For retail options traders · long calls and puts

A specific options plan,
or the reason there isn’t one.

Type a ticker. LevelCheck runs four checks against the option chain and gives one of two answers: a specific long call or put, 30 to 120 days out, with its stops, profit exit and size; or a refusal that names the check it failed and the rule. No orders are placed.

Verify keeps the record afterwards: lock the plan before you enter, then see what each later decision, like a roll, actually changed against walking away.

See a worked exampleFree account, 3 checks a day, no card.

(run of 10-15-2026): 685 names checked, 117 cleared. Activity, not results. The 685 are a fixed list, chosen on past returns.

Industry strength

Top 30 of 426 themes · ranked on closes of · nightlyAll 426
#1 of 426Social - Niche PlatformsDaily 100.0/100 · weekly-blend #1 · monthly-blend #7Skip the industry ribbon

Each cell: rank, a column for the daily score on a fixed 0–100 scale (return against SPY and the other 426 themes, mostly over one week, with breadth and trend), and a line for how high the theme ranks on the monthly blend (3- to 6-month returns). Same-night lookbacks, not earlier readings, so no movement is shown; a rank is one night’s run, not a forecast.

Check · before the trade

The reason is part of the result.

Fixed example dated 08-27-2026 · fictional tickers · no live market data

Showing the cleared example, SAMPLE-1.

SAMPLE-1Long call · fictional underlyingExample · not a recommendationFictional ticker · fixed example dated 08-27-2026

Price structure

The plan, on the underlying.

$47.10 spot
$44$46$48$501 ATR (1.32)Target · modeled$50.40+7.0%Resistance$48.20+2.3%Spot when checked$47.10Entry trigger · pullback$46.50−1.3%Underlying stop$45.18−4.1%Strike$44.00−6.6%47.10Fictional levels · no price history is drawn$44$46$48$501 ATR (1.32)Target · modeled$50.40+7.0%Resistance$48.20+2.3%Spot when checked$47.10Entry trigger · pullback$46.50−1.3%Underlying stop$45.18−4.1%Strike$44.00−6.6%47.10Fictional levels · no price history is drawn

The shaded band is the room the plan gives the underlying: between the entry trigger and the stop, 1 ATR (1.32); the plan exits if the underlying reaches the stop. The target is modeled (fictional analyst consensus, scaled to the option). Percentages are distances from spot when checked.

Decision

SAMPLE-1 cleared all four checks

Cleared

44 call · 10-16-2026

50 days · monthly · delta 0.72 · mid 4.28 (a mid is not a fill)
Premium stop
2.14−50%
Profit exit
8.56+100%
Underlying stop
45.18
Time stop · 21 DTE
09-25-2026

Size and risk

4 contracts

4 contracts at a $1,000 sample stop budget: $856 planned loss at the premium stop, at the mid, before fees. The whole premium, $1,712, can still be lost.

The planned stop is not a maximum loss. A gap or a fill below the stop can lose more.

  1. 01 / History60+ daily bars passed
  2. 02 / Direction21/50-day trend agrees · call passed
  3. 03 / TradeableSpread, open interest and delta inside limits passed
  4. 04 / PriceModeled value above the mid passed

Four checks, in order. The first one that fails ends it.

  1. 01 History

    Enough daily price history to judge the idea.

    Rule: 60+ daily bars

  2. 02 Direction

    The 21- and 50-day trend agrees with a call or a put.

    Rule: 21/50-day EMA gap over 0.1%, close beyond the 21-day

  3. 03 Tradeable

    A strike passes the spread, open interest and delta rules.

    Rule: two-sided quote, mid 0.05+, spread 10% or less, open interest 100+, then delta 0.20 to 0.75; nearest expiry past the 30 to 120 day horizon, then one monthly

  4. 04 Price

    The modeled value sits above the mid.

    Rule: modeled value above the mid

A clear is not a forecast.

A passed check describes this setup at this moment: it met these rules on a quote LevelCheck held back at least 15 minutes. Price uses a model. A refusal is a finished answer and counts like one.

Every threshold is on the methodology page. Free account, 3 checks a day, no card; LevelCheck places no orders and gives no advice to buy or sell.

Verify · Roll Record · after the trade

Did rolling beat
walking away?

Roll Record rebuilds each roll chain from your broker’s fills and compares it with closing the first contract at the price your first roll actually filled. Every closed chain counts.

In this fictional sample, rolling beat walking away in 5 of 11 closed roll chains.

Fictional figures from fictional fills, a 4% bid-ask spread inside them, before commissions and fees. Every closed chain is counted, losses included: net −$1,545 against walking away. 1 open chain is listed, not scored.

Rolling beat walking away

5 of 11closed roll chains · 6 did worse

Net vs walking away

−$1,545across the 11 closed, per contract

Still open

1listed, not scored

Each closed chain, rolling minus walking away · n = 11 closed · per contract · select one

Open · not scored

C-08: +$360 against walking away, beat.

C-08 · closed roll chain · 4 rolls

Rolling came out ahead.

+$360

Rolling minus walking away

+$360

In the count

1 of the 5 that beat

Per contract, from the sample’s fills, spreads inside, before commissions and fees. Walking away means closing the first contract at the price the first roll actually filled. The full demo shows every leg of a scored chain.

Hold the original · modeled
Rolling minus holding the original contract: +$520 per contract, by Black-Scholes at constant volatility, which flatters rolling after a selloff. Never mixed with the count above. Across the 11 closed, rolling beat holding the original in 6.

Illustrative sample Twelve fictional roll chains, one contract each, 05-15-2026 to 09-25-2026, per contract. This fictional sample is reported the way your real Roll Record is: from fills, with the spreads inside them, before commissions and fees.

See the full Roll Record demoSee yours

How the two halves connect

Plan before the trade. Check the record after.

Before · Check

Clear a check

Get one contract with its stops, exits and size, or the rule that stopped it.

Before · Verify

Lock the plan

Save the stops and exit before you enter, so the plan is on record as you set it.

After · Verify

Import your fills

Verify sets what you did beside what you planned, and Roll Record scores your rolls.

Start with one ticker.

Run a free checkFree account, 3 checks a day, no card. Paid plans aren’t open yet. LevelCheck places no orders and gives no advice to buy or sell.