historical option chain data

Build better options strategies with cleaner market data.

Scan spreads, analyze volatility, access historical chains, and backtest options strategies using structured data, calculated analytics, and strategy candidate feeds.

Historical chains Volatility analytics Spread scanners Backtesting-ready
Premium Scanner
SPY · 7-10 DTE
PCS Candidate 575 / 574 PUT · $0.31 Credit
Probability Model 81.4% POP
Liquidity Score 92 / 100
IV Rank History 64th percentile
Expected Move ±1.38%
Gamma Exposure Elevated near 580

From raw option chains to trade-ready analytics.

OptionChainIQ is designed for serious retail traders, builders, and small quant teams who need more than screenshots and basic option-chain tables.

Historical Options Dataset

Query clean, structured historical option-chain snapshots for research, replay, backtesting, and model validation.

Volatility Database

Track IV Rank history, skew history, expected move, volatility regimes, and surface behavior across symbols and expirations.

Greeks Time-Series Engine

Analyze delta, gamma, theta, vega, probability metrics, and contract behavior over time instead of relying only on current chain views.

Backtesting Engine

Test spread rules, entry filters, premium thresholds, DTE windows, liquidity conditions, and exit logic against historical market conditions.

Analytics API

Access raw data, calculated analytics, scanner outputs, probability models, and strategy candidate feeds through a developer-friendly API.

Market Microstructure Signals

Build toward liquidity scoring, bid/ask quality, spread width analysis, volume/open-interest behavior, and execution-aware analytics.

Analytics built around real options strategy workflows.

The platform focuses on the data points traders actually use before entering premium-selling and directional options strategies.

IV Rank history Skew history Delta surfaces Probability models PCS candidate feeds Strategy candidate feeds Expected move Gamma exposure Liquidity scoring Premium scanner Raw chain data Calculated analytics Signals Trade research
API-first design

Pull structured options analytics into your own tools.

Use OptionChainIQ as the data layer behind your scanner, dashboard, model, or strategy research notebook. Start with clean endpoints instead of rebuilding chain parsing, spread scoring, and volatility calculations from scratch.

Raw data Chains · quotes · contracts
Calculated analytics Greeks · IV · skew · POP
Signals Premium · liquidity · volatility
Strategy feeds PCS · CCS · spreads
GET https://api.optionchainiq.com/v1/spreads/candidates?symbol=SPY&type=put_credit_spread&min_pop=0.75&max_dte=10

{
  "symbol": "SPY",
  "generated_at": "2026-05-09T14:30:00Z",
  "candidates": [
    {
      "strategy": "put_credit_spread",
      "expiration": "2026-05-15",
      "short_strike": 575,
      "long_strike": 574,
      "credit": 0.31,
      "pop": 0.814,
      "iv_rank": 64,
      "liquidity_score": 92,
      "expected_move_pct": 1.38,
      "score": 91.7
    }
  ]
}

Affordable options analytics for serious retail traders.

Start simple, then expand into API access, backtesting, historical datasets, and advanced volatility research as your workflow grows.

Free

$0

For early testers validating the scanner workflow.

  • Limited daily scans
  • SPY starter analytics
  • Basic spread candidates
  • Sample historical chain views

API Builder

$29/mo

For developers, power users, and small quant workflows.

  • Analytics API access
  • Historical chain endpoints
  • Greeks time-series
  • Backtesting-ready datasets
  • Higher request limits
Early access

Get early access to OptionChainIQ.

Join the waitlist for the first release of the options analytics API, historical options dataset, volatility database, and premium scanner.

No trading signals are financial advice. Data and analytics are for research, education, and decision support.