IVolatility.com

What IVolatility.com does

IVolatility.com is a privately held financial data and analytics provider founded in 1999 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees. The company specializes in institutional-grade real-time and historical options and futures data, complemented by adjacent capabilities in fixed income and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) data. Its core technology stack includes a 20-year historical options database, a REST API for programmatic access, multi-channel data delivery (API, Snowflake, FTP, AWS S3), and a suite of AI-powered products including the IVolAI Backtesting Module and the Boagent AI-Powered Reconciliation platform.

The company serves a horizontally diverse customer base spanning individual options traders (via the IVolLive web platform with tiered subscriptions at $60-$150/month), academic institutions (ZHAW, Frankfurt School of Finance) under special academic pricing, professional investors and small-to-mid trading firms (Bay Hill Capital, Snider Advisors, Mantel Group), quantitative and algorithmic traders, MBS market participants in the $13T Agency MBS market, and financial institutions requiring reconciliation automation through its Boagent partnership. Its go-to-market is hybrid: a self-serve product-led motion through IVolLive for retail traders, complemented by enterprise sales ([email protected]) for professional licensing and institutional data delivery.

IVolatility monetizes primarily through recurring subscriptions (consumer tiered plans, enterprise API contracts, academic pricing) supplemented by data monetization across its MBS and Fixed Income product lines and managed services via the Boagent reconciliation collaboration. The company has demonstrated durability through 10+ year customer relationships and a multi-decade operating history, while expanding its product surface through 2025 with the IVolAI launch, futures and global market coverage, the Devexperts DXcharts integration, and continued diversification of its data analytics offerings.

Name

IVolatility.com

Website

https://ivolatility.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IVolatility.com is a privately held provider of institutional-grade options, futures, fixed income, and MBS data delivered via API, Snowflake, FTP, and AWS to retail traders, academic institutions, quantitative firms, and financial institutions, with AI-powered backtesting and reconciliation products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Options Data Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to historical and real-time options data with tiered pricing based on data delay (15-minute delayed vs real-time) and included data download credits ($60-$150/month). Institutional-grade data for traders and analysts.
2. API Access & Data Delivery: API-based data delivery for programmatic access to options data, powering third-party applications and internal trading systems. Data available via REST API, Snowflake, FTP, and AWS S3.
3. IVolAI Premium Features: AI-powered features including backtesting module and coding assistance, included with subscriptions or potentially as premium add-ons.
4. Enterprise Reconciliation Services: Enterprise-grade AI-powered reconciliation solutions through Boagent partnership for financial institutions requiring reconciliation automation.
5. MBS Data & Analytics: Specialized Mortgage-Backed Securities data products including loan-level data, prepayment analysis, credit analysis, and custom reporting for institutional MBS market participants.
6. Fixed Income Data Products: Fixed income data including bond pricing, yield curves, discount curves, and reference data for US corporate and municipal bonds, enhanced by proprietary valuation models.
7. Academic Pricing: Special academic pricing for universities and educational institutions enabling use of options data for teaching and research purposes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

IVolatility.com provides institutional-grade real-time and historical options, futures, fixed income, and mortgage-backed securities data delivered via APIs, Snowflake, FTP, and cloud channels. The platform includes professional-grade analytics tools (IVolLive), an AI-driven options backtesting module (IVolAI), an enterprise AI-powered reconciliation engine (Boagent), and No-Model Data-Driven MBS analytics, serving individual option traders, quantitative firms, academic institutions, and institutional financial clients worldwide.

Product overview

IVolatility.com provides a comprehensive financial data and analytics platform built around institutional-grade options and fixed income data. The core offering consists of Historical Options & Futures Data (accessible via API, Snowflake, FTP) and Options APIs, which form the foundation for multiple specialized products. The AI-powered product suite includes IVolAI Backtesting Module for options strategy testing and Boagent AI Reconciliation for enterprise data validation. For traders, IVolLive Web Platform offers professional-grade tools including scanners, charts, calculators, and sentiment analysis. Fixed Income Data products cover bonds, rates, and yield curves for 1,000,000+ ISINs, while MBS Data & Analytics serves the $13T agency MBS market with loan-level data and No-Model Data-Driven analytics. Supporting offerings include VS Code Cloud Workspace for developers, plus research publications through IVolatility Weekly and IVolAI Research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IVolLive: Real-time analytics and visualization tools for active options traders including stock monitor, options chain, IVX monitor, probability calculator, options calculator, charts, sentiment analyzer, spread scanner, and P&L calculator.
• IVolAI
• Boagent
• IVolatility MBS Solutions

