Macro-aware AI for options traders

An AI that knows the macro.
And your book.

Generic LLMs know markets in the abstract. You get an AI that knows the live macro regime AND the positions you hold. Every signal we publish is a position we are already holding with our own capital.

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Published before I enter, every time. The track record scores the calls, not my wallet: verifiable, not a screenshot.

The AI engine

You see the macro. You know your positions.

Generic LLMs know markets in the abstract. You get an AI that knows the live macro regime AND the positions you actually hold.

Live AI chat: sample Octane subscriber
Should I roll my PANW Jun 200 calls? Up 184%.
You're 41 days into a 60-day call. As of today's close:
  • Delta 0.78: close to peak gamma; upside leverage thinning
  • 32 DTE: theta turns hostile in ~7 days
  • IV −18% from entry. Vega tailwind has reversed.
Two roll candidates if you want to stay long the thesis:
  • Aug 220s: extends 60 DTE, strike near ATM after the move
  • Sep 230s: fresh delta if the cyber spend cycle holds into earnings
Cyber alignment is still constructive. AI-threat narrative has not fully priced into enterprise budgets yet. Holding works; rolling is the cleaner risk play.
Notice the chat referenced your specific contract, DTE, IV, and the live macro context. That's what generic AI can't do.
Macro-aware: replies anchored to the live regime
Portfolio-aware: the chat knows your actual positions
Real-capital filter: signals are positions I am taking myself
What you get

Published first. Timestamped. In the open.

Every signal is published with a server timestamp before any position is taken. The verified record begins May 14, 2026 and builds in public. Winners and losers, nothing curated.

AI Signal Generation
You get setups grounded in macro, geopolitical, and earnings data, not noise. Thesis first, price levels second.
Live Trade Alerts
Notified the moment we open or close a position: ticker, direction, conviction level. Real-time during your 14-day trial and on every paid plan.
Daily AI Briefing
You wake to: where the macro stands, what shifted overnight, which positions need your attention. No noise, no recaps.
Live Watchlist
See every ticker on our radar before we pull the trigger. Know what we're watching and why. Sector context included, no entry prices revealed.
Allocation Compass
Not just what to trade; how much. A personalized sector allocation guide built from your domain expertise, your open positions, and the live macro phase. Tells you exactly where you're over- or under-allocated vs. the current thesis.
Live Octane signal

This is what you receive

Every Octane alert includes the full options setup, the thesis, and the macro context behind it.

PANW CALL Jun 18, 2026 · $200 strike
EXAMPLE
Illustrative format only. This shows the structure of an Octane alert: ticker, direction, thesis, conviction. It is not a real signal, position, or result. The verified record begins May 14, 2026 and lives on the track record page.
Thesis

AI headlines triggered a broad selloff in software and cybersecurity names with the market treating AI as a threat to the sector. We saw it differently. AI is a double-edged sword: the same capability that disrupts software creates an entirely new attack surface that every enterprise has to defend. State-sponsored actors confirmed this, systematically extracting capability from US frontier models at scale. That's not a headwind for PANW. That's a mandate. When the market sold the sector on AI fear, we bought the company that gets paid to fix the problem AI created.

Sector context Conviction level Illustrative
Example layout. Not a real signal, position, or result. Get the next one
Why this exists

I started trading at the peak of 2008. Within months I had lost everything. My analysis wasn't wrong. It was because I had no framework for when the macro turns. I spent the next decade rebuilding capital, and rebuilding how I think about markets.

What I learned is that markets move in themes, not tickers. The same handful of macro regimes (credit expansion, policy reversal, commodity shock, liquidity crisis) repeat across decades with different names. Most traders miss them. I became obsessed with seeing them early.

The pattern I've seen repeat across administrations and cycles is this: policy drives sentiment, sentiment drives positioning, and positioning eventually meets reality. Through the early-2020 drawdown and the reflation that followed, the framework recognized both phases ahead of consensus. I didn't have better data. I had a regime read. That same regime sequence is what we see today.

Flow services like Unusual Whales solve one problem brilliantly: showing you what big money is doing in real time. I built Okulez to solve a different one: telling you which regime you're in before the flow confirms it. Priced so you don't have to be profitable just to afford the research.

Every signal published here is backed by real capital. I trade what I post. No paper trades. No hypotheticals. No disclaimers dressed up as analysis.

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Tell us what you spend on food, fuel, and utilities. Your portfolio gets a commodity basket sized to those line items, so it rises with your cost of living. Your money works for you on the days you're not trading.

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Pricing

Two tiers. 14-day free trial on either.

Core follows the macro through stocks and ETFs. Octane gets the full options setup: strike, structure, and early entry.

Founder pricing
First 25 subscribers lock this rate for life.
When base pricing rises, you stay at today's rate. Stock or Octane, monthly or annual, your choice.
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This is for you if
  • You manage your own book and want a macro framework to anchor your positioning
  • You can read an options chain and understand that signals are research, not advice
  • You'd rather think in regimes than headlines
  • You want to see the loser trades alongside the winners
Skip this if
  • You want managed money or auto-trading. This is a research journal, not a service.
  • You expect every signal to win
  • You won't size a position without a licensed advisor signing off
  • You're hunting 0-DTE scalps or day-trade setups
Octane
$99/mo
Everything in Core, plus the options layer for traders who size in contracts.
Everything in Core
Octane options signals: exact contract, strike, expiry, published entry basis
Inline Greeks on your positions: delta and theta on every options row
AI chat naturally references your options positions the way it does your stocks
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Common questions
Why not just use ChatGPT or Claude?
Generic LLMs know markets in the abstract. Okulez gives them what they're missing: a decade of macro framework as live system context, the regime view, the options chain, and your actual positions. The AI on the other end can be excellent at language. It cannot know which regime you're in this week, what you hold, or which contracts have been published before entry. That's what the subscription buys, not raw intelligence.
Is this signals or analysis?
Both, in that order. The signal is the action: ticker, direction, contract, published before any position is taken. The analysis is the framework that produced it: regime, catalyst, sector context. If you want the signal alone, act on it. If you want the framework, the chat and the daily briefing show the thinking behind every call.
What if the macro thesis turns out to be wrong?
Theses get tested every day. When one breaks, the next signals reflect the regime change. That's the point of publishing before entering: every call is scored against reality, not against the original conviction. Losers stay on the public record alongside the winners. If you want a service that pretends never to be wrong, this isn't it.
Risk Disclosure: Okulez is an educational research and commentary platform. Nothing published here constitutes financial, investment, or tax advice. All signals and analysis reflect the views of the publisher and are provided for informational purposes only. Options and leveraged instruments carry a high degree of risk and can result in the loss of your entire capital. Past performance of any signal or position does not guarantee future results. All trades shown are real positions held by the publisher. This is a research journal, not a managed service. You are solely responsible for your own investment decisions. Consult a licensed financial advisor before trading.