Decision support for the Wheel

The right Wheel trade depends on your goal.

WheelTracker scores every cash-secured put, roll and covered call against your stated objective — so you stop chasing premium and start trading your plan.

  • Free to start
  • No credit card
  • No broker connection needed to try it

Decision support based on rules you configure. Not financial advice. It never places trades.

84/100
Illustrative fit score · /100 · higher is better
Goal-fit over premium

The best Wheel trade doesn't exist in isolation. It depends on your goal.

Premium alone can't tell you whether a trade is good. The same cash-secured put is a confident GO for one profile and a clear SKIP for another. Flip the profile — watch the verdict, and the reasons, change.

AAPL Cash-secured put
Same contract

Illustrative USD contract and profile outcomes · scores /100, not live market data. Yield uses strike capital before fees. Portfolio checks and event coverage can change the assessment.

Strike
$185.00
Premium
$2.10
DTE
32
Delta
0.27
New to strike, delta or DTE? See the plain-language glossary
Tap a goal to see it change
GO·84 Strong fit — you're paid to wait for stock you'd hold anyway.
  • Effective entry $182.90 sits inside your buy-zone.
  • Delta 0.27 — measured assignment risk, in range.
  • IVR 47 — premium fair, not chased.
  • No earnings before expiry.
The Wheel · cash and share results

One cycle. Three components to track.

Track option cash and share gains or losses through the same cycle. Premium is cash received, not guaranteed profit: shares can fall and closing an option costs money.

01
CSP premium
Collected while waiting

Sell a cash-secured put on stock you'd be glad to own. Keep the premium whether or not you're assigned.

02
Share gains / losses
While holding or disposing

If assigned, share gains or losses are measured against acquisition cost. Option cash remains separate, so premium is not counted twice in profit.

03
Covered-call premium
Collected while holding

Track call premiums and any buybacks against your shares. Review called-away share results against their own acquisition cost.

The verdict, explained

Every score leads with the verdict, then shows its work.

No black box, no single number to trust on faith. Each verdict names the reasons that produced it — in the order they mattered.

GO·84 AAPL CSP · $185 · 32 DTE

Illustrative USD example · fit score /100 · event coverage assumed for this example.

Strong fit for Patient Accumulator. Effective entry $182.90 sits inside your buy-zone, delta 0.27 in range, IVR 47, and no earnings before expiry.

Effective entry
$182.90
Delta
0.27
IVR
47
Earnings
None
WheelTracker provides decision support based on rules you configure. It is not financial advice, and it never places trades.
The basis bridge

See how option cash changes your campaign reference.

Net option cash changes your cash-adjusted reference across the campaign. Paid fees and realized share gains or losses also matter. FIFO share cost, tax basis and current option closing costs remain separate.

Simplified USD example: assigned at $185, premiums of $2.10, $1.50 and $1.45 leave a $179.95 cash reference per share before fees. This is not the price needed to liquidate the whole position.

$185.00
Entry
$182.90
− CSP premium
$181.40
− CC premium
$179.95
− CC premium
Explainable, never black-box

The rules decide. The words only explain.

Rule engine
The score is deterministic

Your profile's rules — buy-zone, delta band, IVR floor, earnings policy — score every contract. Same inputs, same verdict, every time.

Language layer
The AI only explains

It never decides. It turns the engine's reasons into plain language you can audit — so every verdict shows its work, and nothing is taken on faith.

Common questions

Everything a first-timer wants to know.

No account required to read on. Here's what it costs, what it does with your trades, and what the shorthand means.

  • New to the Wheel — what is it?

    A patient options routine on stock you'd be glad to own. You sell a cash-secured put and collect premium; if the shares are assigned to you, you sell covered calls against them for more premium, until they're called away and the cycle starts again. WheelTracker scores each of those trades for you.

  • Is it free?

    Yes — free to start. Sign up with an email, confirm it, and you're in. No credit card, no trial countdown.

  • Does WheelTracker place trades for me?

    Never. It only supports your decisions — it scores and explains trades and shows their reasons. It cannot place, modify or cancel any order. You always act in your own broker.

  • Do I need to connect my broker?

    No. You can explore and score trades without connecting anything. If you use Interactive Brokers, you can optionally link a read-only Flex connection so your real trade history flows in for richer tracking — it's read-only and never has trading access.

  • Who is it for?

    Solo options traders running the Wheel on a handful of US tickers, who want every put, roll and call graded against their own goal instead of chasing the fattest premium.

  • What do the shorthand terms mean?

    The scoring uses a few standard options terms. Here's the plain-language version:

    Cash-secured put (CSP)
    Selling a put while holding the cash to buy the shares if you're assigned.
    Covered call (CC)
    Selling a call against shares you already own, for extra premium.
    Premium
    The income you collect for selling the option.
    Delta
    The option price's approximate sensitivity to a $1 stock move. Its absolute value is also used as a rough risk proxy, not a guaranteed assignment probability.
    IVR
    Implied-volatility rank — how rich the premium is versus this stock's own recent range.
    DTE
    Days to expiry — how long until the option settles.
    Cash-adjusted reference
    A campaign cash reference per remaining share, including net option cash, realized share gains or losses and paid fees. It is separate from FIFO cost, tax basis and the amount needed to close outstanding options.
Getting started

Three steps to your first verdict.

No setup marathon, no broker to connect. Create an account, tell WheelTracker what you're after, and it starts scoring — in plain language, from the first trade.

  1. Tell it your goal

    Steady income, or shares you'd be glad to own? Pick the profile that matches what you want from the Wheel.

  2. It scores your trades

    Every cash-secured put, roll and covered call is graded against that goal — no guessing, no chasing premium.

  3. You get a clear verdict

    GO, WAIT or SKIP — in plain words that show their reasons. You stay in control and place any trade yourself.

Decision support based on rules you configure. Not financial advice — and it never places, modifies or cancels trades.

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WheelTracker provides decision support based on rules you configure. It is not financial advice, and it never places, modifies or cancels trades.

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