I re-built 9 options trading SaaS in 3 months and made it free

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Hi HN! I’m a solo founder who trades options, and I got tired of paying $100–$300/month for a bunch of different tools: one for GEX, one for backtesting, one for scanning, another for trade ideas, another for volatility… it felt like death by a thousand subscriptions. So I built a single website that replaces all of them and made it completely free. For anyone who trades options, it’s basically all your favorite money making tools in one place, with a super generous free tier so that you never need to pay unless you’re a crazy power user. What it currently includes: - Options backtester - GEX (Gamma Exposure) visualizations - Trade ideas & flow - Unusual options activity scanner - Probability calculators & DTE analytics - Strategy models & edge tools - …and a bunch more that I used to pay for across 10+ different sites Why I built it Over the last few years I found myself juggling way too many expensive subscriptions just to trade effectively. Some tools were $150/mo, others $80/mo, others locked basic features behind paywalls. It created a huge financial barrier for new traders — the exact people who need the tools the most. So I spent the last 3 months obsessing over every detail and building a single, clean, fast toolbox that gives traders everything in one place without the painful subscription stacking. Data Transparency The Toolbox uses ORATS institutional data, which normally costs me $600/mo. No shady data scraping. No questionable aggregators. Just a clean interface using high-quality options data. Who it’s for - Options sellers - Directional traders - Income traders - People learning options - And anyone tired of 5–10 subscriptions to do basic research Try it here https://optionstradingtoolbox.com Ask me anything! I’ll be active in the comments! Thanks for reading Merry Christmas, Austin (solo founder)

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