Barchart alternative: OptionClaws vs the Barchart options screener

Where Barchart is the stronger choice

If your question is Barchart options screener vs OptionClaws, start with what Barchart is: a market data site first. Its App Store listing describes real-time BATS stock quotes, stocks from five markets, futures and forex, news from several providers, and customizable charts with over 55 studies. OptionClaws has none of that breadth. It is an options product.

• Breadth of market data: stocks outside the US, futures, forex, news, and a deep charting package. OptionClaws covers options and the stock data around them, nothing more.
• Price: Premier lists at $29.95 per month or $199.95 per year, and the first 30 days are free for registered users. Compare that with the current OptionClaws price on /pricing.
• Downloads and email: Barchart's help center says Premier members can download up to 1,000 results as a CSV file and receive 10, 25, or 50 saved screener results by email at 4:45 p.m. Central time on weekdays, with an optional CSV of the top 1,000 results.
• Documented depth in the covered call screener: dividend and earnings views, flipcharts that page through the charts of the symbols in your results, and filters you can reorder by dragging.
• A free iPhone app rated 4.7 from 9.8K ratings on the App Store. OptionClaws has its own iPhone and Android apps, but Barchart's is a general market app rather than an options scanner.

How the options screeners compare

The covered call screener is the one Barchart options screener we could read in detail. Its help article says it finds calls with a high theoretical return, sorts results by potential return, and removes options that fail built-in tests, such as a stock price under $1.00, volume under 500, open interest under 100, or a bid of $0.05 or less. Premier subscribers can add or modify filters, save a screener, and view the results on a main view, a dividend and earnings view, or a view of the filters they added.

Barchart's help center also describes an options screener you can start from its highest implied volatility options page, available with Premier, and lists advanced options screeners among Premier features. The pages for Barchart's other options screeners on barchart.com block automated reading, so we did not review them and make no claim about how many strategies Barchart covers. If you need a specific structure, open Barchart's screener list while signed in and check.

OptionClaws is built around breadth of structures. You pick a strategy from 23, including covered calls, cash-secured puts, credit and debit spreads, iron condors, butterflies, straddles, strangles, calendars, and diagonals, or define your own legs, up to 4. You set filters such as probability of profit, max loss, days to expiration, IV rank, earnings dates, market cap, and liquidity. The scanner ranks matching trades across the whole market, each with a payoff chart and probability of profit. Quotes are refreshed intraday.

Where OptionClaws fits

OptionClaws is the better fit when the screener is the main thing you want and you trade more than covered calls. It is built for questions like which stocks have iron condors with a high modeled chance of profit and a capped max loss, or which put credit spreads sit outside the expected move.

• Full-market scanning for 23 strategies, from single-leg calls and puts to spreads, condors, butterflies, ratio spreads, calendars, and diagonals, plus custom scans of up to 4 legs.
• 80+ filters including fundamentals, 29 curated presets, saved scans, and watchlists.
• Top Trades, a curated feed, and a page for each ticker that shows its trades.
• A strategy builder with payoff charts and a price-target optimizer: give it a symbol, a target price or view, and a date, and it ranks trades for that setup.
• A trade journal with broker CSV import, so the trades you take are tracked in the same place you found them.
• A ChatGPT app and a Claude connector, included in the subscription. You can describe a scan in plain English, price a position, or log a trade from chat.
• Web, iPhone, and Android apps.

What OptionClaws does not do

OptionClaws does not backtest strategies and does not place or execute trades. It does not carry futures, forex, or non-US stocks, and it is not a charting platform. If you want a general market data terminal with options screeners inside it, Barchart is closer to that than OptionClaws is.

Using both together

Plenty of traders keep both. A common split: use Barchart for charts, futures, news, and broad market research, and use OptionClaws when it is time to find a specific options trade, such as covered calls or put credit spreads on liquid stocks with no earnings before expiration, then check the payoff and probability of profit before you decide. Neither tool replaces your own judgment, and nothing on either site is financial advice.

Price and trial

Barchart's help center lists Premier at $29.95 per month billed monthly, $199.95 per year, or $368.00 for every 2 years. Registered users get a 30-day free trial that rolls into monthly Premier at $29.95 unless cancelled. The annual and 2-year plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee. Barchart's membership page, which we could not open, may list other tiers and free features, so check it before you decide. OptionClaws has one plan with every feature, and the current price and trial are on the pricing page.

What we could not verify

We could not open barchart.com's main pages when we checked, so we used Barchart's help center and its App Store listing. We did not verify which options screeners other than covered calls Barchart offers, what free accounts can do in each screener, whether Barchart has an Android app, or how its Premier features have changed since the help articles were written. Some of its help articles date from 2020. Check Barchart's membership comparison for current details.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Barchart alternative for options screening?

If you mainly want to screen for options trades, OptionClaws is a full-market scanner for 23 strategies and custom multi-leg scans, with a builder, an optimizer, and a trade journal. If you also use Barchart for futures, charts, and news, keep Barchart for that and add OptionClaws for the options side.

Is OptionClaws better than the Barchart options screener?

It depends on what you need. OptionClaws covers more strategies in one scanner and includes a ChatGPT app and a Claude connector. Barchart offers much broader market data, a 30-day trial, and CSV downloads and emailed results for Premier members. We could only review Barchart's covered call screener in detail.

Does Barchart have a free options screener?

We could not confirm what free accounts get. Barchart's help center says adding or modifying filters in the covered call screener is limited to Premier subscribers, and that registered users can take a 30-day Premier trial. Check Barchart's membership comparison for current free features.

How much does Barchart Premier cost compared with OptionClaws?

Barchart's help center lists Premier at $29.95 per month, $199.95 per year, or $368.00 for every 2 years. OptionClaws has one plan with every feature, and its current price and trial are on the pricing page.

Can I use Barchart or OptionClaws from ChatGPT or Claude?

OptionClaws has a ChatGPT app, listed in ChatGPT's directory, and a Claude connector, both included in the subscription. We found no AI assistant connector in Barchart's help center or its App Store listing; check Barchart directly if that matters to you.

Does OptionClaws scan more than covered calls?

Yes. It scans the whole market for 23 strategies, including cash-secured puts, credit and debit spreads, iron condors, butterflies, straddles, strangles, calendars, and diagonals, and supports custom scans of up to 4 legs. Curated presets give you a starting point.

Sources

• Barchart help: Premier cost (checked 2026-11-04)
• Barchart help: Premier trial (checked 2026-11-04)
• Barchart help: covered calls screener (checked 2026-11-04)
• Barchart help: highest implied volatility options (checked 2026-11-04)
• Barchart help: Premier Lite vs Premier (checked 2026-11-04)
• Barchart Stocks & Futures on the App Store (checked 2026-11-04)

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