Sell premium.
With data, not gut feeling.
The Bestbrains Options Desk brings market climate, sell signals, your morning routine and your trading journal into one place. Every morning, before the bell.
Real view of the desk with closing data from the session on Oct 9, 2026.
Ten tabs. Every morning.
VIX at Cboe, sentiment at CNN, breadth at Barchart, earnings in a calendar, the journal in a spreadsheet. By the time it all comes together, the market is already moving.
Data all over the place
Every metric lives on a different site, with its own format and timestamp. Getting the picture costs time and focus every morning.
Gut feeling instead of rules
Without fixed criteria, your mood decides which put gets sold. Good and bad trades look the same in the moment.
Mistakes repeat
If you don't record trades with your reasoning, you can't see patterns. The same mistake comes back, just with a different symbol.
One desk for the whole morning.
From the first look at the market to the recorded trade, in a fixed order.
The market climate in one minute.
Fear & Greed, VIX, term structure, put/call and SKEW on one card, each with the previous session and a clear rating.
- Ratings by fixed rules instead of interpretation
- NYSE and NASDAQ breadth, EMA 21 streaks for 12 indices
- Candlestick charts for ES, VIX, NDX, RTY and DAX
Three criteria. One clear signal.
Every value on your watchlist is checked against the same three rules every morning. The result: sell, watch or avoid.
- IV/HV ≥ 1.10: premium above actual movement
- Trend: close above EMA 20, RSI between 30 and 70
- No earnings within 45 days
Nine steps to the opening bell.
A checklist that counts back from 09:30 New York in your time zone. Every complete morning extends your streak.
- Market context, portfolio, plan and mindset
- Streak calendar of the last 20 sessions
- Your own risk rules in front of you every morning
Get better, week by week.
Every trade with its reasoning and mindset. The desk shows with which strategy and in which state of mind you win or lose.
- Positions with days to expiry, buy-back target and earnings warning
- Results by strategy and mindset
- Weekly review with three questions and short lessons on every rule
Only real data.
Every number in the desk has a source and a date. We estimate nothing and never fill gaps with sample values.
TradingView
Prices, daily bars, EMA, RSI and earnings dates.
Cboe
VIX3M, VVIX, SKEW, put/call and implied volatility per value.
CNN
Fear & Greed Index with the previous value.
Barchart
Market breadth: advancing and declining issues on NYSE and NASDAQ.
Ready in three steps.
Set up your desk
Set your experience, strategies, risk rules and watchlist. It takes about two minutes.
Open the desk in the morning
Read the briefing, check the signals, tick off the routine. The desk shows you what to do today.
Record your trades
Record every trade with its reasoning and look back once a week. That is how patterns become visible.
Built for option sellers.
For you if you …
- sell puts, spreads or covered calls on US names
- want a structured preparation before the open
- want to trade by fixed rules instead of feel
- want to learn from your own trades
Not for you if you …
- are looking for buy and sell calls to copy
- day trade by the minute and need real-time quotes
- expect quick profits without your own rules
One plan. Everything included.
Try the desk free for 14 days. Then decide.
Options-Desk
14 days free- Morning briefing and full market data
- Watchlist signals on three criteria
- Morning routine with streak calendar
- Portfolio import and automatic journal IBKR
- Trading plan and risk management New
- Weekly review and learning area 17 lessons
- German, English and Russian, light and dark
Prices in USD · plus applicable taxes ·
Frequently asked questions.
Is this investment advice?
No. The desk shows market data and applies fixed, openly documented rules to your watchlist. Whether and how you trade is your decision.
Where does the data come from?
From TradingView, Cboe, CNN, Barchart and StockCharts. Every number in the desk is labeled with its source and session.
How current are the values?
The desk works with the closing values of the last session. That is exactly the basis you need to prepare before the open. Your broker provides real-time quotes for trading.
Do I need a specific broker?
No. You record your trades in the journal yourself, which works with any broker.
Which values does the desk cover?
Options on US stocks and ETFs. The watchlist currently includes QQQ, SPY, RSP, EEM, GLD, SMH, MU, DELL, NVDA, PLTR, MRNA and SPCX, plus market data on 12 indices.
Can I cancel any time?
Yes. The monthly plan can be cancelled monthly, the yearly plan ends at the close of the paid year.
What happens to my entries?
They are yours. Journal, routine history and reviews can be exported as a file at any time.
Your next morning starts prepared.
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