By Realtime Options ResearchUpdated
Dashboard and research-view guides
Ten core dashboards and eight specialist research views, each documented with a real screenshot. Every guide states the question the screen answers, the fields it shows, the order to read them in, and the boundary past which a score, level or label stops being evidence.
- Pages on this topic
- 23
- Where to start
- Start at the tools hub, read the guide for the dashboard you are actually looking at, and follow its link to the concept guide behind it.
- Applies to
- US-listed stock and ETF options
- Not included
- Signals, recommendations or predicted outcomes
On-screen labels are classifications, not instructions
Words that appear in the interface — bullish, bearish, conviction, edge, magnet, support, resistance — are model classifications applied to observed data. They describe how the software has grouped something, not what will happen and not what to do.
Every screenshot on this site is a historical capture. The values in it were true at the moment of capture and are not live, representative or repeatable.
Concept guides
- Option finder tools: what each 'finder' query actually means
Option finder is not one product.
Screens, tools and comparisons
- Options trading dashboard for connected market research
An options trading dashboard should connect market-wide flow, ticker activity, strike and expiry positioning, underlying price and catalysts in one research path.
- Options scanner: the four types and which one you need
An options scanner is software that watches the US options market and surfaces contracts or tickers that meet a condition, so activity worth reviewing appears without reading the chain by hand.
- Options trading platform or options analytics platform?
An options trading platform is where you place orders: a broker such as Tastytrade, thinkorswim, Interactive Brokers, Schwab, Robinhood or Webull that opens your account, sets your options approval level, routes the order, settles the trade and holds your money.
- Options trading and analysis tools, organized by job
The options research toolkit divides into seven jobs: reading the chain and quotes, tracking flow and unusual activity, mapping positioning and dealer exposure, measuring volatility, modelling a strategy's payoff, following news and the calendar, and reviewing your own past decisions.
Dashboard guides
- Weighted Net Flow dashboard
Weighted Net Flow compares estimated call pressure and put pressure with sentiment and the underlying price on one intraday chart.
- Premium Heat Grid dashboard
The Premium Heat Grid maps call and put premium, gamma exposure and vanna exposure across strike and expiry.
- Flow Map and Greeks by Strike dashboard
The Flow Map ranks bullish and bearish ticker activity while the adjacent strike chart plots gamma, vanna and charm.
- 0DTE and GEX dashboard
The 0DTE and GEX dashboard plots estimated same-day gamma exposure by strike around the current price.
- Whales Positioning dashboard
Whales Positioning is a contract-level history view for large or notable options activity.
- Market News Context dashboard
The Market News Context dashboard filters recent headlines by ticker, source and category so options activity can be checked against reported catalysts.
- Sector and Ticker Flow dashboard
The Sector and Ticker Flow dashboard ranks where call and put premium is clustering across market groups and individual names.
- Algo Flow and Top Tickers dashboard
The Algo Flow and Top Tickers dashboard compares call and put volume through the session with the underlying price and ranked ticker activity.
- Flow Trend dashboard
The Flow Trend dashboard tracks options premium, volume, put/call ratio and trade count across time.
- Premium Heatmap and Open Interest dashboard
The Premium Heatmap and Open Interest dashboard places net premium by strike above call and put open interest by strike.
- Bullish and Bearish Volume Change scanner
The Bullish and Bearish Volume Change scanner ranks symbols whose classified options activity changed most within the selected comparison window.
- Open Interest Lens
Open Interest Lens maps the latest cleared call and put open-interest snapshot by strike and overlays runtime quote-side execution evidence for a selected expiry and contract.
- Swing Contract Compass
Swing Contract Compass combines a multi-session price structure, moving-average slopes, RSI, execution pressure, expiry participation and a contract shortlist.
- Conviction Radar market scan
Conviction Radar plots contracts using classified premium, urgency, sweep share, persistence and recency, then records whether defined historical evidence conditions were met.
- Premium Edge
Premium Edge compares the move implied by an expiry's option pricing with the underlying's observed movement across comparable historical windows.
- Magnet Levels dealer-gamma view
Magnet Levels ranks strikes using a flow-signed estimate of dealer gamma and labels call walls, put walls, modeled magnets and the gamma-flip area around spot.
- Underlying Pulse
Underlying Pulse aligns sampled intraday price, VWAP, moving averages, RSI, execution pressure, call and put participation and expiry concentration on a shared time axis.
- Historical Options Flow Analysis
Historical Flow Analysis summarises call premium, put premium, net flow, trade counts, volume and symbol breadth across a chosen grouping.
Questions people ask about this
Are the screenshots live data?
No. They are historical captures from August 2026. Prices, scores, labels and levels change with the market data selected, and nothing in a screenshot should be read as a current or expected value.
Do I need every dashboard?
No. Most routines use three or four. The guides exist so you can tell which ones answer your question rather than opening all of them.
Realtime Options is a data analytics and visualisation platform. It does not provide financial advice or trading recommendations, and it is not a registered investment advisor or broker-dealer. Options trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors.