Unusual Options Activity Tracker

Track unusual options activity from SEC EDGAR, parsed into clean JSON. Built for analysts, funds, fintech builders and AI agents. Factual public SEC/EDGAR data — not financial or investment advice. Not affiliated with the U.S. SEC.

📊 Sample Output

current_stock_price	expiration_date	volume_oi_ratio	delta	theta	total_premium_traded_usd
377.84	2026-09-25	33.531	-0.4724	-2.7588	22848787.5
766.35	2026-09-28	32.587	-0.1492	-0.2708	1731735
377.84	2026-09-25	26.752	-0.7032	-1.6235	13616487.5
766.35	2026-09-25	25.012	-0.3123	-1.1294	9109850.5
766.35	2026-09-28	24.287	-0.3238	-0.3989	3142637.5
377.84	2026-09-25	21.417	-0.2522	-1.2763	5322494

Real rows from run DL0JWQya7hI6tc8bN on build 0.0.18 (2026-09-25), unedited apart from masked emails/phones and shortened long text; fields the source does not publish are empty.

🔧 Input reference

Field	Type	Default	What it does
symbols	array	["AAPL", "TSLA", "NVDA", "SPY", "AMD"]	Limit the scan to a specific list of optionable US tickers (e.g. NVDA, TSLA, SPY, AAPL). Leave empty to sweep the curated high-volume optionable universe (mega-cap names + activel…
limit	integer	25	Maximum number of unusual options activity records returned per run. Each record is billed at $0.10. Records are emitted ranked by unusual_score descending. Use a small limit to v…
option_type	string (all, Call, Put)	"all"	Filter by option type. 'Call' returns only call options, 'Put' returns only puts, 'all' returns both. Calls dominating unusual flow = bullish skew, puts dominating = bearish/hedgi…
min_volume	integer	500	Only return contracts where today's volume is at or above this threshold. Filters out low-liquidity noise. Typical unusual-activity threshold is 500+ contracts.
min_volume_oi_ratio	number	2.0	Only return contracts where today's volume divided by open interest is at or above this ratio. Vol/OI > 2 is typically unusual, > 10 is highly unusual (potential sweep / smart-mon…
max_days_to_expiration	integer	60	Only return contracts that expire within this many days. Near-term unusual activity (DTE <= 30) is often the strongest directional signal. Set to 0 to disable the filter.
min_open_interest	integer	100	Only return contracts where open interest is at or above this threshold. Avoids brand-new contracts with tiny OI that produce inflated vol/OI ratios. Default 100.
min_premium_traded_usd	integer	10000	Only return contracts where total premium traded today (volume x 100 x mid price) is at or above this dollar amount. Filters out small retail flow. $10K+ surfaces serious money.
moneyness	string (any, ITM, ATM, OTM)	"any"	Filter by moneyness. ITM = in-the-money (intrinsic value), ATM = at-the-money (strike near spot), OTM = out-of-the-money (no intrinsic value). Far OTM unusual flow is often the mo…
monitor_new_only	boolean	false	Optional monitor mode. When true (and monitor_key set), emit only unusual-activity contracts not seen in prior runs of the same monitor_key — for scheduled runs that pick up just…
monitor_key	string		A unique label for your scheduled watch (e.g. 'my-aapl-watch'). State is isolated per key, so different schedules never share a seen-set. Required for monitor mode.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run DL0JWQya7hI6tc8bN (emails/phones masked, long text shortened):

{
  "symbol": "TSLA",
  "company_name": null,
  "current_stock_price": 377.84,
  "option_type": "Put",
  "strike_price": 377.5,
  "expiration_date": "2026-09-25",
  "days_to_expiration": 0,
  "volume": 74305,
  "open_interest": 2216,
  "volume_oi_ratio": 33.531,
  "last_trade_price": 3.05,
  "bid": 3,
  "ask": 3.15,
  "mid": 3.075,
  "implied_volatility_pct": 42.32,
  "delta": -0.4724,
  "gamma": 0.0484,
  "theta": -2.7588,
  "vega": 0.0795,
  "total_premium_traded_usd": 22848787.5,
  "moneyness": "ATM",
  "unusual_score": 95,
  "occ_symbol": "TSLA260925P00377500",
  "data_source": "CBOE Delayed Quotes (cdn.cboe.com)",
  "source_url": "https://www.cboe.com/delayed_quote/tsla/quote_table",
  "as_of_date": "2026-09-25",
  "fetched_at_utc": "2026-09-25T00:05:43+00:00"
}

💰 Pricing

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.01	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
Options activity record (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.1	Charged per unusual options activity record with strike, expiration, volume, OI, implied vol, premium traded, and unusual score.

Pay-per-event: you pay only for what the run delivers. A run that delivers nothing bills no result events (only the actor-start event, when the actor defines one). Example: a run that delivers 100 results costs 100 × $0.1 = $10.00 plus the start fee.

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📊 What you get

Clean JSON, one record per record. Key fields (full output has 27 fields):

• company_name — Company / filer name
• source_url — Direct sec.gov filing link
• as_of_date — Detection / fetch timestamp Every record carries a direct sec.gov source link.

Pricing: $0.10 per record (Pay-Per-Event) — about 10 records per $1.

🤖 Use with AI agents

Structured, source-linked SEC data built for LLM and agent pipelines — point Claude, the OpenAI Agents SDK, an n8n flow or any MCP-aware client at it and pull unusual options activity on demand.

Sample agent prompt:

Find tickers with unusual call volume versus open interest today.

Agentic payments (x402): Supports agentic payment via x402 — agents can call this actor with USDC, no API key required.

⏰ Run on a schedule

The recurring frame is the point — schedule a daily or weekly pull:

{
  "limit": 50
}

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Data parsed from public SEC EDGAR filings. Factual public SEC/EDGAR data — not financial or investment advice. Not affiliated with the U.S. SEC.

Run this on a schedule (monitor mode)

Set monitor_new_only: true and a unique monitor_key (e.g. 'aapl-watch'). Each scheduled run then emits only contracts not seen in prior runs of that key — and you're billed only for the new ones.

1. Open the actor → Schedules → Create new schedule.
2. In the input set monitor_new_only: true and monitor_key to a unique label.
3. Save. State is isolated per key.

Leave monitor_new_only off for the full unusual-activity snapshot (default).