Option Chain & Open Interest
What the option chain is, how open interest updates overnight, and how to read ΔOI, Vol/OI, call/put walls, and max pain to tell fresh flow from old structure.
Get started with TradingFlow: why options flow matters, what the data shows, and how to use concepts like sentiment, DEX, and GEX to trade with confidence.
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What the option chain is, how open interest updates overnight, and how to read ΔOI, Vol/OI, call/put walls, and max pain to tell fresh flow from old structure.
Use watchlists to follow only the names you care about, and filters to narrow any view to exactly the flow you want to see.
A hands-on walkthrough of the Option Trades flow feed — Live vs Historical modes, the shared controls, reading a trade row column by column, saved views, and alerts.
Spot institutional 'smart money' options activity early, follow real conviction, and trade with context — not guesswork.
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