Not every options print is a signal. Most aren't. Alpha Pod runs 7 independent detection modules against the full OPRA options tape. Spread detection, tiered scoring, multi-signal context scoring, and round-trip suppression filter institutional hedges and noise before anything reaches your feed.
Pipeline
Flow scanner → Tiered scoring → Spread detection → IV context → EOD netting → OI positioning → 20-day tracking
Consistency (profit rate) vs magnitude (avg peak). Bubble size = signal count.
Top-right = highest consistency + highest peak profit
Ranked by profit rate
Contract performance by signal type. Profitable* = peaked above +5% within 5 days.
The signals consistently identify contracts that spike — 71% peaked profitable within 5 days. The key for members is timing the exit.
Avg contract: +56% peak → -10% at close. Median time to peak: 2 days.
Most of the move happens within 48 hours of alert.
Contract lifecycle: peak vs close over 20 days
Backtest exit strategies against real signal data. Below: +50% target, -30% stop loss, +10% breakeven, call buys only, $500/trade.
Simulated: +50% target, -30% SL, +10% B/E, call buys, $500/trade
How far contracts run
Contract gain distribution
By sector
| Sector | n | Profitable | Avg peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | 586 | 74% | +62% |
| Consumer Cyclical | 153 | 60% | +33% |
| Financial Services | 131 | 68% | +37% |
| Industrials | 123 | 81% | +66% |
| Communication Services | 94 | 77% | +80% |
| Healthcare | 90 | 52% | +42% |
| Basic Materials | 65 | 72% | +48% |
| Energy | 60 | 82% | +69% |
| Utilities | 20 | 75% | +25% |
| Consumer Defensive | 12 | 58% | +23% |
Time of day & DTE
By hour (ET)
By DTE at signal
Vol/OI & conviction clustering
Vol/OI ratio
Conviction clustering
Weekly consistency
· "Profitable" = contract peaked above +5% within the horizon, inclusive of a slippage hurdle for bid-ask spreads.
· Best potential exit is the cumulative max contract price — it represents hindsight, not achievable return without profit-taking.
· Day 0 (intraday on alert day) not included. Tracking begins next trading day.
· Expired or dead contracts assigned -100% loss (survivor bias correction).
· Deduplication: same ticker + direction within 60 minutes collapsed into one signal.
· Data range: Jan 21, 2026 – Apr 02, 2026. Generated April 04, 2026 09:26 PM.