Turn on rules.Watch paper fills.Get sharper with use.

Lucky basterds is a simple options desk for traders who already know puts and calls. v1 runs fully in paper mode: connect a mock broker, arm a template, set risk limits, and log simulated trades. No guaranteed profits. No live multi-broker claims.

Start paper setup Open desk

Built for retail options traders — not quants, not beginners who have never traded an option.

Core loop (v1)

What you can click through today

Connect a paper broker

Mock Schwab, tastytrade, or the built-in Lucky paper desk. No live keys required.

Pick a put/call template

Cash-secured puts, covered calls, protective puts, or defined-risk long calls.

Set risk, run paper fills

Caps on size, daily loss, and contracts. Simulated fills land in your trade log.

Learning placeholder ranks templates from anonymized paper outcomes. Cold start uses strong defaults — not empty waiting on a crowd.

Dead-simple setup

Three steps. Clear risk caps. Language options traders already use.

Paper before live

Simulated fills build trust and seed the improve-with-usage loop safely.

Gets smarter with use

Template ranks and risk defaults shift from logged outcomes — not hype charts.