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A strike by expiration grid showing where a chosen greek is concentrated across the whole options chain, at a glance.

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What is a greeks heatmap?

A greeks heatmap is a strike by expiration grid of options exposure for one ticker. Rows are strikes. Columns are expiry dates. Panels are GEX GAMMA EXPOSURE, VEX VANNA EXPOSURE, CEX CHARM EXPOSURE, DEX DELTA EXPOSURE, OI NET OPEN INTEREST, and GRAVITY MAGNET SCORE. GEX, VEX, CEX, and Gravity start on. It is a map, not a trade.

Gamma Exposure is a strike table that collapses expirations into one row of walls. Net Premium Heatmap is a strike by expiry grid of Net Premium dollars. Market Cross Flow is a three ticker GEX grid next to candles, locked to SPY, SPXW, and QQQ. Option Depth Flow is a strike by time chart for one ticker. This page is one ticker you type in Ticker. Each grid cell is a strike and an expiry. Green is positive. Each negative metric keeps its own color: red on GEX, orange on VEX, purple on CEX, pink on DEX, magenta on OI. Gravity is not a grid. It is a ranked Magnet Score list with Rank, Strike, Live, Open, Diff, and Level. Rows stay in strike order, so Rank 1 can sit away from last price. A loud cell can still be a hedge, a spread, or a dealer book. None of those cells is an order.

On EZPZ, the live page title is Greeks Heatmap. The ticker line starts on SPY plus last price. Panels starts with GEX, VEX, CEX, and Gravity on. DEX and OI start off. Strikes starts at plus or minus 15. Expiries starts at 5. Type a symbol in Ticker and press Enter to load it. The arrow on a row marks last price. Gamma Exposure is the searchable strike table with Call Wall and Put Wall for one ticker, not this expiry grid. Market Maker Exposure is the SPX Flip Level chart with Call Wall, Put Wall, and Expected Move(VEM) and DEM. Market Cross Flow is the SPY, SPXW, and QQQ GEX grid next to candles. Option Depth Flow is the searchable strike-by-time Bubble or Gradient chart. Net Premium Heatmap is the strike-by-expiration grid of Net Premium for one ticker. Ticker Explorer puts GEX and DEX charts on a one-symbol dashboard. Largest Premium By Tickers is the Bullish Flow / Bearish Flow premium leaderboard when you do not have a ticker yet. Index Trader is the index dashboard with Premium Traffic Lights. Top 20 Optionable ranks listed-option names by Vol. * Price. Market Wave is the Current Day chart of Net Call Premium versus Net Put Premium. Net Flow Graph is one ticker you search with Filter ticker, plus Cumulative Volume Delta. Historical Net Premium is the 15D Cumulative lookback with a daily table. 0DTE Graph is the same-day premium chart with Filter ticker. The 0DTE dropdown is the lock. Weekly-DTE Graph is the WTE chart of premium that expires by Friday. 7-DTE Graph is the 7DTE chart of premium in the next 7 days. Supply and Demand X-ray is the ITM Call and Put chart of Price, Supply, and Demand. Money Sentiment is Bought Ratio, Net Sentiment, and Netflow Graph for one ticker. Movers and Shakers Tide is that same chart job for about 18 mega-cap names. Option Chain is the listed book for one ticker. Live Flow is the tape of prints. Unusual Activity keeps only large, sweep, and block prints. Unusual Activity Intraday is the session scan with a date range. $1M Plus Flow keeps only million-dollar premium. 0DTE Flow keeps only prints that expire today. SPX and SPY Flow locks the tape to SPX, SPXW, and SPY. GEX Heatmap is the strike-by-expiration GEX grid with a GEX Details table. GEX and DEX is the Intraday GEX and DEX chart pair with Gamma Flip. Spot Gamma and Delta is the ($) Open Interest versus ($) Volume bar pair with a Spot line. Expected Move is the DEM and VEM band chart by expiration. Put to Call Ratio is the Intraday Put/Call Ratio chart of Traded PCR, OI PCR, and Sentiment PCR. Max Pain is Intraday Max Pain with O-Max Pain, P-Max Pain, and V-Max Pain. Open Interest Scan is the OI per Strike and OI per Expiration chart pair. Volume Scan is the Volume by Strike and Volume by Expiration chart pair. Greeks is the Call and Put strike distribution of Delta, Theta, IV, Vega, and Gamma. Volatility Analysis is Volatility By Open Interest, Open Interest, and Implied Volatility Smile for one ticker. IV Rank Explorer is Current IV (30D), IV Rank (1Y), period IV Rank, and IV Percentile (1Y) plus the IV Rank chart. Historical Volatility is 10D through 90D Volatility versus Price. Volatility Surface 3D is Raw Contracts and Smoothed Mesh for one ticker.

