Put Option Screener

A free put option screener that finds the best puts to sell. Twenty-five high-volatility stocks scored daily on IV Rank, IV/HV ratio, drawdown, and entry timing. Each gets a letter grade. Click a stock and the AI returns a specific strike, premium, breakeven, and annualized return using real Tradier option chains.

What Is a Put Option Screener?

A put option screener scans the market for the best stocks to sell put options on. Instead of opening 50 different option chains by hand, the screener filters by the things that actually matter for put sellers: implied volatility relative to history, IV vs. realized volatility, how far the stock has pulled back, trend, and option liquidity. The output is a ranked list of setups where the premium is rich relative to the risk you take.

Most put screeners on the market are either expensive (Barchart Premier at $30/month, OptionStrat at $39/month) or buried inside a broker platform that requires a signup, a deposit, and a learning curve before you see a single trade idea. Flow Proof is a free put option screener with no paywall and no signup required to browse the results.

How Flow Proof Scores Puts

What Makes the Best Put Option Screener

A good put option screener does three things. It surfaces the best put-selling candidates without you having to filter manually. It gives you enough context to know why a setup is good (or bad). And it produces a specific, tradeable recommendation, not a wall of raw data.

Most free screeners stop at step one. They give you a sortable table and walk away. Paid screeners like Barchart give you more filters but still leave you to do the analysis. Flow Proof goes further: every stock has a one-click AI Analyze button that pulls the live option chain, picks a strike at your target delta, calculates premium, breakeven, max risk, and annualized return, and writes a 2-3 sentence rationale on whether the trade makes sense right now given the market regime.

How to Use the Screener (Step by Step)

1. Open the scanner. Sort by Score (highest first). Look at the top 3-5 setups.
2. Check IV Rank. Anything below 30 means premium is cheap and not worth selling. Above 50 is interesting. Above 70 is the green zone.
3. Verify the grade and trend. A or B grade with a positive or neutral trend. Skip C, D, F unless you have a specific thesis.
4. Click AI Analyze. The AI returns a target strike (typically 20-25 delta), expiration (30-45 DTE), credit, breakeven, and annualized return.
5. Size the trade. Cash-secured puts require buying power equal to strike × 100. Make sure you can afford assignment on every contract you sell.
6. Log it. Drop the trade in the Trade Blotter to track P&L. If you get assigned, the wheel tracker continues automatically with a covered call recommendation.

Who This Screener Is Built For

Income-focused options sellers. Cash-secured puts, short puts in margin accounts, the wheel strategy. If you're trying to generate consistent monthly income from option premium and you want a screener that actually understands volatility risk premium, this is built for you.

It's not built for directional traders buying puts as a bearish bet, and it's not built for high-frequency 0DTE traders. The 30-45 DTE window where theta decay is most efficient is the focus.

Free Put Screener vs. Paid Alternatives

What the Screener Won't Do

It won't scan all 5,000 optionable stocks. The watchlist is 25 high-volatility tickers popular with put sellers (SOFI, CHWY, AFRM, TSLA, GME, DASH, UPST, ROKU, and similar). The reason is focus — sellers don't need a haystack, they need a curated list of names where premiums are consistently rich. If you want a specific ticker that isn't covered, the AI Analyze tool works on any symbol with a liquid option chain.

It also won't tell you what the market is going to do tomorrow. No screener can. What it can do is rank setups by quality so the trades you make are statistically tilted in your favor.

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