Opty's Picks is a weekly AI-curated set of wheel trades. Every Sunday evening, Opty and his grandson Junior analyze 1,200+ stocks through 5 layers of AI and deliver the best opportunities — complete with the exact strike, expiry, premium, and exit plan.

What you get each week

• 6 Opty's Picks — Grandpa Opty's blue-chip selections at any price point. These are the highest-conviction wheel trades with strong fundamentals, favorable IV, and solid safety ratings.
• 6 Junior's Picks — The young bull's budget-friendly picks, all under $100. Perfect for smaller accounts that want to run the wheel without tying up $20K+ per position.
• Market context brief — A quick read on VIX levels, S&P 500 movement, and macro events. Opty tells you whether it's a “Green Light,” “Caution,” or “Pause” week.
• Avoid list — Stocks that look tempting but have red flags this week (upcoming earnings, deteriorating fundamentals, insider selling).

The 5-layer AI pipeline

Every pick passes through five sequential layers before making the cut:

1. Quantitative Screen — 1,200+ stocks scored across 19 dimensions including wheel score, IV, volume, market cap, and earnings proximity. This narrows the field to ~20 candidates.
2. Data Enrichment — Each candidate gets 1-year historical bars, fresh IV, news articles, analyst ratings, and computed technicals (RSI, SMA, Bollinger Bands, trend detection).
3. AI Multi-Pass Analysis — Three parallel AI evaluations per stock: Fundamental (DCF, Piotroski, bankruptcy risk), Timing (IV rank, trend regime, CSP signals), and Risk (earnings traps, insider activity, news catalysts). Each returns a 1–10 score.
4. Portfolio Optimization — Candidates are ranked by composite confidence, filtered for sector diversification (max 2 per sector), and checked against safety gates. Only the top 6 per tier survive.
5. AI Narrative — Each pick gets a detailed write-up explaining why this week, the exact trade, what happens if assigned, and what to watch for.

What's on each pick card

Every pick card shows you everything you need to place the trade:

• Wheel Score — The stock's overall score (0–100) based on fundamentals, options quality, and tradeability.
• Safety Badge — Fortress, Solid, Caution, or Danger. Tells you at a glance how safe the underlying company is.
• AI Confidence — A 1–100 composite score blending the wheel score with fundamental, timing, and risk AI assessments.
• 3 strike tiers — Conservative, Balanced (recommended), and Aggressive CSP strikes with premium, annualized return, OTM cushion, and capital required.
• Weekly fast-lane strikes — 7–10 DTE options for traders who want quicker turns. Higher annualized return, less cushion.
• AI narrative — A plain-English write-up covering why this week, the trade, if-assigned plan, and risks to watch.

Daily AI commentary

After each trading day, Opty reviews every active pick and writes a 1–2 sentence update in plain English. No jargon walls or raw numbers — just a quick read on whether your position is fine, needs watching, or requires action.

Each update comes with a severity indicator:

• Green — “All clear.” The stock is comfortably OTM, trend is intact, nothing unusual. Relax.
• Yellow — “Watch closely.” Something shifted — the stock moved toward the strike, IV spiked, or earnings are approaching. Not a problem yet, but pay attention.
• Red — “Action may be needed.” The stock broke through the strike, dropped sharply, or a major catalyst changed the thesis. Time to evaluate rolling, closing, or adjusting.

The Playbook

The Playbook tab tracks every pick through the full wheel lifecycle. When a CSP expires worthless, Opty logs the profit and looks for the next entry. When you get assigned, he recommends covered call strikes. When those calls get exercised, the wheel is complete and the total return is tallied.

The Playbook includes a performance scoreboard showing total trades, win rate, total premium collected, capital gains, and completed wheels. Think of it as a model portfolio you can follow along with.

Who sees what

• Guests (not logged in) — See all pick symbols, scores, safety badges, market context, and the avoid list. Strikes and narratives are hidden behind the paywall.
• Free & Pro — Same preview as guests. You can see what Opty picked and why it scored well, but not the specific trade recommendations.
• Elite — Full access: all strikes, narratives, daily AI commentary, the Playbook, portfolio tracking, and performance history.