How Greeks Heatmap works on EZPZ

Search a ticker, leave GEX on, then read the arrow row first. It is not a score. Scan that strike across expiries, then scan the same expiry up and down. Turn on VEX, CEX, DEX, or OI if you want those grids. Read Gravity for Rank, Live, Open, Diff, and Level on the same strikes. Keep at least one panel selected.

EZPZ Greeks Heatmap GEX GAMMA EXPOSURE grid for SPY with strikes down the side and expiration dates across the top
GEX GAMMA EXPOSURE on SPY. Strikes at plus or minus 15. The arrow marks last price. AiPe in the corner.

How this differs from Gamma Exposure

Gamma Exposure is a strike table you search by ticker. Call Wall, Put Wall, Spot Price, and expected move sit as badges on rows. This page keeps expiration as columns. GEX is one panel among six. Use Gamma Exposure when you want walls on a collapsed chain. Use this page when you want the same ticker across many expiries and more than one greek. Use Greeks when you want Call and Put Delta, Theta, and IV as lines by strike. Use Option Depth Flow when you want strike by time, not strike by expiry. Use Net Premium Heatmap when you want Net Premium dollars, not GEX. Use Market Cross Flow when you want SPY, SPXW, and QQQ side by side next to candles. Use Market Maker Exposure when you want SPX Flip Level, Call Wall, Put Wall, and Expected Move(VEM) and DEM. Use Ticker Explorer when you want GEX and DEX charts next to quote and unusual activity. Use Largest Premium By Tickers when you still need a name from Bullish Flow or Bearish Flow. Use Index Trader when you want traffic lights. Use Top 20 Optionable when you want Vol. * Price rank. Use Market Wave when you want Current Day Net Call Premium versus Net Put Premium. Use Net Flow Graph when you want Filter ticker plus Cumulative Volume Delta. Use Historical Net Premium when you want the 15D table. Use 0DTE Graph when you want same-day premium. Use Weekly-DTE Graph when you want Friday. Use 7-DTE Graph when you want the next 7 days. Use Supply and Demand X-ray when you want Price, Supply, and Demand on each contract. Use Money Sentiment when you want Bought Ratio and Net Sentiment. Use Movers and Shakers Tide when you want the 18-name basket. Use Live Flow when you want the prints. Use Option Chain when you want the listed book.

Anatomy of the heatmap

You do not need every panel on every session. Use the tabs if you want a map of the fields.

These toggles show or hide a panel. At least one panel stays on.

PanelWhat you are looking at
GEXGEX GAMMA EXPOSURE. Starts on. Green is positive. Red is negative. A bar at the top shows the loudest negative and positive cells in view.
VEXVEX VANNA EXPOSURE. Starts on. Green is positive. Orange is negative.
CEXCEX CHARM EXPOSURE. Starts on. Green is positive. Purple is negative.
DEXDEX DELTA EXPOSURE. Starts off. Green is positive. Pink is negative.
OIOI NET OPEN INTEREST. Starts off. Green is positive. Magenta is negative.
GRAVITYGRAVITY MAGNET SCORE. Starts on. This is a ranked list, not a strike by expiry grid.

GEX, VEX, CEX, DEX, and OI share the same table shape.

On the gridWhat you are looking at
StrikeThe left column. Strikes run high to low, matching Gravity.
Expiry datesThe top row. Dates are shortened, such as 26-9-21. Expiries starts at 5. Choices are 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10.
Dollar cellA formatted amount for that strike and expiry. Tiny values print as a dash.
ArrowThe row nearest last price. That row is highlighted across every open panel.

GRAVITY MAGNET SCORE lines up strike for strike with the grids. Rank is not the sort order.

