Aggressive
Tier 1 · Baseline
Cleared the baseline filters. Worth a glance — not yet a thesis.
Trigger
- Cleared baseline liquidity, premium & price filters.
- Did not yet meet a P0 / P1 rule.
$META 620CAsk$215K
01 /OptionFlow
The institutional tape.With a number on it.
OptionFlow turns the institutional cross-exchange tape into a sorted feed. Every print gets a signed Flow Score, every row carries 20 columns of context, and six preset views isolate the patterns the desks watch.
Every U.S. options exchange20-column live tapeFlow Score · -100 to +100
20 columns of context per print · live tape, new prints prepend every 30 seconds
Three tiers. Six criteria. One number.
OptionFlow ingests every qualifying print from the institutional cross-exchange feed, scores each one on premium, side, size, ratio, and unusualness, then drops it into one of three tiers. No black box — these are the rules.
Input
Millions
of prints / day
Unusual
Tier 2 · P1
The desk doesn't put this on without a reason. Size or score is outside the contract's normal day.
Trigger · any one of
- Premium ≥ $100K
- Flow Score |abs| ≥ 60
- Size÷OI Ratio ≥ 90%
$MSFT 430CMid$340K
Golden
Tier 3 · P0 · Rare
The rarest tier. High conviction by every rubric the engine has. Pay attention.
Trigger · any one of
- Premium ≥ $250K
- Flow Score |abs| ≥ 80
- Sweep + Premium ≥ $100K
- Size÷OI Ratio ≥ 95%
$NVDA 950CSweep$2.4M
Flow Score
One signed number, read at a glance.
Every print gets a Flow Score from -100 to +100. Negative means bearish conviction, positive means bullish. It's rendered as a colored bar in its own column so you read intent before you read numbers.
It combines premium size, the side of the spread, the contract's size-to-OI ratio, and how unusual the print is versus the contract's recent baseline — into one number you can sort on.
Score = premium × side × ratio × unusualness
$TSLA 340PAsk · sweep
-84
$META 620CMid · trade
+12
$NVDA 950CAsk · sweep
+91
Six presets. Your filters on top.
Six pre-tuned views sit above the tape. Tap one to isolate the pattern; stack any of the 12 filter dimensions on top to narrow further.
01
Directional
Ask-side conviction. Calls ≥ $75K premium with Flow Score ≥ 45. The desk is paying up.
Filter ·
side=ask · cp=C · prem≥75K · score≥4502
Repeaters
3+ same-direction prints on the same ticker within 12 minutes. The Cortex Lexicon calls these Echo Prints.
Filter ·
group=ticker · same_side · window=12m · count≥303
Sweeps
Multi-leg cross-exchange sweeps only. The desk is taking liquidity wherever it sits, not waiting for a counter-party.
Filter ·
type=sweep04
OTM Calls
Out-of-the-money calls only. Directional speculation pure-play — no covered-call noise, no synthetic hedges.
Filter ·
cp=C · otm=true05
OTM Puts
Out-of-the-money puts only. Hedging or short conviction — you decide which by reading Flow Score and ratio together.
Filter ·
cp=P · otm=true06
Default
Everything that cleared baseline filters. Use this as the starting point and tune your own stack with the 12 filter dimensions.
Filter ·
baseline12 filter dimensions · stack any of them on any preset
Save any combination as a named alert.
Execution sideSize > 500Price < $2Premium > $100KPremium > $250KOTM callsOTM putsBullish / Bearish / NeutralCall / PutDTE rangeFlow Score thresholdVolume > OI
One click. Three lenses.
Click any row and OptionFlow opens the ticker — net flow over the session, a strike × expiry heatmap, and a TradingView chart in a modal. No tab-switching, no copy-paste.
01 · Session view
Net flow over time
Premium bucketed across the session, signed bars + a cumulative net-flow line on top.
02 · Density view
Strike × expiry heatmap
Premium intensity across the chain — see where the desks are stacking before you commit a single strike.
03 · Price view
TradingView, in a modal
A full TradingView chart on the underlying — 1m, 5m, or 1D — without leaving the tape.
Alerts that wake you up for the right reasons.
Save any combination of the 12 filter dimensions as a named alert. OptionFlow pings the dashboard, your inbox, and your phone the moment a print matches.
Save any filter as an alert
Pick a preset, layer your filters on top, name the alert, save. It runs in the background for as long as you want it to.
Saved alert
NameNVDA Golden calls
PresetDirectional
Filterstkr=NVDA · cp=C · prem≥250K
Push + email, same trigger
Same alert fires to the dashboard, your inbox, and your phone. iOS and Android push, web inbox, daily digest — pick the channels per alert.
Notification · 14:32
$NVDA 950C · Ask$2.4M
Flow Score+91
ChannelPush · iOS · Web
Or hand it to a Cortex agent
Want more than a ping? Let a Cortex agent watch the tape on your schedule. It refuses to alert through FOMC, CPI, NFP windows by default.
Cortex Agent · Flow Follower
SourceOptionFlow · Golden
ScheduleMon–Fri · 09:30–15:55
Macro lockoutOn · 24h
One print. Five lenses for it.
Other flow products hand you the print and walk away. Trade Echo enriches it across every module in the platform, automatically.
