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The main feed of institutional options flow — every alert that scores 85+ is surfaced here in real time. Learn how to read the flow table, understand pattern types, and filter by sentiment to spot where big money is positioning.
Reading the Flow Table
- Premium — total dollars on the trade (price × volume × 100). The headline conviction number; bigger premium = more capital committed.
- Volume vs Open Interest (Vol/OI) — volume far above existing open interest means brand-new positioning, not closing of old contracts.
- Score — the 0–200 algorithmic conviction score (see below). Only flows scoring 85+ surface in the default feed.
- Type, Strike, Expiry, DTE — the contract itself. Short DTE = urgency/catalyst; long DTE = thesis positioning.
- Sentiment — directional read from how the trade executed (see Sentiment card). Every column is sortable.
The Four Pattern Types
- GOLDEN SWEEP — highest conviction: a $1M+ sweep where volume exceeds open interest, near the money. Aggressive, urgent institutional buying.
- SWEEP — an order filled aggressively across multiple exchanges in under ~2 minutes. Pays up for immediate fills.
- BLOCK — one large negotiated trade. Size/conviction over speed.
- SPLIT — execution deliberately spread over a few minutes to minimize impact. Less urgent.
The Score (0–200)
Four weighted components, plus bonuses (so the score can exceed 100):
- Vol/OI ratio (max 40) — measured against the ticker's own 30-day percentile baseline.
- Premium size (max 30) — $1M+ = 30 pts, $500K+ = 20 pts.
- Bid/ask spread tightness (max 15) — tighter than the ticker's average = more institutional.
- DTE conviction (max 15) — 30–90 DTE (thesis) and 0DTE (urgency) score highest.
- Bonuses — SWEEP/GOLDEN +15, BLOCK +10, contra-market positioning +10.
Quality tiers: Unusual 85+, High Conviction 95+, Institutional 110+, Extreme 130+.
Sentiment — Opening vs Closing
Sentiment comes from how the trade executed against the spread — a buyer hitting the ask (aggressor) vs a seller hitting the bid.
- Bullish — calls bought at the ask (opening a directional bet).
- Bearish — puts bought at the ask (opening a directional bet).
- Neutral / Closing — calls sold at the bid or puts sold at the bid. These are position exits / premium sells, not directional bets, so they show as Neutral rather than Bearish/Bullish.
Use the Opening / Closing filter to isolate aligned conviction vs exits, and the aggressor (ask/bid) confidence flag to keep only high-confidence directional prints.