Products and services

• Historical Options & Futures Data Institutional-grade real-time and historical options and futures data with 20-year coverage, delivering accuracy and depth for trading, analytics, and backtesting. Accessible via API, Snowflake, FTP, and other delivery channels.
• Options APIs APIs providing seamless integration of real-time and historical options data into applications and models, powering the IVolAI Backtesting Module and enterprise trading systems.
• IVolAI Backtesting Module AI-driven options backtesting platform that helps traders and trading teams boost productivity by understanding the IVolatility API, options data structures, and real-world backtesting — enabling faster strategy testing, efficient optimization, and AI-driven suggestions to improve code and analysis.
• Boagent AI Reconciliation AI-Powered Enterprise Reconciliation platform that transforms reconciliation from a resource-heavy burden into an AI-driven, automation-powered advantage with trade/position reconciliation, market data validation, G/L oversight, and corporate actions validation.
• VS Code Cloud Workspace Fully configured cloud environment for coding with the IVol API and IVolAI. Run code instantly with no installations, setup, or storage costs. Includes $50 AI credits.
• IVolLive Web Platform Professional-grade web platform for option traders featuring scanners, charts, option chains, calculators, probability tools, sentiment analysis, and P&L calculators. Available in monthly ($60) and real-time ($150) tiers with data download credits.
• Fixed Income Data Clean, high-quality fixed income datasets covering bonds, rates, and key metrics for institutional workflows. Includes bond pricing & valuation, calculated bond indicators, zero coupon yield curves, discount curves, bond cashflows, and fixed income reference data for 1,000,000+ ISINs.
• MBS Data & Analytics

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% cost reduction in reconciliation processes with positive ROI in under 6 months
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DevexpertscoreTechnology or Integration · 20 November 2025Devexperts' DXcharts, a financial charting library, integrated IVolatility's data and analytics solutions to enhance its offerings for traders. The integration provides access to IVolatility's tools including the IVolLive platform and APIs, aimed at improving trading decisions and user experience.
• BoagentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVolatility collaboration with Boagent to deliver cutting-edge AI-powered reconciliation solutions. Boagent is an AI-native reconciliation platform offering no-code process modeling, workflow automation, and enterprise-grade reconciliation capabilities. SOC II Compliant solution serving 20+ financial institutions.
• SnowflakecoreTechnology or IntegrationSnowflake as a primary data delivery channel for IVolatility's options and fixed income data products, enabling enterprise clients seamless access to institutional-grade financial data within their Snowflake environment.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ORATS: ORATS provides options data, backtesting, and analytics tools directly comparable to IVolatility's IVolLive and IVolAI offerings. Both serve active options traders, quants, and institutional clients with historical options datasets and strategy testing capabilities.
• Intex Solutions: Intex is the dominant provider of MBS cashflow modeling and deal-level analytics for the structured finance market. Directly comparable to IVolatility's MBS Data & Analytics product in serving MBS traders, portfolio managers, and structured finance professionals.
• Cboe LiveVol: Cboe LiveVol, operated by the exchange operator Cboe, provides options analytics, historical data, and visualization tools for retail and institutional traders. Direct competitor to IVolLive and the historical options data franchise.
• OptionMetrics: OptionMetrics is a leading provider of historical options data and analytics to academic and institutional users. Highly comparable to IVolatility's core historical options and futures data products, including the academic-pricing go-to-market.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Market Intelligence: S&P Global Market Intelligence (including SNL and Capital IQ Pro) provides deep financial data, reference data, and analytics across fixed income, structured products, and capital markets. Comparable to IVolatility's enterprise data subscriptions at a much larger scale.
• FactSet: FactSet provides portfolio analytics, market data, and fixed income analytics for buy-side and sell-side institutions. Overlaps with IVolatility's enterprise customer segments and several data products, especially around fixed income and securities analytics.
• Bloomberg Terminal: Bloomberg provides broad financial market data, analytics, and terminal-based tools across all asset classes including options and fixed income. Overlaps with IVolatility across options analytics and fixed income data but as part of a much wider offering at significantly higher price points.
• LSEG (Refinitiv) Workspace: LSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv Eikon) provides cross-asset financial data and analytics including options chains, fixed income, and reference data. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving similar enterprise financial-services customers.

Emerging players

• TradingView: TradingView offers charting, options chains, and analytics tools to retail and prosumer traders via web and mobile. Comparable to IVolLive's retail-facing toolset, though TradingView's scope extends well beyond options into equities, forex, and crypto.
• Polygon.io: Polygon.io offers real-time and historical US options and stock data via developer-friendly APIs at low price points. Comparable to IVolatility's API-first delivery and competing most directly on retail-tier pricing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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