FlashAlpha

FlashAlpha delivers real‑time options analytics through a REST API that provides Greeks, gamma exposure (GEX), and SVI volatility surfaces for more than 6,000 U.S. equities and ETFs. The service also offers pre‑computed historical data—including DEX, VEX, CHEX, max pain, VRP, and dealer positioning—mirroring each live endpoint with minute‑resolution timestamps back to 2018‑04‑16 for SPY. Identical response formats allow the same SDK code to query both live and historical hosts by swapping the base URL.

The API is intended for systematic traders, quantitative researchers, and developers who need up‑to‑date option‑related metrics for model building, backtesting, or monitoring market regimes. A free tier supplies an API key without a credit‑card requirement, and the platform supports Python, JavaScript, C#, Go, and Java SDKs. Additional tools include an MCP server for AI assistants and a dashboard for GEX, vol regime monitoring, and multi‑Greek alerts.

Distinctive aspects include per‑tick computation of exposure metrics, a unified live and historical interface, and the provision of an MCP server that enables AI‑driven agents to interact with the data in real time. The service is currently in an experimental maturity stage.