Option Samurai

Verdict

Option Samurai (branded Samurai on the site header; domain optionsamurai.com) is browser and mobile software for scanning options strategies. Public product and pricing pages describe a market-wide options scanner, predefined and custom strategy screens, an unusual-options-volume tracker, implied-volatility analysis, P/L visualization, a stock analyzer, a trade log, and related extras. The homepage calls it a “Powerful yet simple option scanner for real people.”

Public pricing cards on the homepage (Yearly view we captured on 2026-08-31, with a Labor Day savings banner on annual plans) showed Beginner at $35/mo when paid annually (struck-through $39) and Advanced at $50/mo when paid annually (struck-through $59). Beginner is labeled End of Day; Advanced is labeled Intraday. A 14-day free trial is offered with no credit card needed. Exact monthly-billing dollar prices on the Monthly toggle are unverified on this capture.

This is a directory listing of analysis software, not a brokerage, not a signal service, and not a source of investment advice. Official FAQ copy says the product is for traders who already have a funded account and broker permissions to trade options. Features pages describe “Direct Trade Transmission to Brokers” with “More brokers coming soon” — which named brokers are wired, and whether transmission works for every seat, are unverified. Do not treat this page as a how-to for placing trades.

Official pages emphasize data for stocks and options in the US (“every stock and option in the US (Over 1M)”). Canadian-listed coverage is unverified.

Vendor marketing on the homepage and features pages uses ranking language (“best,” “edge,” “profitable”). Those are vendor lines, not a forecast from this directory. We are not saying Option Samurai is the best scanner, the best flow tool, or the best purchase. We are not saying it will make a strategy profitable.

Best for

• Scan unusual options activity and strategy setups on a US-listed universe. Features pages describe an “Advanced Unusual Options Volume Tracker,” predefined scans (examples named on the pricing cards: selling puts on dividend aristocrats, wheel candidates, unusual option volume play), 24+ named option strategies, and a custom strategy screener.
• Starting on a 14-day free trial. FAQ: two-week trial; free access to features for 14 days; no credit card needed. That is enough to open scans and see what the product looks like.
• IV context, P/L diagrams, and a trade log as extra jobs on the same site. Official pages list IV rank / IV vs realized volatility, skew tools, “Visualize Your P&L,” and a trade log for paper or live portfolio tracking. Those are extras, not reasons to call the tool number one.
• US-listed underlyings. Homepage and features copy: hundreds of data points for every stock and option in the US; over 1M options and 5000+ tickers on the scan-the-market blurb.

That is a fit for traders who want to screen structures and unusual volume as a research input before they send an order somewhere else. It is not a claim that scanning improves results.

Skip if

• You want Option Samurai to be the broker. This is not a broker comparison. FAQ: you should already have a funded account and options permissions. “Direct Trade Transmission to Brokers” is described, but named Canadian or US broker integrations on the pages we reviewed are unverified.
• You want stock picks, alerts-as-advice, or a ranked “best trade.” Predefined scans and “best” vendor copy are product labels, not this directory’s ranking. Testimonials on the homepage talk about gains; those are other users’ comments.
• You need verified Canadian-listed options. Official pages we reviewed say US stocks and options. We did not find an official page stating TSX, Montréal Exchange, CDRs, or similar. Canadian-listed coverage is unverified.
• Your primary job is a live multi-exchange flow tape only. Unusual-volume tracking is listed, but the product’s center of gravity on official pages is strategy scanning (covered calls, spreads, iron condors, wheel, and similar). Neighboring flow listings such as Unusual Whales and Cheddar Flow are built around a live tape.
• You need confirmed monthly-billing dollars without opening the pricing toggle. On 2026-08-31 the Yearly cards showed $35 / $50 per month when paid annually under a Labor Day savings banner. Monthly-toggle dollars are unverified.

What you get at each price

Public cards on optionsamurai.com (homepage Pricing Plans block). The page offered Monthly and Yearly (save up to 33%) toggles. Figures below are from the Yearly view captured 2026-08-31, with a Labor Day savings banner on annual plans (“Offer expires in 6 days” on that capture). Confirm current dollars on the official site — promotional windows change.

