# Option Alpha

> Option Alpha is a St. Petersburg fintech platform that helps retail options traders discover ideas, backtest rules, and run no-code trading bots through supported brokerage accounts. It grew from Kirk Du Plessis's 2008 trading blog and 2010 education business, then absorbed the automation technology of Jack Slocum's Alta5 in 2018. Today its sharpest proposition is less 'beat the market' than 'make the plan before the market opens': paid Pro access costs $99 a month on an annual plan or $149 month to month, while qualifying Tradier and TradeStation customers can receive Pro access at no subscription charge.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** St. Petersburg, United States
- **Founders:** Kirk Du Plessis (Founder), Jack Slocum (CEO, Founder), Rocco Savage (Alta5 Co-founder), Adam Mischon (Alta5 Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 12 employees in the supplied record; LinkedIn lists 11-50 employees and showed 11 profiles in 2026.
- **Products:** Options education and research, Watchlist, Toolbox, No-code trading bots, Trade Ideas and templates
- **Notable:** Ranked No. 215 on the 2018 Inc. 500., Ranked No. 723 on the 2019 Inc. 5000, its second consecutive appearance., Filed US provisional patent application 63/118,547 for its automated-trading platform in November 2020.

## Products & services

- **Options education and research** — Free courses, guides, videos, podcasts, workshops, and data-driven research for retail options traders.
- **Watchlist** — The company's first software product, built to filter opportunities using pre-calculated expected ranges.
- **Toolbox** — An options backtesting engine and data-driven strategy optimizer.
- **No-code trading bots** — Visual automations that scan conditions, open positions, monitor risk, and send closing orders through connected brokers.
- **Trade Ideas and templates** — A discovery layer for screening opportunities and cloning shared strategy templates.
- **0DTE and multi-DTE backtesting** — One-minute historical testing for selected symbols, expanded in 2026 to strategies up to 45 days to expiration and data back to 2013 for most supported symbols.
- **Trade Analyzer and portfolio tools** — Performance visualizations, drawdown and streak analysis, exports, and tools for comparing or combining strategies.

## Achievements

- Ranked No. 215 on the 2018 Inc. 500.
- Ranked No. 723 on the 2019 Inc. 5000, its second consecutive appearance.
- Filed US provisional patent application 63/118,547 for its automated-trading platform in November 2020.
- Company counter reported more than 99,000 active bots and $5.35 billion in automated-order volume in August 2026.
- Expanded backtesting in June 2026 to as much as 45 DTE with history back to January 2013 for most included symbols.
- Built active brokerage connections with Tradier, TradeStation, tastytrade, and Charles Schwab.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Added Strategy Insights, automated-portfolio analysis, new opening-range-breakout decisions, and deeper drawdown and distribution analysis.
- **2026-06** — Expanded the backtester to strategies up to 45 DTE, history back to 2013 for most supported symbols, new exit rules, exports, and bot updates from backtests.
- **2026-03** — Added previous-close-based leg selection, a Flat Fly strategy example, exports for up to 10,000 positions, and additional risk statistics.
- **2026-02** — Redesigned Trade Analyzer with calendar, weekday, hourly, drawdown, and filtering views; added decision search and backtest entry filters.
- **2025-12** — Added historical gamma-exposure charting and GEX decision recipes.
- **2025-02** — Launched live Charles Schwab integration and expanded volatility and backtester controls.

## Links

- Website: https://optionalpha.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/optionalpha
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/OptionAlpha
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OptionAlpha
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/optionalpha
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/altafive

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Last updated: 2026-08-20