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Our Story :)

Hi everyone! I wanted to introduce myself and the free service my friends and I created: OptionsAlert.io.

It all started at university. I was studying at the University of Amsterdam when I met one of my now co-founders. We quickly became friends and discovered that we both had a passion for trading, specially options. We spent months testing strategies, sharing tips, and trading together.

At some point, we joined a few paid Telegram groups that promised “great calls", but most of them turned out to be disappointing, either recycled info or flat-out unreliable. That frustration sparked an idea: what if we could build something better ourselves?

So, we got to work and built a bot that uses strict filters and millions of data points to scan for the best stock options plays on the NASDAQ. We used it privately for about 7 months, and it worked really well for us.

Eventually, another student got curious and asked if they could try it. One person turned into a few more… and before we knew it, people across campus were using the bot. That’s when we thought, “Why not just make this available to everyone?”

So here we are, a team of three friends, officially launching OptionsAlert.io as a free tool for anyone interested in trading smarter. No payments, no fluff, just clean, real-time data you can use if you want.

We’d love for you to check it out and let us know what you think. You can also join our Reddit community here: r/OptionsAlert

Happy to answer any questions or hear your feedback!

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    Screw the bot(joking). How do you get all that data and offer it all for free?!

    Api's are ridiculous sometimes, especially for market data!

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      Haha thanks for asking! The short version is that we use a combination of reliable (and surprisingly affordable) market data APIs, plus some in-house filtering and aggregation to keep costs low. We also lean on a few free or freemium data sources for specific bits of info. The key is balancing each provider’s limits and caching or processing data intelligently so we don’t blow through API quotas or pay huge fees.

      That said, we do have some overhead. We cover that mainly by using the bot’s alerts ourselves, our trading returns help offset the leftover costs. It’s worked out well enough that we can keep everything free for anyone else who wants to use it too.

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        Cool! Would love to hear more about it!! Could u make a post? Or could I DM you?

        Trying to learn every day!

        If you're too busy no worries!

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          Absolutely! I'll definitely share more here soon. And feel free to DM me anytime!

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            Hey sorry. How can I reach you guys. Twitter?

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              Hi, no problem at all! You can join us on our new Discord server (linked on the website) and ping me there @founderoptionsalert. You’re also welcome to email us via the address listed at the Contact Support page on our website. Happy to help!

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                Hey I sent you guys an email. Haven't heard back. Just wanted to let u know. Thanks again!!

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    I just saw a comment of someone asking how the bot works. I am curious too, could you please explain in more detail???

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      Yes! I will write a post about it right now, thanks for your comment.

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