Options Flow gives you real-time US equity options data sourced from the consolidated OPRA feed — covering all 17 US options exchanges including CBOE, Nasdaq PHLX, NYSE Arca, BOX, and MIAX. It's the same data professional traders use to spot unusual positioning, monitor block trades, and track open interest trends.
The tool is built for traders and analysts who want to understand what the smart money is doing. Detect contracts with abnormally high volume relative to open interest — a common signal for unusual directional bets. Scan the full options chain by expiry and strike. Surface large block trades above a minimum size. Track how total open interest has changed over time to see money flowing in or out of a ticker.
What you can do
- Detect unusual activity — contracts ranked by volume-to-open-interest ratio
- View the full options chain for any stock, filterable by expiry date
- Surface large individual trades (block trades and sweeps) by contract size
- Track open interest history as a trend chart or broken down by expiry
- Look up detailed contract specs including tick size, multiplier, and exchange
Who it's for
Active traders, options analysts, hedge fund researchers, and quant developers who need institutional-quality options flow data. Useful for building watchlists, monitoring unusual activity around earnings or macro events, and validating trading hypotheses.
How to use it
- Use unusual_activity with a ticker symbol to find contracts with abnormal volume — filter to calls or puts
- Use options_chain to see the full chain for a specific expiry date
- Use large_trades to find individual block trades above a minimum contract threshold
- Use open_interest_history to track how positioning has shifted over a date range
- Use contract_specs to look up specs for a specific strike or expiry
Getting started
Connect your data account to enable live options data queries.
