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Tradier is a broker known for a developer-friendly API and options-focused brokerage that powers many third-party trading tools. It’s also one of the two brokers NoVo connects to (alongside the other), which makes this guide a little different: you can trade 0DTE SPY on Tradier manually, or connect NoVo and have it execute on your Tradier account in one click.
Step 1: open and approve a Tradier account
Open a Tradier account and get options-trading approval at the level that permits buying calls and puts. You fund and control the account yourself — that’s the point of NoVo being non-custodial: your money stays in your Tradier account, and NoVo only ever gets permission to trade, never to withdraw. Confirm your approval level covers long options and that same-day expirations are available (how to check).
Steps 2–4: the trade itself
Trading 0DTE SPY on Tradier follows the universal steps: find today’s SPY expiration, pick a responsive near-the-money strike (not a far-OTM lottery), place the order (start with one contract), and set your stop and exit before you’re in. On 0DTE, decay is fast — have a plan.
The NoVo difference on Tradier
Here’s where Tradier stands apart from the other brokers: because NoVo connects to it, you don’t have to do steps 2–4 by hand. NoVo maps the SPY dealer levels and, on your call, executes on your Tradier account in one click — strike, sizing, a protective stop, and an exit ladder — while you stay in charge of direction. That’s the whole reason NoVo uses Tradier: a solid API that lets the cockpit trade cleanly in your own account.
On most brokers, you trade 0DTE by hand. On Tradier, you can — or you can let NoVo map the levels and execute for you, in your own account, one click.
Getting started
To run NoVo on Tradier: open and fund your Tradier account, get options approval, and connect it to NoVo. Then you get the dealer-map read and one-click execution on top of your own broker — non-custodial, structure not signals, and no profit promises. Compare the two supported brokers in Tradier vs Alpaca through NoVo, and see NoVo’s plans to get set up.