Catalyst Options blends institutional-style options flow, stock participation, momentum, catalyst strength, and sentiment into a simple 0-100 confidence score for retail traders. The score is for educational analytics only and does not place trades or provide financial advice.
Bullish, bearish, or neutral bias is calculated separately using price momentum, catalyst sentiment, and whether the options flow is call-heavy or put-heavy.
Event risk and elevated IV are surfaced as warnings so traders can understand when signals may be more volatile or more expensive to monitor.
The five factors
Unusual options volume compared with normal activity, supported by volume/OI, IV rank, put/call ratio, sweeps, and blocks. The heaviest input.
Confirms whether the underlying stock is seeing enough participation to support the signal.
Checks whether price action is moving with enough force to confirm the options activity.
Scores the strength of news, earnings, macro, analyst, or event-driven context.
Adds directional context from the catalyst tone. The lightest input.
The AI explainer converts the scored signal into retail-friendly language: why it matters, what to watch, and what risks deserve attention. All explanation copy must stay watch-only.
The MVP uses mock/provider-placeholder data and should be calibrated with historical outcomes before any production use with live market providers.