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Options Profit Calculator vs Unusual Whales comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

Options Profit Calculator adds Options P&L, and Backtesting coverage that Unusual Whales skips.

Unusual Whales includes Screeners, Portfolio, Paper Trading, Dark Pool & Off-Exchange, Alerts, News, US Government Trades, Insider Data, 13F, APIs & SDKs, Data APIs, Education, Calendar, and Dividends categories that Options Profit Calculator omits.

Options Profit Calculator highlights: Strategy calculators for basic, spread, and advanced option structures, including multi-leg setups (2–8 legs)., ROI tables show profit/loss across both price and time, with line charts that can include stock performance comparisons., and Option Finder scans liquid contracts and suggests optimal calls, puts, or spreads by target price/date, using implied volatility derived from mid/last prices..

Unusual Whales is known for: Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy., Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones., and Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals..

Unusual Whales offers mobile access, which Options Profit Calculator skips.

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Options Profit Calculator

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Free web-based toolkit for visualizing options strategies and profit/loss scenarios. Quotes are delayed 15–30 minutes. A paid membership adds advanced calculators, a backtester with 20+ years of data, and an ad-free experience. Real-time data is listed as “coming soon.”

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Strategy calculators for basic, spread, and advanced option structures, including multi-leg setups (2–8 legs).
  • ROI tables show profit/loss across both price and time, with line charts that can include stock performance comparisons.
  • Option Finder scans liquid contracts and suggests optimal calls, puts, or spreads by target price/date, using implied volatility derived from mid/last prices.
  • Pricing based on Black–Scholes, with IV computed from option and underlying prices. Quotes delayed ~15–30 minutes; daily estimates use market-open snapshots.
  • Probability of Profit (PoP) uses a normative distribution based on 30-day IV rather than delta.

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Real-time options flow and dark-pool analytics built for active traders. Free plans view delayed data; paid tiers stream live flow, with annual plans unlocking data downloads. The public API is sold separately, and “Periscope” (market-wide SPX exposure) is available as an add-on.

Platforms

Web
Mobile
API

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy.
  • Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones.
  • Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals.
  • Options Profit Calculator to model multi-leg strategies, Greeks, and payoff P/L.
  • Paper trading for both stocks and options to test ideas without risk.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

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Both tools cover this research theme.

Where they differ

Options Profit Calculator

Distinct strengths include:

Options P&L
Backtesting
  • Strategy calculators for basic, spread, and advanced option structures, including multi-leg setups (2–8 legs).
  • ROI tables show profit/loss across both price and time, with line charts that can include stock performance comparisons.
  • Option Finder scans liquid contracts and suggests optimal calls, puts, or spreads by target price/date, using implied volatility derived from mid/last prices.
  • Pricing based on Black–Scholes, with IV computed from option and underlying prices. Quotes delayed ~15–30 minutes; daily estimates use market-open snapshots.

Unusual Whales

Distinct strengths include:

Screeners
Portfolio
Paper Trading
Dark Pool & Off-Exchange
Alerts
News
US Government Trades
Insider Data
  • Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy.
  • Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones.
  • Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals.
  • Options Profit Calculator to model multi-leg strategies, Greeks, and payoff P/L.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeOptions Profit CalculatorUnusual Whales
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Options & Derivatives

Unique: Options P&L, Backtesting

Shared: Options & Derivatives

Unique: Screeners, Portfolio, Paper Trading, Dark Pool & Off-Exchange, Alerts, News, US Government Trades, Insider Data, 13F, APIs & SDKs, Data APIs, Education, Calendar, Dividends

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Options

Stocks, ETFs, Options

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web

Web, Mobile, API

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free, Subscription

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Strategy calculators for basic, spread, and advanced option structures, including multi-leg setups (2–8 legs).
  • ROI tables show profit/loss across both price and time, with line charts that can include stock performance comparisons.
  • Option Finder scans liquid contracts and suggests optimal calls, puts, or spreads by target price/date, using implied volatility derived from mid/last prices.
  • Pricing based on Black–Scholes, with IV computed from option and underlying prices. Quotes delayed ~15–30 minutes; daily estimates use market-open snapshots.
  • Probability of Profit (PoP) uses a normative distribution based on 30-day IV rather than delta.
  • Support for Canadian markets via the Montréal Exchange (append “.to” to tickers).

Unique

  • Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy.
  • Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones.
  • Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals.
  • Options Profit Calculator to model multi-leg strategies, Greeks, and payoff P/L.
  • Paper trading for both stocks and options to test ideas without risk.
  • Portfolio Manager with broker linking for IBKR, tastytrade, Fidelity, and Robinhood.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Options Profit Calculator and Unusual Whales both support?

Both platforms cover Options & Derivatives workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do Options Profit Calculator and Unusual Whales require subscriptions?

Both Options Profit Calculator and Unusual Whales keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

Which tool has mobile access?

Unusual Whales ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Options Profit Calculator focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Options Profit Calculator differentiates itself with Strategy calculators for basic, spread, and advanced option structures, including multi-leg setups (2–8 legs)., ROI tables show profit/loss across both price and time, with line charts that can include stock performance comparisons., and Option Finder scans liquid contracts and suggests optimal calls, puts, or spreads by target price/date, using implied volatility derived from mid/last prices., whereas Unusual Whales stands out for Live options flow across all US options exchanges, with a status indicator so you know the feed is healthy., Dark-pool tape plus ‘Dark Pool Levels’ to surface recent prints and ticker-specific liquidity zones., and Options and stock screeners with filters for premium, volume, open interest, IV rank, and common technicals..

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