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Free options calculators

Covered calls to iron condors, Black-Scholes to the Section 1256 split. You type the prices, the page computes and draws the payoff, and no account is asked for.

Income

CalculatorWhat it answers
Covered call calculatorShares you hold and a call you sell against them: the premium, the return if the stock is called away and if it does not move, the breakeven and the most it can make.
Cash-secured put calculatorA put sold with the cash to buy the shares set aside: the yield on that cash, annualised, the breakeven and the price you effectively pay if assigned.
Wheel strategy calculatorOne full turn of the wheel: a put sold and assigned, then a call sold on the shares and called away. Total premium, the cost basis after each leg and the return on the cash it took.

Spreads

CalculatorWhat it answers
Credit spread calculatorA vertical sold for a credit, with puts or calls: the credit, the most it can lose, the breakeven and the return on the capital at risk.
Debit spread calculatorA vertical bought for a debit, with calls or puts: the cost, the most it can make, the breakeven and the reward against the risk.
Iron condor calculatorA put credit spread and a call credit spread on the same expiry: the net credit, the profit zone between the breakevens, and the most it can lose.

Volatility

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Straddle and strangle calculatorA put and a call on the same expiry, bought or sold, at one strike or two: the cost, both breakevens, and how far the price has to move to reach them, in points and percent.

Protection

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Collar calculatorShares with a protective put below and a covered call above: the net cost of the options, the floor and the cap, the breakeven and the most it can make or lose.
Protective put calculatorShares with a put bought under them: the cost of the protection, the floor it sets, the breakeven and the most the position can lose.

Pricing

CalculatorWhat it answers
Option price and Greeks calculatorBlack-Scholes with a dividend yield: the price of a European call or put, and its delta, gamma, theta, vega and rho, at the spot, volatility and rate you type.
Implied volatility calculatorThe volatility that makes Black-Scholes return the option price you type, and the Greeks at that volatility.

Tax

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Section 1256 vs equity options tax calculatorThe same gain taxed two ways: as Section 1256 contracts, 60% long term and 40% short term whatever the holding period, and as equity options under the ordinary holding period rules. An estimate at the rates you type.
Section 1256 60/40 split calculatorThe arithmetic of Form 6781: a Section 1256 result is 60% long term and 40% short term whatever the holding period. Type the year's aggregate, or the three boxes from a 1099-B, and see the split.

Your record

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Win rate interval calculator: is your win rate real?Type your wins and losses per trading day and get a 95% interval that counts days as the evidence, next to the one every other calculator prints.
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