Run the Daily Option Flow tape recipe

What this recipe computes

• Where session option premium went, by name and time.
• The single biggest tickets in that session.
• Composition of the tape as a recap, not a streaming squawk.

What it does not claim

• It is not Unusual Whales–style Discord/audio alerts.
• A large ticket is not automatically an opening whale or a directional bet.
• It does not reconstruct multi-leg spreads into one strategy object.

How to read it

1. Step 1

   Run the tape recipe

   Open Daily Option Flow in Cookbooks for the latest completed session.

2. Step 2

   Note timing and size

   Ask when premium hit and which tickets dominated. Size without context is still noise.

3. Step 3

   Inspect on Option Trades

   Handoff a contract or symbol into the live or historical tape when you need side, DTE, and Vol/OI.

Frequently asked questions

Is this the live Option Trades feed?

No. Option Trades is the workbench tape. This recipe is a session report of where premium went. The CTA opens the Cookbook, not /app/option-trades.

Can I use it as trade alerts?

No. It recaps a session. It does not push Power Alerts or claim a win rate on copied prints.

Related glossary

• Option flowOption flow is the time-and-sales stream of options prints: contract, size, premium, and inferred aggressor side.
• Unusual options activity (UOA)UOA flags contracts or underlyings trading far above recent norms in volume, size, or premium. It is an attention screen, not a directional signal.
• Options block tradeAn options block is a large single print, or same-second aggregate, sized well above typical retail clips.
• Aggressor side (bid / ask)Aggressor side estimates who crossed the spread: prints at or above the ask often look like aggressive buying; at or below the bid, aggressive selling. Mid is ambiguous.

Related personas

• Options Flow for Day TradersDay traders need speed with a filter: see what is printing now, rank what is unusual, then validate structure before risking capital. TradingFlow is built for that same-session loop.
• Real-Time Option Flow for ScalpersScalping with options flow is attention management. KPI cards and tight filters shrink the tape to tradable bursts; structure is a quick invalidation check, not a multi-hour thesis.

Related recipes

• Daily recapRead one session recap instead of assembling Rank, tape, and GEX by hand.
• Gainer confirmationDo not buy a gainer list until you see whether options agreed with the rally.