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Practical options strategies built around unusual activity signals, flow data, and market context.
43 posts
September 2026
5 posts- Strategy·Developer / quant··10 min read
Interview: the developer who wanted API access without the $150/month tax
Jake Morrison builds a Discord flow bot on the side. He left a $150/month API bill behind and had OptionsBell in production in two days. Recorded September 26, 2026.
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Seven things to build on an options flow webhook, and how to wire each one
Concrete integrations for the OptionsBell webhook: a private Slack or Discord channel, Telegram to yourself, a Google Sheet, Notion via n8n, a Postgres journal that spots returning prints, a Vercel receiver and an enrichment step, each with its verification.
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Interview: the Claude power user who lives in MCP
Tomas Rivera uses Claude all day at work. OptionsBell's MCP server was the reason he subscribed, and he calls the product agent-first. Recorded September 17, 2026.
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Interview: the quant researcher who backtests flow signals
Dr. Lena Fischer aggregates unusual flow by sector and expiry for a small systematic fund. Her research cycle went from two hours to minutes. Recorded September 9, 2026.
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What a webhook is, and why your options alerts should use one
Webhooks explained for traders who are not engineers: how a push differs from polling and email, what an OptionsBell unusual options webhook actually sends, and how to check that a delivery is real.
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August 2026
2 posts- Strategy·Active trader··6 min read
Sustained flow beats single prints: what our tape lit up every day
A giant one-day print is often just expiry-day churn. The names that show unusual flow every session for weeks are the ones worth watching. Here are August's.
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Interview: the data engineer who needed a stateless MCP endpoint
David Okonkwo runs a fintech alerting pipeline in ephemeral containers. Streamable HTTP without session state was the deciding factor. Recorded August 27, 2026.
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July 2026
6 posts- Strategy·Developer / quant··9 min read
The best options data APIs for developers in 2026
11 options data APIs compared on price, real-time vs delayed data, flow signals vs raw chains, rate limits and licensing.
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Interview: the consultant who wanted data without the enterprise price tag
Sarah Chen advises small funds and family offices. Her client briefings went from two hours to twenty minutes with the MCP server. Recorded July 15, 2026.
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The Saturday I finally trusted the 'nothing'
Two months of buzzes taught me the hardest habit of all: reading a cluster, doing the research, and deciding it means hold. A diary on discipline.
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Earnings week with a seatbelt
Aggressive put flow on my holding two days before it reported, and the protective puts that turned a guidance miss into a non-event for my year.
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Builder Guide: A Small Earnings + Flow Dashboard
Poll OptionsBell's unusual-flow API, cross-reference the earningscalls.dev upcoming-earnings calendar, and surface the names that have both an unusual print and an imminent report.
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Early Whale or Late Whale? Grade an Options Alert With Patterns and Trend
When an alert fires, the real question is timing: is the whale early or chasing? Use StockMarketScan chart patterns, trend watch, and market momentum to grade the alert before you act.
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June 2026
9 posts- Strategy·Active trader··6 min read
Pre-Earnings Positioning: Let the Calendar Pick Your Alert List
Use the earningscalls.dev upcoming-earnings calendar to know who reports this week, then watch OptionsBell alerts on exactly those names for pre-print positioning. Plus how IV and DTE behave into a print.
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Build a Flow-to-Thesis Pipeline: Poll OptionsBell, Enrich with StockMarketScan, Rank
A developer pipeline that polls OptionsBell's unusual-flow API, enriches each hit with StockMarketScan screener membership and stock reports, then ranks the results into a shortlist.
apiunusual options activitystockmarketscanpipelineworkflow - Strategy·Developer / quant··7 min read
An MCP Research Loop: Flow and Earnings Transcripts, All in Claude
Run a full options-flow-plus-earnings research loop inside Claude using both MCP servers: OptionsBell for unusual flow and earningscalls.dev for summaries and transcript search.
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A Full Options-Research Loop Inside Claude Using Two MCP Servers
Wire both the OptionsBell and StockMarketScan MCP servers into Claude and run the entire alert-to-thesis loop in natural language. Four prompts, one summarized thesis.
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Was That Options Bet Actually Informed? Check It Against the Call
When an OptionsBell alert fires on a name that just reported, pull the earnings-call summary and mention counts to judge whether the flow lines up with what management actually said.
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Confirm or Fade: Using a Second Options-Flow Source Before You Trade an Alert
One flow source can be noise. Use StockMarketScan's own options-flow ranking and sentiment as an independent second read to confirm or fade every OptionsBell alert.
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Trading Earnings Flow, Then Reading the Call It Was Betting On
Unusual options flow around earnings tells you how the market is positioned. The earnings call transcript tells you why. Here is how to combine OptionsBell alerts with earningscalls.dev.
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From a Single Options Alert to a Full Thesis: Cross-Check the Ticker Against Screeners
An OptionsBell alert tells you the smart money is moving. Before you act, see which StockMarketScan screeners that same ticker already lives in to build a full-picture thesis.
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Build a daily call-sweep digest with the options API
A Node script that pulls every unusual call on your watchlist at the close, ranks them by premium and ships a one-screen Markdown digest to your inbox.
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May 2026
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2 posts- Strategy·Active trader··8 min read
5 Options Flow Strategies for Beginners in 2026: Save Time and Trade Smarter
5 Options Flow Strategies for Beginners in 2026: Save Time and Trade Smarter
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Calendar spreads: collecting theta on stocks that go nowhere
Short the front month, long the back. A defined-risk way to monetize implied volatility term structure.
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December 2025
2 posts- Strategy·Active trader··10 min read
How to Trade Earnings Using Unusual Options Activity Alerts
How to Trade Earnings Using Unusual Options Activity Alerts
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Bull call spreads: defined-risk upside without paying for skew
Buy a closer-to-the-money call, sell a further OTM call. Cap your upside, slash your cost, and avoid IV crush.
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November 2025
3 posts- Strategy·Active trader··10 min read
Identifying Takeover Targets: How Options Flow Signals M&A Activity
Identifying Takeover Targets: How Options Flow Signals M&A Activity
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Can Options Flow Predict Earnings Surprises? How To Avoid Missing Out on FOMO Trades in 2026
Can Options Flow Predict Earnings Surprises? How To Avoid Missing Out on FOMO Trades in 2026
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Why Gamma Exposure is More Important Than the VIX Right Now: A Professional Edge for Traders in 2026
Why Gamma Exposure is More Important Than the VIX Right Now: A Professional Edge for Traders in 2026
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October 2025
2 posts- Strategy·Active trader··5 min read
Iron condors in low-volatility regimes
Sell premium on both sides of a range. The income strategy that loses to discipline more than to markets.
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Swing Trading with Institutional Flow: A Step-by-Step Guide
Swing Trading with Institutional Flow: A Step-by-Step Guide
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