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r/options is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #733 on SubMouse with 1,446,633 subscribers and about 12 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#733
Subscribers1.4M
Growth since Nov 2+969
Posts per day12
Posts all time157.7K
CreatedOct 2009
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About r/options

In its own words:

Let's Talk About: Exchange Traded Financial Options -- Options Fundamentals -- The Greeks -- Strategies -- Current Plays and Ideas -- Q&A -- New Traders: See the Options Questions Safe Haven weekly thread

Community guide

r/options (#733, about 1.4 million subscribers) — Let's Talk About: Exchange Traded Financial Options -- Options Fundamentals -- The Greeks -- Strategies -- Current Plays and Ideas -- Q&A -- New Traders: See the Options Questions Safe Haven weekly thread A recent sample averaged 12 posts a day (~80% text, ~13% image, ~6% gallery). Its public rules include: Civility and courteous general discourse; New options traders: use the weekly Options Questions Safe Haven thread; No off topic or low-options-content posts.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own channel or shop. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add context that fits the purpose.

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change.

The community was created on Oct 3, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 969 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/tumblr (#732) and ahead of r/IASIP (#734) in our ranking.

What sets r/options apart

r/options is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 80% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

1.45M1.44MSep 19Nov 9, 2026

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/options climbed from 1,438,756 to 1,446,633 subscribers (+7.9K, +0.55%). That is about 154 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/options this week

The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).

  1. Boyfriend lost all money to trading options. Again. Our relationship is in deep dookie.u/Bebiechichi · Nov 4 · text post
  2. Dummy's guide to financing LEAPs for freeu/Medical-Elderberry54 · Nov 4 · text post
  3. Last 24 hours, 2 biggest mistakes of my life!!!u/Silent-Treat-6512 · Nov 6 · gallery
  4. I backtested a simple 0DTE SPX strategy for 2 years. Is this overfit or actually realistic?u/NeitherPossession288 · Nov 3 · image
  5. Weekend crypto vol predicts Monday S&P 500 vol since 2024, even after controlling for Friday's VIXu/OptionsJive · Nov 1 · text post
  6. Anyone else just sitting on their hands today?u/DaDude_81 · Nov 5 · text post
  7. V incomingu/RejoiceYeMighty · Nov 6 · text post
  8. Isn't it the best time to sell options with inflated IVs now?u/boxboxbox555 · Nov 6 · text post
  9. Those who have "made it" tell me to keep goingu/Koga_The_King · Nov 4 · text post
  10. SPX prices the day after the midterms at 1.0%. The last two midterms moved 2.1%u/ryansilk1 · Nov 1 · gallery

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/options, from 2020 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.

  1. The criminals that took GME down 371 points (77%) with only 8 million shares should rot in jailu/zotlogic · Jan 29, 2021 · text post
  2. CALL YOUR SENATOR AND CONGRESSMEN. (Please don’t delete)u/wiseoldmeme · Jan 28, 2021 · text post
  3. DeepFuckingValue aka RoaringKitty just disclosed a $200 million GME positionu/Unusual-Whales · Jun 3, 2024 · text post
  4. Lost 100k today in 3 minutes.u/DrDoctorListen2 · Dec 24, 2020 · text post
  5. CNBC experts calling for the SEC to remove options from retail investorsu/dollar___bill · Feb 3, 2021 · text post
  6. Let's clear up a few misconceptions about gamma squeezesu/WinterHill · Feb 1, 2021 · text post
  7. Can mods ban wallstreetbets behaviour and talk?Apr 5, 2020 · 2,441 points · 312 comments · text post
  8. There is no free marketu/Funguyguy · Jan 30, 2021 · text post
  9. Evidence pointing to shorts did not cover pretended they did (via options) to break the squeeze (Feedback requested)u/sfjetsetter · Feb 5, 2021 · text post
  10. I made an Options crash course YouTube playlistu/Oddsnotinyourfavor · Jan 13, 2021 · text post

What r/options talks about

We read the titles of 99 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “puts”, “trading”, “price”, “selling” and “leaps”. Other frequent themes are hot, trade, strategy, option, risk and sold. Recurring phrases include “selling puts”, “strike price”, “jan29 puts” and “assigned early”. By format, 80% are text posts, 13% are images and 6% are galleries.

  • puts 11
  • trading 9
  • price 5
  • selling 5
  • leaps 4
  • hot 4
  • trade 4
  • strategy 4
  • option 3
  • risk 3
  • sold 3
  • calls 3
  • income 3
  • hours 3
  • money 3
  • spx 3
  • market 3
  • looking 3

Activity and best time to post

r/options gets about 12 new posts a day. The public archive holds 157,704 posts and 1,993,561 comments in total, about 12.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (24 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (9). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.

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Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026
Text posts 80%Images 13%Galleries 6%Videos 1%

Rules of r/options

The moderators of r/options list 14 rules. In short:

  1. Civility and courteous general discourse
  2. New options traders: use the weekly Options Questions Safe Haven thread
  3. No off topic or low-options-content posts
  4. No low effort posts. For positions or strategies, provide comprehensive options details.
  5. No spam, no cross-posting, no copy/pasting across multiple subreddits
  6. No promotions, referrals, or solicitations of any kind. No chat room links.
  7. No screenshot, media or link-only posts. No memes.
  8. Don't ask people to think for you: provide an analysis, strategy & option position to discuss.
  9. Not a trading journal: strategy and other details required.
  10. Don't post FAQs (Frequently Answered Questions) as new threads

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/options and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.

Frequently asked questions

How big is r/options?

r/options has 1,446,633 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #733 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,877 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/options?

r/options was created on Oct 3, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.

How active is r/options?

Moderately: r/options gets about 12 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 157,704 posts and 1,993,561 comments. In a sample of 99 recent posts we counted 87 different authors.

When is r/options most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/options about?

The community describes itself as: “Let's Talk About: Exchange Traded Financial Options -- Options Fundamentals -- The Greeks -- Strategies -- Current Plays and Ideas -- Q&A -- New Traders: See the Options Questions Safe Haven weekly thread” Recent post titles often mention puts, trading, price, selling and leaps. Most posts are text posts (80%).

Is r/options safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/options as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/options?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/options accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Civility and courteous general discourse”; “New options traders: use the weekly Options Questions Safe Haven thread”; “No off topic or low-options-content posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/options?

Communities with similar topics include r/StockMarket (4.1M), r/vinyl (2.3M), r/algotrading (1.9M) and r/analog (2.7M).

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/options.

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