	Beginner	Advanced
Public price as shown (Yearly view)	$35/mo when paid annually; struck-through $39	$50/mo when paid annually; struck-through $59
Data cadence as shown	End of Day	Intraday
Trial as shown	14-day free trial; “TRY FREE”; FAQ: no credit card needed	Same trial language on the Advanced card
Strategies / custom screener as shown	24 option strategies; custom strategy screener with 2 legs total (stock and options)	Same strategies; custom screener with 5 legs (up to 4 options + 1 stock)
Filters / trade log / accounts as shown	Gallery of ready-to-go scans; volatility suite; 170 filters; trade log; 2 trading accounts; stock analyzer; full-featured mobile version	Same, plus unlimited trading accounts; scan watching (intraday monitor + notify); Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets toolbox; unique premium reports (examples named: Center of Mass, Open Interest)

Also listed on that page and on neighboring official pages:

• 14-day trial. FAQ: free two-week trial; no credit card needed; free access to features for 14 days.
• Cancel. FAQ: cancel anytime; premium account stays active until the next billing period; no contract — recurring billing you can cancel anytime.
• Refunds. FAQ: all initial payments are final; no refunds on initial payments; all monthly plans (initial and renewals) are non-refundable; full refund for annual renewals only within the first 7 calendar days after renewal, via support.
• Custom Option Strategy Scanner. Pricing blurb: included on all plans; scan non-standard strategies.
• Monthly-billing dollars. Exact Monthly-toggle dollar amounts were not captured as filled numbers on 2026-08-31, so those dollars are unverified. Labor Day / annual sale dollars above may not match a later non-sale card.
• Contact. FAQ: [email protected] (obfuscated on the page we fetched; address confirmed in FAQ copy).

Prices change. Confirm on Option Samurai’s site before you pay. This directory does not sell Option Samurai and has no affiliate URL.

Pros and cons

Sourced from the official pages listed under Verified features. We do not invent partner-program payout rules.

Pros

• Strategy scanner across 24+ named option structures, plus predefined scans and a custom multi-leg screener.
• Unusual-options-volume tracker, IV suite, P/L visualization, stock analyzer, and trade log on the same product.
• 14-day trial with no credit card (vendor FAQ). Advanced adds intraday data, scan watching, spreadsheet toolbox, and premium reports.
• Mobile version is listed as full-featured on both plan cards.

Cons

• Official pages emphasize US stocks and options. Canadian-listed coverage is unverified.
• Not a broker. Named broker list for “Direct Trade Transmission” is unverified beyond “more brokers coming soon.”
• Monthly-billing dollars and post-sale annual dollars after the Labor Day window are unverified beyond the Yearly cards captured 2026-08-31.
• Beginner is end-of-day data. Live intraday scanning is on Advanced.
• Vendor “best / edge / profitable” marketing is not a directory ranking.

Vs Unusual Whales, Cheddar Flow, OptionStrat, and InsiderFinance

This is not a ranking. These are neighboring listings for related jobs. We do not invent star ratings. We do not claim Option Samurai is better.

	Option Samurai	Unusual Whales	Cheddar Flow	OptionStrat	InsiderFinance
Status on this directory	Live review	Live review	Live review	Live review	Live review
Job	Scan unusual options flow; visualize payoffs; screen wheel / IV / debit spreads; journal	Scan unusual options flow	Scan unusual options flow	Visualize an options payoff; scan unusual options flow as an extra job	Scan unusual options flow
What official pages describe	Strategy scanner, unusual-volume tracker, IV tools, P/L, trade log; US stocks/options	Live US options-flow tape, dark pool, politician trades, GEX, calculator, screeners, Discord; API sold separately	Live options-flow tape, filters, Cheddar AI; Pro adds dark pool, gamma exposure, Power Alerts	Interactive builder, 50+ templates, optimizer, OPRA data, unusual-flow feed	Live options flow, dark pool, technical analysis, trade ideas, news sentiment
Price captured here	Beginner $35/mo annual / Advanced $50/mo annual (Yearly view 2026-08-31, Labor Day banner); 14-day free trial; monthly-toggle dollars unverified	Free (15-min delay) / Retail Basic $50/mo / Retail Pro $75/mo / Retail Max $120/mo; annual $504 / $756 / $1,224	Standard $0 for 7 days then $85/mo / Professional $99/mo / Pro Annual $75/mo	Free (15-min delay) / Live Tools $39.99/mo / Live Flow $99.99/mo; annual dollars unverified	Monthly $75 / Quarterly $195 ($65/mo) / Annual $660 ($55/mo); free delayed flow sample
Canada	Canadian-listed coverage unverified; US focus	Canadian-listed coverage unverified; US OPRA focus	Canadian-listed coverage unverified	Canadian-listed coverage unverified; US OPRA focus	Canadian-listed coverage unverified

On Option Samurai, strategy scanning is the center; unusual volume is one tracker among many. On Unusual Whales, Cheddar Flow, and InsiderFinance, the live flow tape is the job. On OptionStrat, the payoff diagram is the primary job and flow is an extra. None of those rows is a recommendation to switch.

FAQ

Is the free trial enough?

The public Free path is a 14-day trial (FAQ: no credit card). That is enough to open scans, the unusual-volume tracker, and the analysis tabs. After the trial, Beginner is the end-of-day seat on the Yearly cards we captured; Advanced adds intraday data, scan watching, spreadsheet tools, and premium reports. Exact monthly-billing dollars are unverified.

Does it work in Canada?

As analysis software in a browser, yes you can open the site from Canada. Official pages we reviewed describe US stocks and options. We did not find an official page stating that Canadian-listed options (TSX equities, Montréal Exchange options, CDRs, and similar) are supported. Canadian-listed coverage is unverified. We found no official Option Samurai page that lists Canadian brokers, Questrade, Wealthsimple, TD Direct Investing, or Interactive Brokers Canada as integrated execution partners. Named Canadian-broker integrations are unverified. Do not infer them. Currency (CAD vs USD), registered-account constraints (TFSA, RRSP), and Canadian tax treatment of options are outside this review.

Do I need a broker?

FAQ: sign up if you have a funded account and broker permissions to trade options. Scanning and the trade log do not require this directory to verify a live broker link. Features pages describe direct trade transmission to brokers with more brokers “coming soon”; which brokers are live is unverified. Do not treat this page as a how-to for placing trades.

Verified features

Sourced from optionsamurai.com and optionsamurai.com/features. We do not list features we could not confirm on those pages. Captured 2026-08-31.

Options strategy scanner (publicly described)

• Scan the entire market with over 100 filters; over 1M options and 5000+ tickers (features). Pricing cards: 170 filters (fundamentals, strategy performance and risk, historical volatility, technicals).
• 24+ strategies (features and FAQ examples): covered call, naked put / cash-secured put, long call/put, married call/put, bull/bear call and put spreads, straddle, strangle, iron condor, diagonals, butterflies, calendars, and more.
• Predefined trade scans; save and reuse scans.
• Custom scan: set each leg, direction, and filters; Beginner card 2 legs; Advanced card 5 legs.
• Enhanced wheel strategy screener; optimal butterfly screener; free covered-call screener; ratio-spread scanner (features additional block).

Unusual options volume and IV (publicly described)

• Advanced Unusual Options Volume Tracker on the features page.
• Pricing: volatility suite — stock IV rank, IV vs realized volatility ratio, historical volatility charts.
• Features: IV percentile rank; implied and historical volatility analysis chart; skew / put-call skew marketing on the homepage; expected move; expected value tool; liquidity indicators.

P/L, charts, stock analyzer, trade log (publicly described)

• Visualize Your P&L; comprehensive trade window; instant stock chart analysis with breakeven and scenario views.
• Stock Analyzer with Monte Carlo option simulator; optimal trade analyzer for iron condor and calendar spreads.
• Trade log / options portfolio: follow positions without making a trade, or track a live portfolio (vendor description of paper/live logging — not a brokerage account from this directory).
• Samurai Stock Score (proprietary risk / fundamental / technical label).

Data, alerts, mobile, brokers (publicly described)

• Homepage: hundreds of data points for every stock and option in the US; corp actions, fundamentals, technicals.
• Beginner: end of day. Advanced: intraday; scan watching with notifications when a new trade matches.
• Full-featured mobile version on both plan cards; multi-platform support (mobile, Mac, Linux, and more) on features.
• Intraday market alerts on features.
• Direct trade transmission to brokers; “More brokers coming soon.” Named broker list unverified.
• Excel / Google Sheets toolbox on Advanced.
• Premium reports on Advanced (examples: Center of Mass, Open Interest).

Trial, billing, refunds (publicly described)

• 14-day / two-week free trial; no credit card (FAQ).
• Cancel anytime; access through the billing period (FAQ).
• Initial payments final; monthly plans non-refundable; annual-renewal refund window 7 calendar days (FAQ).

Canada note

This directory is written with readers in Canada as well as the United States.

US-listed focus. Official pages we reviewed say every stock and option in the US, over 1M options, and 5000+ tickers. We did not find an official page stating that Canadian-listed options (TSX equities, Montréal Exchange options, CDRs, and similar) are supported. Canadian-listed coverage is unverified. Assume US-listed underlyings unless Option Samurai shows you a specific Canadian symbol yourself.

Canadian broker compatibility. We found no official Option Samurai page that lists Canadian brokers, Questrade, Wealthsimple, TD Direct Investing, or Interactive Brokers Canada as integrated execution partners. “Direct Trade Transmission to Brokers” without a named Canadian broker is not a verified integration. Compatibility with a specific Canadian broker is unverified.

Currency (CAD vs USD), registered-account constraints (TFSA, RRSP), and Canadian tax treatment of options are outside this review.

Confirm pricing, data rights, and symbol coverage on the official site. Official homepage only: optionsamurai.com. There is no affiliate link on this page.