Product•3 min read•2026-08-19
From roadmap to evidence: what TradingFlow is building
TradingFlow's public roadmap shows what is planned, next, in progress, and done, while shipped Rank evidence shows how product work becomes a verifiable workflow.
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John Hu
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Market Analysis•8 min read•2026-08-17
A Five-Box Daily Vol Note, Run on SPY
An options writer publishes the same five boxes every day: gamma pin, skew, VRP, expiry OI, and a named print. TradingFlow can run that checklist on SPY — with different clocks, and without the trade call.
Market Analysis•10 min read•2026-08-17
Direction Can Be Right and Calls Still Lose: Testing the July–August IV Crush
A mid-August note said the last month was a crowded dispersion unwind, not a normal earnings IV crush. TradingFlow Rank Symbols checks SPY, mega-caps, and NVDA on the August 14 session.
Market Analysis•6 min read•2026-08-16
The Last Tape Said OTM. The Official Close Exercised the QQQ $731 Calls.
On August 14, 2026, QQQ’s last option-tape print sat at $730.24—below the $731 strike. The official close was $732.10. OCC auto-exercise follows the close, not the last tick.
Market Analysis•6 min read•2026-08-15
$3.2 Billion in One Name Wasn't a Bullish Bet: How I Read Daily Option Flow on TradingFlow
TradingFlow's Daily Option Flow scanner showed $20B in single-name option premium on Aug 14 — and 16% of it landed in one name, SNDK. The size looked bullish. The biggest individual tickets said something messier. Here's how I actually read a session's tape.
Market Analysis•7 min read•2026-08-15
Before Anyone's Talking About It: How I Read OI Accumulation on TradingFlow
Every morning before I look at anything else, I open TradingFlow's Pre-Move Positioning screen. Here's a real session — three PCG call strikes building open interest at once — and exactly how far that pattern gets you, and where it stops.
Market Analysis•7 min read•2026-08-15
Not Every Rally Has Flow Behind It: How I Read Top Gainers — Flow Confirmation on TradingFlow
TradingFlow scored 63 single-name gainers on Aug 14 — 50 confirming, 13 neutral, zero diverging. The single biggest mover of the day wasn't one of the confirming names. Here's a real session and what that gap actually means.
Product•8 min read•2026-08-14
Daily Market Recap: Read a Full Options Session in TradingFlow Cookbooks
TradingFlow's Cookbooks turn a live options-flow session into a guided report. Daily Market Recap walks eight chapters — tone, money flow, timing, DEX/DEI, volatility, GEX, movers, and a headline name — each with real evidence next to the explanation, not baked-in prose.
Product•6 min read•2026-08-14
Same Number, Every Surface: TradingFlow's Governed Metrics Layer
TradingFlow's own pages and Cookbooks reports compute Net DEX, DEI, and sentiment from one small, governed registry — the same registry the AI assistant and MCP are built on as they roll out beyond internal accounts. Here's how it works, and why it's deliberately small.
Product•7 min read•2026-08-09
IV30 vs RV20: See Implied and Realized Volatility Side by Side
TradingFlow Rank Symbols now compares IV30 with RV20 and RV30, adds a signed IV30−RV20 spread, and preserves the separate dates behind each measure.
Product•3 min read•2026-08-07
Options Chart That Matters: GEX, Walls, and Flow—Not a Pretty Candlestick
Looking for an options chart? Map gamma exposure, call/put walls, and same-session option flow in TradingFlow Rank—not just another price chart.
Market Analysis•3 min read•2026-08-06
Negative GEX Sessions: Regime Context Without the Cascade Myth
Negative gamma narratives travel fast on social media. TradingFlow shows GEX regime, flip, walls, and same-session flow—with explicit snapshot horizons and no cascade guarantee.
Product•2 min read•2026-08-06
Why Alerts Alone Fail: Rank → Tape → Structure
Reddit tool threads and X promo screenshots often stop at alerts. TradingFlow’s differentiator is a linked rank → tape → structure loop with labeled data horizons.