ColumnWhat you are looking at
RankThe Magnet Score rank. Top three rows get a star. Rank 1 can sit in the middle of the list.
StrikeThe same strike as the grid row at that height.
LiveThe current Magnet Score.
OpenThe Magnet Score at the open. A dash means that open reading is not on screen yet.
DiffLive minus Open. Green is up. Red is down.
LevelMajor, Strong, Moderate, or Weak. The fill color follows Bearish or Bullish, not this tag.
EZPZ Greeks Heatmap with VEX, CEX, DEX, OI, and Gravity Magnet Score panels side by side for SPY
VEX, CEX, DEX, OI, and GRAVITY MAGNET SCORE on the same strike rows. Rank, Live, Open, Diff, and Level sit on Gravity.

Toolbar

  • Ticker badge: The name you loaded, plus last price. The page starts on SPY.
  • Panels: GEX, VEX, CEX, DEX, OI, and GRAVITY. GEX, VEX, CEX, and Gravity start on.
  • Strikes: How many strikes around last price. Plus or minus 15 starts selected. Choices are 10, 15, 20, and 25.
  • Expiries: How many expiry columns. 5 starts selected. Choices are 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10.
  • Ticker: Type a symbol and press Enter to load another name.

Gravity legend

  • Bearish on the left of the bar.
  • Bullish on the right of the bar.

Controls on this page

The bar under the page title has Panels, Strikes, Expiries, and Ticker. Use those controls to change the map. Do not treat them as a score.

  • Panels: GEX, VEX, CEX, and Gravity start selected. DEX and OI start off. You can turn GEX off if another panel is still on.
  • Strikes: Plus or minus 15 starts selected. Options are plus or minus 10, 15, 20, and 25.
  • Expiries: 5 starts selected. Options are 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10. The GEX shot in this guide used 10 columns.
  • Ticker: The search box placeholder is Ticker. Press Enter to load the symbol.
GEX VEX CEX DEX OI GRAVITY

How people actually use it

Read last price, then the arrow

Check the ticker badge. Find the arrow. Compare that strike across expiries before you hunt far from spot.

Leave GEX, VEX, CEX, and Gravity on

Most sessions start there. Turn on DEX or OI when you want those grids. Turn a panel off only if you still have one left.

Read Gravity as a score, not a sort

Rows stay in strike order. Rank 1 can sit away from last price. Live, Open, Diff, and Level are the columns on that row.

Use it next to the table and the tape

This page is the strike by expiry greek map. Open Gamma Exposure if you want Call Wall and Put Wall. Open Live Flow if a cell makes you want the prints.

Frequently asked questions

What is a greeks heatmap?
Greeks Heatmap is EZPZ's strike by expiry map for one ticker. Panels are GEX GAMMA EXPOSURE, VEX VANNA EXPOSURE, CEX CHARM EXPOSURE, DEX DELTA EXPOSURE, OI NET OPEN INTEREST, and GRAVITY MAGNET SCORE. GEX, VEX, CEX, and Gravity start on. Type a symbol in Ticker and press Enter.
How do you read GEX GAMMA EXPOSURE on EZPZ?
Start at the ticker and last price. Find the arrow. That row is nearest last price. Read that strike across expiry columns, then scan up and down. Green is positive. Red is negative. Tiny values print as a dash. Leave Strikes on plus or minus 15 and Expiries on 5 unless you want a wider window.
How is Greeks Heatmap different from Gamma Exposure?
Gamma Exposure is a searchable strike table with Call Wall and Put Wall. Expirations are collapsed into one row. Greeks Heatmap keeps expiry as columns and adds VEX, CEX, DEX, OI, and Gravity. Use the table when you want walls. Use this page when you want one ticker across many expiries and more than one greek.
Does a bright cell predict where the ticker will go?
No. A loud GEX, VEX, CEX, DEX, or OI cell describes exposure on that strike and expiry. Gravity Level is Major, Strong, Moderate, or Weak. None of those is a forecast. News and a strong trend can run through a loud strike. Treat the map as context, not an order.
Who can access Greeks Heatmap?
You need Premium or higher for this page. There is no delayed public version of these grids.
How can AiPe help?
AiPe on this page is labeled Greeks Heatmap Analyst. Ask it about gamma, vanna, charm, or delta exposure across strikes and expiries, or which strikes have the strongest Gravity.