Options Data API
for chains, Greeks, and backtests.

Build scanners, dashboards, and backtests with U.S. options chains, Greeks, quotes, trades, OHLC bars, and historical contracts through structured JSON. Live or delayed access depends on your plan.

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Alllisted U.S. optionsUp to 10years history18+REST endpoints4indicators

German precision & billing

CuteMarkets is headquartered and engineered in Germany. The product is built around explicit data contracts, status visibility, and repeatable checks for options-market workflows.

For B2B customers, our European entity supports German billing formats and EU tax invoices, including VAT and reverse-charge handling where applicable.

Try it yourself

Build a request. See the response.

Pick a ticker, expiration, and contract type. Then hit Send to see exactly what our API returns.

Underlying Ticker

Contract Type

Expiration Date

Results Limit

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Request

GEThttps://api.cutemarkets.com/v1/options/chain/AAPL?expiration_date=2026-05-15&contract_type=call&limit=5

Authorization:Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Response

Configure your request above and hit Send

Available endpoints

GET/v1/options/chain/{ticker}

Full options chain snapshot

GET/v1/options/snapshot/{underlying}/{contract}

Single option contract snapshot

GET/v1/options/contracts/{ticker}

Single contract with Greeks & IV

GET/v1/options/quotes/{ticker}

Historical NBBO quotes (nanosecond)

GET/v1/options/trades/{ticker}

Trade-level tick data

GET/v1/options/aggs/{ticker}/prev

Previous trading day OHLC bar

GET/v1/options/aggs/{ticker}/{span}

OHLCV aggregated bars

GET/v1/options/open-close/{ticker}/{date}

Daily OHLC + pre/post market

GET/v1/options/indicators/sma/{ticker}

Technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI…)

Execution realism guides

Practical checks for options backtests and scanner alerts

These pages support the core API pages with concrete modeling rules for quotes, trades, spreads, fills, and scanner evidence.

Why backtests fail

Stale contracts, last-price fills, quote gaps, and weak liquidity filters.

Slippage modeling

Bid/ask spread assumptions, midpoint fills, and marketable execution drag.

Mid vs fill price

Why a reference midpoint is not the same as an executable fill.

Bid/ask spread

Use spread as both a liquidity gate and a backtest cost input.

Quote vs trade timeline

Read bid, ask, midpoint, and prints together around each decision.

Popular expiration references

Expiring stock options list

Calendar list of SPY, QQQ, AAPL, NVDA, TSLA, IWM, and TLT option underlyings.

Expiration calendar by ticker

Ticker-by-ticker listed-date validation and API workflow.

2026 options expiration dates

Monthly OpEx, quarterly cycles, LEAPS anchors, and holiday moves.

TSLA weekly expiration dates

February 2025 reference dates and 2026 listed-date validation.

OCC option symbol decoder

Parse OSI ticker, expiration, call or put type, and strike.

VIX vs SPX OpEx

Understand the 30-day relationship and the 2026 timing exceptions.

When is OpEx this month?

Direct monthly OpEx answer with nearby weekly and quarterly context.

SPY May-June 2026

SPY May monthly OpEx and June holiday-adjusted expiration dates.

About CuteMarkets

Built by traders,
for developers.

CuteMarkets was founded after years of building and running options strategies with the same pain: expensive data, legacy APIs, and too much integration friction. We built the API we wanted to use ourselves: clean, consistent, and production-ready.

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