Market Analysis•3 min read•2026-08-06
Selling Premium with Flow Context (What TradingFlow Can and Cannot Show)
Theta and wheel discussions dominate Reddit. TradingFlow is not a theta desk—but historical flow, OI, IV context, and GEX risk maps still help sellers avoid blind short-gamma spots.
Market Analysis•2 min read•2026-08-06
Single-Name Lottery Options: Verify the Print Before the Story
OTM single-name packages go viral as lottery tickets. TradingFlow’s process is claim → exact filters → tape match → OI limits—before any narrative about intent.
Market Analysis•3 min read•2026-08-06
Unusual Options Activity Is Not a Signal Until the Tape Checks Out
UOA alerts are noise without filters, print-level tape, and open-interest context. TradingFlow’s Option Trades and Rank surfaces make that audit possible.
Product•10 min read•2026-08-01
Duan Yongping's SpaceX (SPCX) Put Strategy: Buy at $91.80?
Did Duan Yongping use SPCX put options to buy SpaceX at $91.80? TradingFlow checks the $2.32M premium, 1,000-contract claim, and tape evidence.
Market Analysis•8 min read•2026-08-01
Did $12M in FUTU–TIGR Puts Become $100M? What the Tape Shows
A court complaint alleged traders spent about $12 million on FUTU and TIGR puts before regulatory news and made more than $100 million. TradingFlow found an $870K pre-news FUTU put print at 500x Vol/OI—but the tape cannot prove identity, intent, or insider trading.
Product•8 min read•2026-07-30
GEX Flow Evidence: Read Session Flow at Mapped Walls
TradingFlow’s Session flow at mapped walls places same-session options flow beside canonical Call and Put GEX Walls, with transparent Flow-aligned, Flow-against, and Mixed flow verdicts.
Product•11 min read•2026-07-30
We Verified the Viral $7M Memory Put Trade. The Tape Needs Context.
TradingFlow’s historical option tape matches the six contracts and $422,135 gross premium in a viral memory-stock put post—but not its one-month, 40%-drop narrative.
Product•4 min read•2026-04-28
GEX Scanner & Screener: Gamma Exposure, Call Walls & Put Walls
Use TradingFlow’s GEX scanner inside Rank Symbols for gamma exposure, call walls, put walls, volatility, OI, and option-chain context—after you rank options flow.
Product•2 min read•2026-04-28
OI Change Rank (retired): where cross-symbol OI ranking went
The standalone OI Change Rank app and /app/oi-change-rank are removed from the product (2026). Per-symbol OI context now lives in the Positioning tab of the Rank Symbols inspection drawer.
Product•2 min read•2026-04-28
Ranked IV and vol context: shipped inside Rank Symbols
There is no separate Volatility Desk route. Cross-sectional IV rank, IV percentile, and vol-focused drawer context now live inside Rank Symbols at /app/rank/symbols.
Product•4 min read•2026-04-27
Option Chain Analysis inside Rank Symbols
Option Chain Analysis is now a feature set inside Rank Symbols (`/app/rank/symbols`): GEX, volatility, OI positioning, and chain tabs live in the symbol inspection drawer alongside flow-ranked discovery.
Product•4 min read•2026-04-26
Symbol-level analysis in the Rank workbench
Symbol-level analysis is now the Symbols tab of the Rank workbench. It ranks the universe by option flow, adds integrated GEX/vol/OI/chain inspection tabs, and keeps Option Trades handoff and CSV export behind the right access boundaries.
Product•3 min read•2026-04-25
Contract-level analysis in the Rank workbench
Contract-level analysis is the Contracts tab of the Rank workbench. It ranks specific option contracts with intraday flow, retained snapshot dates, OI/volume context, exact-contract inspection, and Option Trades handoff.
Product•6 min read•2026-03-09
Option Trades: Options Flow Scanner Tape, UOA & Block Trades
Live options flow tracker in TradingFlow: real-time tape, unusual options activity filters, sentiment, DEX, blocks, and premium flow after Rank shortlists.