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500+ stocks and ETFs ranked daily by 7-factor CC Score. Free, no account required.
Built after years of writing covered calls manually across 50+ stocks. The CC Score replaces the sort by yield → check earnings calendar → read option chain workflow with one ranked list, so you spend Sunday evenings deciding which trade to take, not which trade to research.
Find the best covered call opportunities in seconds. This free screener analyzes 500+ stocks and ETFs daily, auto-scores each option with a 7-factor CC Score, and warns you about hidden risks like upcoming earnings reports. Built for thoughtful planning, not blind guessing.
The CC Score is a 0–100 composite that ranks every covered call opportunity by how well it balances income, safety, and execution quality. Unlike screeners that sort by raw premium yield, the CC Score penalizes hidden risks at the ranking stage — so you don't have to remember to filter for them.
Methodology details and per-factor formulas are documented at /methodology. Data sourced from ORATS, updated daily after market close.
Most broker covered call screeners filter by single metrics — yield, delta, or open interest — and leave you to combine them mentally. You sort by yield, then re-check the earnings calendar, then re-check the option chain for liquidity, then narrow to your watchlist. By the time you find a trade you trust, the evening is gone.
The CC Score does that combination at the ranking stage. Earnings within the DTE window? Score penalty. Bid–ask spread wider than 10% of premium? Score penalty. Underlying stock with poor quality fundamentals? Score penalty. By the time you scroll the top 20 results, you’re looking at trades that already passed the filters you would have applied manually.
Three other practical differences: VolRadar shows the whole market — not just the brokerage you’re logged into. The methodology is openly documented rather than hidden behind a paywall. And the screener is paired with a daily Weather Score that tells you whether today’s overall conditions favor selling premium at all — so you don’t force trades on days the market is screaming “wait.”
Income-focused stockholders — investors who already own quality blue chips and want to add 1–2% monthly yield without selling. Default Conservative preset surfaces low-delta, safe-distance trades on names you already hold.
Wheel traders — running the full cash-secured-put → covered-call rotation. The Wheel Candidates preset filters to stocks suited for the complete cycle. See the curated list at Best Wheel Stocks.
ETF income builders — covered calls on QQQ, SPY, sector ETFs, and other broad-market funds. The dedicated ETF Covered Call Screener slices the universe to ETFs only.
Risk-averse retirees — capital preservation first, yield second. Conservative + Dividend Safe presets exclude earnings-window trades, ex-dividend assignment risk, and deep-ITM calls. Cross-reference with Safest Stocks to Sell Puts.
Weekly income traders — short-DTE weeklies repeated cycle after cycle. The Weekly Income preset focuses on Friday expirations. Live ideas updated weekly at Weekly Covered Call Ideas.
A covered call is an options strategy where you sell (write) a call option against shares you already own. You collect the option premium as income, and in exchange you agree to sell your shares at the strike price if the stock rises above it by expiration. It's one of the most popular income strategies for stock and ETF holders.
The CC Score (0-100) combines 7 weighted factors: income potential (22%), safety distance from strike (18%), option liquidity (18%), underlying stock quality (14%), earnings/event safety (12%), IV opportunity (8%), and execution quality (8%). Elite (85+) and Strong (75-84) scores indicate the best risk-adjusted opportunities. Unlike simple premium screeners, CC Score penalizes trades with hidden risks like upcoming earnings or thin liquidity.
'Best Ideas' (default) shows only the single highest-scored covered call for each ticker — a clean, quick overview for daily idea generation. 'All Opportunities' is the power-user mode: all available strikes and expirations for every ticker, so you can compare and choose the exact contract that fits your risk profile.
Presets apply curated filter combinations for common strategies with one click. 'Conservative Income' uses low delta with safe distance and no earnings. 'Weekly Income' focuses on short-DTE weeklies. 'Wheel Candidates' targets stocks suited for the full wheel rotation. 'Dividend Safe' excludes ex-div and early assignment risk. 'High-IV Income' targets elevated IV Rank for richer premiums. Each preset can be further customized with manual filters.
Click any row to open a detailed side panel with: at-a-glance metrics (premium, annualized return, CC Score), a full 7-component score breakdown bar chart, human-readable reasons why the trade ranks well and risk watch-outs, complete option details (bid/ask, spread, OI, Greeks), and a next-morning execution checklist with practical tips like checking the opening gap and using limit orders.
End-of-day (EOD) data provides stable, consistent pricing for idea generation and next-session planning. Most covered call writers enter trades based on research done outside market hours. Intraday data adds noise and encourages over-trading, which undermines the income-focused nature of covered call strategies.
Annualized return projects the premium income over a full year assuming you could repeat the same trade continuously. For example, a 1% return over 30 days annualizes to about 12%. Note that short-DTE weeklies can show very high annualized returns that are difficult to sustain in practice — we cap at 200% to keep numbers realistic.
The CC screener works hand-in-hand with VolRadar's Wheel Strategy tools. The 'Wheel Candidates' preset specifically targets stocks suited for the full CSP-to-CC rotation cycle. Each ticker links directly to its Wheel Strategy page, and the Best Wheel Stocks screener now includes covered call return data, so you can plan your entire income cycle in one place.
Stocks with earnings announcements before option expiration carry extra risk (IV crush, gap moves). The 'Exclude Earnings Within X Days' filter removes these. Similarly, ex-dividend dates before expiration increase early assignment risk on deep ITM calls. The 'Dividend Safe' preset excludes both risks automatically.
Data sourced from ORATS, updated daily after market close. VolRadar provides educational analytics — not financial advice. Options involve significant risk of loss. Read our investment disclaimer.
Source: ORATS institutional data · Methodology · Updated daily after market close (~6:00 PM ET)
Not financial advice · Disclaimer · Options involve significant risk of loss.