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Heat Map

The Heat Map ranks every ticker by institutional urgency — giving you a real-time visual of where the heaviest, most aggressive options flow is concentrating right now.

What It Shows

Each row represents a ticker with active unusual flow. The data updates throughout the trading day and is sorted by the metrics that matter most to institutional activity:

  • Urgency Score — a composite score combining flow count, premium size, and aggressive fill type. The higher the score, the more institutional conviction behind the activity.
  • Total Premium — the total dollar value of options premium flowing into that ticker for the trading session.
  • Flow Count — the number of individual unusual activity signals detected for that ticker.
  • Aggressive Count — flows filled at the ask (buying pressure) or below the bid (selling pressure) — the most directional signals.
  • Dominant Pattern — the most common flow type detected: Golden Sweep, Block, Sweep, or Split.
  • Call / Put Breakdown — the split between bullish and bearish flow for the session.

Urgency Score Color Guide

Urgency scores are color-coded so you can spot the hottest names at a glance:

  • 🔴 Red (80–100): Extreme urgency — multiple large aggressive flows detected. Highest institutional conviction.
  • 🟠 Orange (60–79): High urgency — significant positioning building. Worth watching closely.
  • 🟡 Yellow (40–59): Moderate urgency — above-average activity but not yet extreme.
  • 🟢 Green (<40): Low urgency — light activity relative to the ticker's baseline.

How to Sort

Use the sort toggle at the top of the table to reorder by:

  • Urgency (default) — best for spotting the most aggressive institutional activity regardless of ticker size.
  • Premium — best for finding the largest dollar-value flows. Large-cap names with huge sweeps will rank highest here.
  • Flows — best for finding tickers with repeated unusual activity signals, which can indicate sustained institutional accumulation or distribution.

How to Use It

  1. Open the Heat Map pre-market or early session to see which tickers are already attracting institutional flow before price moves.
  2. Sort by Urgency — any ticker with a red score (80+) and a Golden Sweep as its dominant pattern is worth investigating immediately.
  3. Click any ticker row to jump to its Live Flow page for a full breakdown of individual contracts, strike prices, and sentiment.
  4. Cross-reference with the Sector Flow page — if the hottest Heat Map names all share the same sector, that's a macro rotation signal.
  5. Watch for tickers that stay in the top 5 all day — sustained high urgency with repeated flows often precedes a significant directional move.

Premium Feature

The Heat Map is available to Premium subscribers. It pulls from the same engine powering the Unusual Activity feed — you're seeing the aggregate picture of everything the system has detected across 365+ tickers in a single ranked view.