Yahoo Finance Options & IV Scraper 📈

A high-performance Apify Actor designed to extract real-time Options Chain data directly from Yahoo Finance. Unlike other scrapers, this tool handles complex session management (Cookies & Crumb bypass) and provides a Flattened Data Structure—perfect for traders, analysts, and Excel users.

Why choose this Scraper? 🚀

• Implied Volatility (IV): Get the raw IV data for every strike, essential for risk assessment.
• Flattened Format: Every option (Call/Put) is a separate row. No more messy nested JSON—just clean, CSV-ready data.
• Crumb & Session Bypass: Automatically handles Yahoo’s advanced bot protection.
• Real-Time Metadata: Includes stockPrice, openInterest, volume, and In-The-Money (ITM) status.
• Super Fast: Lightweight and efficient, saving you Apify compute units.

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🛠 Input Configuration

The Actor is simple to configure. You can provide a list of tickers and set a limit on how many options you want per stock.

Field	Type	Default	Description
tickers	Array	["AAPL"]	List of stock symbols (e.g., ["TSLA", "NVDA", "BTC-USD"]).
limitPerTicker	Integer	20	Number of Calls and Puts to fetch per ticker.
proxyConfiguration	Object	Required	Recommended: Residential Proxy for maximum reliability.

Example Input JSON

{
  "tickers": ["AAPL", "TSLA", "GOOGL"],
  "limitPerTicker": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

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📊 Data Output (Flattened for Excel)

The output is structured so that each row represents a single Option contract. This makes it incredibly easy to filter and analyze in Google Sheets, Excel, or Python.

Example Output:

{
    "ticker": "GOOGL",
    "stockPrice": 319.43,
    "type": "PUT",
    "symbol": "GOOGL260413P00272500",
    "strike": 272.5,
    "price": 0.02,
    "iv": "106.25%",
    "openInterest": 1,
    "volume": 0,
    "itm": false,
    "expiration": "2026-04-13",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-13T17:25:54.396Z"
}

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💡 Use Cases

• Volatility Analysis: Track Implied Volatility (IV) changes to predict market moves.
• Options Flow: Monitor Open Interest and Volume to see where big money is moving.
• Trading Bots: Feed clean, real-time options data into your automated trading strategies.
• Market Research: Historical expiration tracking and strike price comparison.

⚖️ Pricing

This Actor uses the Pay-per-result model. Since each option is a result, you only pay for the specific contracts you extract.

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