Options strategy calculators
built by a working trader
Clean, fast calculators for the strategies retail options traders actually run — with the edge cases handled. No fluff, no signups, no paywall.
Where do you want to start?
Four ways in — pick the one that fits where you are.
A guided beginner path from "what is an option" to your first cash-secured put.
Jump to all 25 calculators, grouped by what you're trying to do.
Answer four quick questions and get matched to a strategy and its calculator.
See income and defined-risk strategies next to each other to choose between them.
The tools
All tools →All free, all live — no signup, no paywall.
Core income strategies
The core trades this site is built around — start here.
Covered Call Calculator
LiveModel max profit, breakeven, annualized return, downside protection and the payoff diagram for a covered call.
Open calculator →Cash-Secured Put Calculator
LiveReturn on capital, effective cost basis if assigned, and breakeven for a cash-secured put.
Open calculator →Wheel Strategy Calculator
LiveTrack premium, cost basis and P&L across every cycle of the wheel — puts, assignment and called-away events.
Open calculator →Rolling Decision Calculator
LiveRepair an in-the-money short put: net credit, new breakeven, and which of the three roll-repair stages your roll is.
Open calculator →Defined-risk & spreads
Poor Man's Covered Call Calculator
LiveRun a covered call on a LEAPS instead of 100 shares: net debit, max profit, breakeven, return on debit and an annualized income yield.
Open calculator →Bull Put Spread Calculator
LiveSell a put credit spread with defined risk: net credit, max profit, max loss, breakeven, return on risk and the payoff diagram.
Open calculator →Call Spread Calculator
LiveBull call (debit) or bear call (credit) vertical: net debit/credit, max profit, max loss, breakeven, return on risk and the payoff diagram.
Open calculator →Calendar Spread Calculator
LiveSame-strike call or put calendar: net debit, estimated near-expiry max profit, max loss, both breakevens and return on debit, with the far leg priced by Black-Scholes.
Open calculator →Iron Condor Calculator
LiveBoth credit spreads at once: net credit, max profit, max loss, both breakevens, profit-zone width and annualized return on risk.
Open calculator →Iron Butterfly Calculator
LiveSell the ATM straddle inside protective wings: net credit, max profit, max loss, both breakevens, profit-zone width and return on risk.
Open calculator →Butterfly Spread Calculator
LiveLong 1-2-1 call or put butterfly: net debit, max profit at the body, max loss, both breakevens, profit-zone width and return on risk.
Open calculator →Straddle & Strangle Calculator
LiveLong straddle or strangle: buy a call and a put for a move either way — net debit, max loss, both breakevens and the percentage move needed to profit.
Open calculator →Long Call & Long Put Calculator
LiveBuy a single call or put with defined risk: net debit, max loss, breakeven, max profit and the percentage move the stock needs to reach profit.
Open calculator →Diagonal Spread Calculator
LiveCall or put diagonal — a calendar with two strikes: estimated near-expiry max profit, net debit (max loss), breakeven and return on debit, far leg priced by Black-Scholes.
Open calculator →Protective Put Calculator
LiveInsure long stock with a put: protected floor, maximum loss, breakeven, the cost of protection and its annualized rate.
Open calculator →Collar Calculator
LiveProtect a stock holding with a put and finance it with a call: net cost, protected floor, capped ceiling, max loss and max gain.
Open calculator →Payoff Diagram Builder
LivePlot the expiration P&L of any multi-leg options position — max profit, max loss and breakevens.
Open calculator →Decision & analysis
IV Rank & IV Percentile Calculator
LiveSee where implied volatility sits in its 52-week range — and whether it is a rich or poor time to sell premium.
Open calculator →Expected Move Calculator
LiveTurn implied volatility into a 1SD and 2SD price range by expiration — the move the options market is pricing in.
Open calculator →Black-Scholes Calculator
LivePrice a European call and put from the five Black-Scholes inputs — and see the full set of Greeks: delta, gamma, theta, vega and rho.
Open calculator →Options Probability Calculator
LiveTurn implied volatility into the odds a stock finishes past a target, expires short of it, or ever touches it before expiration.
Open calculator →Strategy Finder
LiveNot sure where to start? Answer four questions and get a matched strategy — with a link straight to its calculator.
Open calculator →Options Expiration Calendar
LiveUpcoming US options expiration dates — every monthly third Friday and weekly expiry, with the days to each, computed live in your browser.
Open calculator →Position sizing
Kelly Criterion Position Sizing
LiveSize positions by your edge: Full, Half and Quarter Kelly as a percent of your account and in dollars, plus a sensitivity table.
Open calculator →Kelly Criterion Simulator
LiveWatch Full, Half and Quarter Kelly compound an account trade by trade on the same random run — equity curve, ending balance and max drawdown.
Open calculator →Guides
All guides →Plain-English explainers for the strategies behind the calculators.
How Much Buying Power Do Options Use? Margin for Sellers
How much buying power do options use? A cash-secured put ties up strike x 100, a naked put far less on margin, and defined-risk spreads least of all.
How to Tell If an Option Is Liquid (Spread, OI, Volume)
How to tell if an option is liquid: a tight bid-ask spread, real open interest and recent volume - and the illiquidity that quietly eats a seller's returns.
Not sure which strategy fits? See the strategy comparison. Ready to place these trades? Compare brokers on the best options brokers page, or look up any term in the options glossary. The site is actively maintained — see what's new.
Why The Options Bench
Most options calculators are built for marketing reach, not for traders. The Options Bench focuses on scenario-specific tools — multi-cycle wheel P&L, roll credit math, after-assignment cost basis — and gets the awkward cases right: in-the-money covered calls, zero-DTE math, LEAPS-length holds. Built and maintained by an active retail trader.