What it does. Searches the live option chain for a new position (a Weekly Income set, credit spread, debit spread, iron condor, strangle or straddle) that fits the limits you set, then ranks what it finds. It never places a trade.

How to use it. 1) Choose a structure and an underlying. 2) Choose a search style (Cautious, Balanced or Aggressive); it sets how far from the money the short strike may sit. 3) Press Find positions. 4) Start with the cards at the top: each is the winner at one thing (most credit, least cash tied up, closest to your delta target, best overall). They are often different rows, and that gap is the trade-off. 5) Tick compare on up to three rows to see them side by side.

Reading a row. The plain sentence under each position tells you what it collects, what it ties up, and how risky the short strike is. Delta is a rough read of assignment risk: 0.15 means roughly a 15% chance the option finishes in the money. Requirement is the buying power the position ties up; “modelled” means calculated here, not quoted by your broker.

The score. A number from 0 to 100 that rates each row against the others in this search: credit, how little cash it ties up, and how close the delta is to your target (steering adds a fourth part). It never looks at days to expiration or probability of profit. Hover it for the breakdown. Scores within about 5 points are effectively tied, so read the numbers. With only a row or two, scores run high automatically.

Everything here is arithmetic on market prices and your own settings. It is not advice or a prediction. Hover any ⓘ for a plain-language explanation.

What it does. Every few minutes while the market is open it looks at each long option in your account, prices the rolls available out to your ceiling (150 days by default), and works out what each one costs per week of time it buys. The cheapest sits in the “Best roll now” column.

When it speaks. Two cases. Getting short: a long is down to your warning (75 days) or floor (60 days), and the alert names the best roll available right now. Cheap roll: a long that still has time could be rolled out for no more than your limit ($100 a week per contract by default), so you can take it before you are forced to. A long that stays short reminds you once a day, not every check.

The number. Cost a week = what the roll costs in total (close the old long, open the new one) divided by the weeks it adds. A roll that adds 63 days (9 weeks) for $650 costs about $72 a week. Green is inside your limit, red is over. Prices use the worst case by default (sell at the bid, buy at the ask), so real fills are usually a little better.

Alerts. They show here, as a banner, and as a red count on the Tools tab. Press Turn on desktop alerts for browser notifications. They only work while the journal is open in a browser tab. To be told when the journal is closed, switch on Also watch while I am away: the server keeps watching and emails you, and sends one short summary email each Monday morning.

Everything here is arithmetic on market prices and your own limits. It is not advice or a prediction, and exchange holidays are not modelled (on a holiday it simply finds nothing new).