1OptionFlow
The print itself
$NVDA 950C · Ask · $2.4M · Flow Score +91 · Sweep · 14 DTE.
Tier · Golden
2DealerEdge
The dealer map
GEX on $NVDA — Anchor at $890, Flip at $880, Cortex Wall at $900.
Lens · Positioning
3Darkpool
The off-tape
$112M dark block printed at $894.12 at 14:32 — accumulating, not unwinding.
Lens · Confirmation
4Cortex
Ask, in your own words
"What just printed in $NVDA?" Cortex narrates the answer with a gloss under every row.
Tool ·
get_option_flow5Agents
Automate the watch
Subscribe a Cortex agent to this exact pattern. It pings or stages the trade — your choice.
Schedule · On the tape
Data · Positioning · Confirmation · AI · Automation — one subscription
Built for every seat at the desk.
Catch the tape.
Live summary refreshes every 30 seconds. Repeaters preset surfaces the names being layered into now, not in tomorrow's recap.
Surface · Live summary + Repeaters
Build from conviction.
Filter to Golden-tier directional flow, save the combination as an alert, get pinged when the desk shows you a new name.
Surface · Filters + alerts
Cross-reference, don't tab-switch.
One print, five lenses — flow, dealer map, dark prints, Cortex commentary, agent automation. Same product, same subscription.
Surface · Five Surfaces moat
Subscribe an agent to the tape.
Describe the setup, paper it for a week, run it for real with broker-backed execution and a drawdown kill-switch on top.
Surface · Cortex Agents on OptionFlow
Flow data is the floor. The layers above it are the moat.
Other tools hand you the tape and walk away. Trade Echo scores it, enriches it across four other modules, and lets you automate against it.
OptionFlow on Trade Echo
This product- Cross-exchange feed from the institutional source.
- Flow Score · signed -100 to +100, on every print.
- Echo Print detection — Repeaters preset, named in the Cortex Lexicon.
- Six preset views + 12 filter dimensions, savable as alerts.
- Enriches into DealerEdge, Darkpool, AlgoEdge, Cortex — same product.
- Cortex Agents can subscribe to the tape and run on a schedule.
- $199/mo · everything bundled · cancel anytime.
Feed · Score · Enrichment · Agents
Standalone flow products
Data only- Cross-exchange feed.
- No proprietary signed score.
- No same-product GEX, dark, or algo lens.
- No AI layer on top of the data.
- No agents subscribing to the tape.
- Priced separately, often without alerts.
Feed only
Broker T&S + spreadsheets
DIY- Raw tape — every print available.
- No tier classification.
- No Echo Print / repeater detection.
- No saved-filter alerts to phone or inbox.
- No AI layer, no agents, no enrichment.
- Your weekend goes to spreadsheets.
Tape only
Quick answers.
01What is OptionFlow?
OptionFlow is Trade Echo's institutional options-flow tape. It pulls qualifying prints from the cross-exchange feed, scores each one on premium, side, ratio, and unusualness, and surfaces them in a 20-column live table. Six preset views isolate common patterns; saved filters become push + email alerts.
02How are the three tiers determined?
The tiers are rule-based, not a black box. Golden triggers when any one of: premium ≥ $250K, Flow Score |abs| ≥ 80, sweep + premium ≥ $100K, or size÷OI ratio ≥ 95%. Unusual triggers when any one of: premium ≥ $100K, Flow Score |abs| ≥ 60, or ratio ≥ 90%. Aggressive is everything else that cleared baseline filters.
03What is the Flow Score?
A signed proprietary number from -100 to +100on every print. Negative means bearish conviction, positive means bullish. It combines premium size, the side of the spread, size÷OI ratio, and how unusual the print is versus the contract's recent baseline. Rendered as a colored bar in its own column so you read intent before you read numbers.
04What is an Echo Print?
Trade Echo's term for three or more same-direction prints on the same ticker inside a 12-minute window. The Repeaters preset surfaces them in real time. The Cortex Lexicon uses the same name, so anywhere you see Cortex narrate flow — chat, agents, marketplace — Echo Prints carry the same meaning.
05Can OptionFlow push alerts to my phone?
Yes. Save any filter combination as a named alert and pick the channels — dashboard, email, iOS push, Android push, daily digest. For more than a ping, hand the same filters to a Cortex agent: it watches on a schedule, refuses to alert through FOMC / CPI / NFP windows, and can stage a paper trade in the same step.
06Is OptionFlow on mobile?
Yes. The dashboard collapses to a card-based layout on iOS and Android — same feed, same Flow Score, same alerts. Ticker and share at the top, premium and Flow Score in the middle, strike / size / volume / OI / expiry in a 2-column grid below. Push and email alerts on saved filters work identically on web and mobile.
10 /Get started
Start tracking the flow.
Every Trade Echo Pro subscription includes OptionFlow, the Flow Score, all six presets, saved alerts, mobile parity, and the cross-module enrichment.
OptionFlow·DealerEdge·Darkpool·AlgoEdge·Copy Trading·Cortex Chat·Cortex Agents·Cortex Marketplace
$199 / month · cancel anytime. OptionFlow data is sourced from the institutional cross-exchange feed and refreshed every 30 seconds during market hours.