⚡ Live Flow

The Live Flow table displays individual options trades in a virtualized, high-performance scrolling list. Each row represents a single trade with detailed information across 16+ columns. The feed shows the last 2 hours of trades during market hours, and the most recent session when markets are closed.

Every column in the Live Flow table:

The Sidecolumn estimates whether a trade was likely buyer-initiated or seller-initiated based on the trade's price relative to the bid/ask spread:

• 🟢 ASK / 🔥 AA — Trade executed at or above the ask price → likely a buy (someone aggressively lifted the offer)
• 🔴 BID / 💧 BB — Trade executed at or below the bid → likely a sell (someone hit the bid)
• ⚪ MID — Trade executed between bid and ask → direction uncertain

Sentiment combines the side with the contract type to estimate directional intent:

• Buying calls or selling puts → 🟢↑ Bullish
• Buying puts or selling calls → 🔴↓ Bearish
• Mid trades or ambiguous signals → ⚪ Neutral

The Type column identifies the execution method:

• SWEEP — An intermarket sweep order that hits multiple exchanges simultaneously. Often indicates urgency — the trader wants to fill a large order quickly across all available liquidity.
• BLOCK — A large single-exchange trade, typically negotiated off-market. Block trades often involve institutional participants.
• FLOOR— A trade executed on the exchange floor (not electronically). Less common in today's market.
• CROSS / AUCT / MULTI / ELEC — Various other execution types with different characteristics.

Each trade receives an unusual score (0–100) based on multiple factors:

• Trade size relative to typical volume
• Premium amount (large dollar trades score higher)
• Execution type (sweeps and blocks score higher)
• Opening vs. closing trade (new positions score higher)
• DTE (very short-dated trades can score higher)

Scores are displayed as color-coded badges:

• ≥80 — Hot unusual activity (red badge)
• ≥60 — Notable unusual activity (amber badge)
• ≥40 — Mildly unusual (yellow badge)
• <40 — Normal activity (no badge)

Reason badges next to the score show why the trade was flagged: SWEEP, BLOCK, OPEN, SIZE, PREM, and others.

Live Flow includes a comprehensive filter system to narrow down the feed to the trades you care about:

• Side: All / Buy / Sell
• Type: All / Calls / Puts
• Sentiment: All / Bullish / Bearish / Neutral
• Sweeps only / Blocks only — Show only sweep or block executions
• Unusual only — Show only trades with unusual scores ≥40
• Ticker filter — Type one or more ticker symbols to filter
• Min/Max Premium — Dollar range filter
• Min/Max Size — Contract size range
• Min/Max DTE — Days to expiration range
• Min/Max Strike / Price / Notional / Score — Additional range filters
• Expiry filter — Filter to a specific expiration date
• O/C filter — Show only opening or closing trades

Above the trade table, a sentiment timeline chart visualizes the aggregated bullish vs. bearish flow over time. This gives you a quick visual of whether the overall flow is leaning bullish or bearish across the current session.

A summary bar at the top shows aggregate statistics for the current filter view:

• Total trades, total premium, and average trade size
• Call vs. Put volume breakdown
• Bullish vs. Bearish premium split
• Data source indicator (live or historical when markets are closed)