Options Scanner doubles as an add-on to Swing Trader and Breakout Rider: each session it first checks whether either one already published today's headline stock pick, and if that setup also clears the options-specific checks, it becomes today's options idea instead of a separate call. If neither is running for you, or neither found anything today, it runs the same directional screen on its own — pullbacks holding in an uptrend, breakdowns failing to hold support — then expresses whatever clears the bar as a general options idea: long call or long put, plus a selection rule (roughly one strike out of the money, 30–45 days to expiration) rather than one specific contract. The same idea goes to every reader. Never spreads, never multi-leg, never short options, never 0DTE, never weeklies. It's not tied to your account and never places an order — what you do with the information is entirely up to you.
Every candidate gets sorted into one of these — or thrown out. The direction decides call or put; the selection rule never changes.
Selling pressure fades, support holds, the trend resumes — the setup a long call gets built from.
Support gives way and the bounce doesn't come — the setup a long put gets built from.
Close enough to the underlying's move to matter, far enough out to keep the premium reasonable.
Never a short leg, never weekly options, never same-day expiration. One long call or put idea, or nothing.
Checks whether stocks broadly are trending up, down, or sideways first — the bar for a good setup gets stricter when the backdrop is weak.
If you also run Swing Trader or Breakout Rider, it checks whether either one already published a real headline setup today and uses that as the candidate — so this can feel like the options way to play today's call rather than an unrelated scan. Otherwise, it screens hundreds of stocks itself for the same pullback-holding or breakdown-failing shapes those two look for — scored for a clean directional move, not a stock pick on its own. Either way, the candidate still has to clear every check below; being linked never skips a step.
Once a setup clears the bar, it's expressed as exactly one options structure: call or put based on direction, with a general selection rule of roughly one strike out of the money, 30–45 days to expiration — enough runway for the move to play out without a weekly option's time decay eating it alive. Never a spread, never multiple legs, never a short option.
If something clears the bar, the alert publishes the underlying setup plus the options idea — direction and the strike and expiration selection rule, not a specific contract — and a general risk-sizing note, never a number calculated from your account, since Zelos never sees it. What you do with that information, in your own brokerage account, is entirely your call.
Options Scanner is newly launched, so there's no live account history to show yet. Here's exactly how the screen and translation rule treat a real setup shape — shown honestly as a sample, not as a completed trade.
No account connection, ever. Zelos never asks for your brokerage credentials and never links to any account. There's nothing to authorize and nothing for it to touch — it publishes an alert page, full stop.
Nothing here places an order. Every run only researches and reports. If you decide to act on an alert, you place that options trade yourself, in your own brokerage account, on your own judgment.
Long calls or long puts only — never spreads, multi-leg, short options, 0DTE, or weeklies. This is the rule that doesn't bend. A single long option has a plainly defined maximum loss — what you paid for it — and nothing more complicated to manage or get assigned on.
Sizing is a general rule of thumb, not a calculation on your money. Because Zelos never sees your balance, it can't and doesn't size a position for you. Options can expire worthless, so the general guidance here leans smaller than the stock-alert equivalent — apply it to your own situation.
"No trade today" is a normal outcome. The bar exists to be missed most days — that's what keeps it a strategy instead of a habit.
Nothing here is a guarantee. This approach hasn't been backtested against a long track record. It's rules, applied consistently — not a promise of returns.
Right away — the latest alert is on the site every morning. Unlock it with tokens while it's live (new accounts get free tokens), or unlock it for 3 tokens after the 4:00 pm ET close (it's free once the trade finishes). Options Scanner runs the same rules engine as Swing Trader and Breakout Rider with an options-specific translation step on top; it's newly launched, so there's no live track record on this specific strategy yet — you're seeing it from day one rather than after months of quiet testing.
Yes — that's what it's built for. If you also run either one, Options Scanner checks each session whether that skill already published a real headline setup for you today, and if it clears the same options-specific checks (a liquid options chain, the qualifying score), that becomes today's options idea automatically. If neither is running for you, or neither found a setup that day, it runs its own independent bullish/bearish scan instead. Either path still has to pass the full screen — nothing gets a pass just because it's linked.
It keeps the position simple and the risk plainly defined: the most you can lose is what you paid for the contract, never more, and there's only one leg to track — no multi-leg management, no assignment risk from a short leg you sold. That's a deliberate trade-off against the extra income or defined-risk shapes a spread can offer.
Roughly one strike out of the money, 30–45 days to expiration. That's enough runway for the underlying move to actually play out without a weekly option's fast time decay working against the position before the setup has a chance to be right.
While an alert is live, it's unlocked with tokens: a 1-week Options Scanner pass is 120 tokens (about $3.60), a 1-day pass is 30, and a single alert is 25 (8 after the 4:00 pm ET close). Every alert is free for everyone once its trade finishes. New accounts start with 50 free tokens. Tokens are site credit, not a subscription.
No. Options Scanner is a published alert, not a broker or an execution service — it never connects to any brokerage account and never places an order. It screens hundreds of stocks, scores every setup, and publishes what qualifies as a general call-or-put idea with a strike and expiration selection rule, never one specific contract. What you do with that information, if anything, is entirely up to you, in your own account.
None, to read it — it's general information, not tied to any account size. Since Zelos never sees your balance, it can't calculate a position size for you; the alert instead offers a general rule of thumb that you apply to your own situation. Options can expire worthless, so think carefully about what you can afford to lose entirely, and talk to a licensed professional if you want advice tailored to your circumstances.
A single ticket — ticker, direction, approximate strike, expiration window, and the underlying setup's reward:risk, kept current at one pinned link and timestamped every time it runs so you can always tell how fresh it is. See a sample alert to check out the format before you subscribe.
No — tokens aren't a subscription, so there's nothing recurring to cancel. A pass simply runs for 7 days.
Email support at p8md8s7rj4@privaterelay.appleid.com — that's the fastest way to reach me if something doesn't match what you're seeing on this page.
No brokerage account, no credentials, nothing to link — just a page that publishes the day's alert on a fixed schedule.
Sign in (new accounts get free tokens), then open the live alert and unlock it with a pass or a single unlock.
One link, kept current every session. Check it, or set your own reminder — there's nothing to configure.
Zelos is a published research page, not trading software you install or connect to an account. It never asks for brokerage credentials, never sees your balance or positions, and never places an order. Every subscriber sees the same rule-based scan, on the same schedule — general information, not personalized to any individual's account or situation.
Zelos is not personalized investment advice and Zelos is not a registered investment adviser. Trading involves risk, including loss of principal. Past performance of any strategy does not guarantee future results.
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Or practice it on real charts in the Zelos Training Ground, and see every past alert in the daily scan archive.