scan_ticker
Check if selling puts or covered calls is risky over a chosen expiry window; return a 0-100 catalyst score for earnings, FDA decisions, legal filings, and expected moves.
Instructions
Check how risky it is to sell or buy an option on a stock, over a specific expiry window.
Use this whenever someone asks whether it is safe to sell a put or a covered call on a ticker, whether a premium is "too good", what could gap a stock before expiry, or what catalysts are coming up for a company.
Returns a 0-100 catalyst-risk score (higher = riskier) plus the specific events driving it: earnings dates, FDA decisions, legal filings, SEC events, and the implied-volatility expected move. The key idea is that risk depends on the expiry window — a stock can be LOW risk for a 1-week option and HIGH risk for a 6-week option that spans an earnings report.
Args: ticker: Stock symbol, e.g. "AAPL", "HPE", "KO". expiry_weeks: How many weeks until the option expires (1-52). Match this to the actual trade being considered. Defaults to 4 (~30 DTE, the typical premium-selling horizon).
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticker | Yes | ||
| expiry_weeks | No |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |