Value Options Letter — Tools

Free calculators for self-directed options traders.

Each tool runs on live market data and the same fundamentals pipeline we use behind the paid letter. No account required.

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Put-Selling Yield Calculator

Enter a ticker, strike, and expiration. We compute the annualized yield if the put expires worthless, your effective cost basis if assigned, and the downside cushion vs current spot. Pure math — no opinions.

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Value + Volatility Setup Score

Type one ticker. We score it on two axes: is it cheap vs its own 5-year valuation history, and is the premium paying for the volatility we'd actually be exposed to? Single-ticker, not a screener.

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How VOL evaluates a name

Plain-English walkthrough of the analytical framework behind the letter. The same lens that's encoded in the calculators above — applied to a hypothetical name end-to-end.

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IV Rank + Options Snapshot Lookup

Quick read on any ticker: where IV sits in its 52-week range, ATM put and call yields at the next weekly/monthly/45-day expirations, earnings date, and put/call open interest.

Browse a popular ticker

Each link runs the framework on a live snapshot — no account needed.

Or type any ticker into the Setup Score tool above.

What these tools aren’t

They’re not personalized advice. They don’t know your portfolio, your tax situation, or your risk tolerance. They compute the structural numbers behind a trade so you can decide for yourself.

What the paid letter adds is the analyst work on top — which companies we’d actually be comfortable owning at the assigned price, how we’re sizing each position, and our real trade log with closed-trade results.