Why Isn't the Options Contract I Want Available in the Asset List?

You can only trade the contracts that appear in Pluang's contract list, so if the specific strike price or underlying asset you are looking for isn't there, it isn't currently tradable on the platform. There are two reasons a contract may be absent. The first is simply that Pluang has not listed it yet — the range of underlying stocks and ETFs available for options is not fixed, and Pluang has stated it intends to offer options across a wider set of stocks over time, so a missing asset today may appear later. The second is deliberate curation: Pluang selects contracts that have high liquidity, and where a particular strike has low liquidity and could expose you to significant price slippage, it is not displayed at all. That exclusion is a protective measure rather than an oversight — thinly traded contracts are the ones where you are most likely to get a materially worse fill than the price you expected.

Why a specific contract may not be listed:

• Only listed contracts are tradable: if a strike or underlying isn't in the contract list, it cannot be bought on Pluang, and there is no way to place an order for it.
• Coverage is still expanding: the set of underlying stocks and ETFs eligible for options is not fixed — Pluang has indicated it plans to offer options on a wider range of stocks over time.
• Liquidity curation: Pluang lists contracts with high liquidity. Strikes with low liquidity that could cause significant price slippage are deliberately withheld.
• Slippage is the reason: on a thinly traded contract, the price you actually get filled at can differ materially from the price you saw — excluding those contracts protects you from that.
• Check back periodically: availability changes over time. Re-checking the contract list is the only way to see whether a strike has become available.
• No special-request route: there is no process for asking Pluang to list a particular strike or underlying on demand.

Related questions:

Q: Can I request that Pluang add a specific strike price or stock?
There is no request mechanism for individual contracts. Which underlyings and strikes appear is decided by Pluang's own curation, driven mainly by liquidity, rather than by user requests for particular contracts. Pluang has said it intends to broaden the range of stocks offered for options over time, so the realistic approach is to check the contract list periodically rather than waiting on a specific addition you have asked for.

Q: Is a contract missing because it doesn't exist, or because Pluang chose not to list it?
It can be either, and the list itself doesn't distinguish between the two. A contract may exist on the US market but be excluded by Pluang because its liquidity is too low and trading it would risk significant slippage for you. Alternatively, the underlying asset may simply not be part of Pluang's options coverage yet. In both cases the practical outcome is the same — you can only trade what appears in the list.

Q: Why does low liquidity mean a contract is hidden rather than just flagged?
Pluang does both, at different thresholds. Contracts that are tradable but thinner than usual carry a visible "Low Liquidity" label so you can factor that into your strategy. Contracts whose liquidity is low enough to risk significant price slippage are removed from the list entirely rather than labelled, because at that point the likely gap between the displayed price and your actual fill is large enough that showing the contract would be misleading.