# Index view

> Large SPX, NDX, VIX, XSP and RUT option prints on their own tape, with spreads grouped, no net premium, and never mixed into stock and ETF totals.

Source: https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/optionflow/index-view (updated 2026-11-01)

Index options (SPX, NDX, VIX, XSP, RUT and their weekly and mini roots) have their own tape on Option Flow. They're kept apart from **All flow** and from every total, because index prints are captured differently from stock and ETF prints.

![The Index view with grouped spreads, spread legs and late reports](https://tradeecho.com/docs/img/app/optionflow-index-view.png)

## Open it

- On Option Flow, open **Views** and choose **Index** under **Index options**.
- Or search an index ticker such as SPX. The tape switches to the Index view and tells you why. **Back to All flow** returns you.

## What's captured

- **Large prints only**, about $100K and up in premium. The coverage line reads "Index · large prints only (about $100K+)".
- **Volume:** roughly 70 prints a day. They usually start within the first half hour.
- **Hours:** index options trade until 4:15 PM ET, after stock options close at 4:00 PM.

## The table

The Index view has fixed columns: Time, Ticker, Strike, C/P, Expiry, DTE, **Trade**, Size @ fill, Premium and Flags. There's no Columns button here.

**Trade** combines type and side, for example "Sweep · Above ask" or "Single · No side".

**Grouped spreads:**

- Legs that traded together show as one row, such as "Spread · 2 legs".
- Expand the row to see each leg.
- A leg whose partner wasn't captured reads "Spread leg".

**Flags:** Golden, Aggressive, Unusual and Reported late. Repeat isn't used here.

## No net premium

Most large index prints are spread legs, and a spread leg has no clean buy or sell side. So the Index view doesn't show a net.

- **Toolbar:** calls and puts, with no Bullish %.
- **Ticker panel:** **Spread share** in place of net, plus a **How it traded** card.
- **Contract drill-down:** no net premium.

## Never in stock totals

Index prints are never added to the market totals on Option Flow, [Stats](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/optionflow/stats) or [Snapshot](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/snapshot/quick-start). Those totals cover equity and ETF options.

## What's not here

- Row alerts aren't available in the Index view.
- The Index view isn't in the Hub tile.

## Related

- [Option Flow Quick Start](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/optionflow/quick-start)
- [Reading a print](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/optionflow/reading-prints)
- [Algo Edge SPX 0DTE strategy](https://tradeecho.com/docs/features/algoedge/spx-0dte-strategy)

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*Trade Echo docs are for product education only - not financial advice. Options trading involves substantial risk and is not suitable for all investors.*