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Option Depth Flow
A strike by time chart of dealer exposure for one ticker, with candles on the same session.
What is option depth flow?
Option Depth Flow is a strike-by-time dealer map for one ticker. Metric starts on GEX. View starts on Bubble. Mode starts on Cumulative. Timeframe starts on 5m. Strikes starts on 10. Search ticker, pick Expiration, then GO. Green is positive. Red is negative. It is a map, not a trade.
Gamma Exposure is a strike table you search by ticker. Market Maker Exposure is SPX only, with Flip Level as a card. Market Cross Flow is locked to SPY, SPXW, and QQQ. There is no ticker search there. Greeks Heatmap is a strike by expiration grid. This page is one ticker you type in Search ticker. Time runs left to right. Strike Price runs up and down. Candles sit on the same Time axis. Metric starts on GEX. VEX, CEX, DEX, and GRAVITY are the other Metric choices. View starts on Bubble. Gradient is the other view. Mode starts on Cumulative. Non-Cumulative is the other. Timeframe starts on 5m. 1m is not available in Gradient. Strikes starts on 10. Expiration picks one listed date. Green is positive. Red is negative. A loud strike can still be a hedge, a spread, or a dealer book. None of those dots is an order.
On EZPZ, the live page title is Option Depth Flow. The ticker line starts on SPY plus last price. Search ticker and GO load the name. Gamma Exposure is the searchable strike table with Call Wall and Put Wall for one ticker, not this time chart. 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. Greeks Heatmap is the strike-by-expiration grid with Gravity Magnet Score. GEX Heatmap is the GEX-only strike-by-expiration grid with GEX Details. 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. Net Premium Heatmap is the strike-by-expiration grid of Net Premium 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. 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 Option Depth Flow works on EZPZ
Search a ticker, leave Metric on GEX, leave View on Bubble, then read the candles against the loudest strike row. It is not a score. Most people leave Mode on Cumulative and Timeframe on 5m. If one strike stays loud while price walks through it, scan that row left to right. Change View to Gradient only if you want a continuous heat map. Change Metric only if you want VEX, CEX, DEX, or GRAVITY instead of GEX.
How this differs from Market Cross Flow
Market Cross Flow is locked to SPY, SPXW, and QQQ. Chart picks which of those three owns the candles. This page has Search ticker. Time is the x axis. Strike Price is the y axis. Use Market Cross Flow when you want those three names side by side. Use this page when you want one ticker through the session. Use Gamma Exposure when you want the strike table with Call Wall and Put Wall. Use Market Maker Exposure when you want SPX Flip Level, Call Wall, Put Wall, and Expected Move(VEM) and DEM. Use Greeks Heatmap when you want strike by expiration, not strike by time. Use GEX Heatmap when you want GEX only plus GEX Details. 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 Net Premium Heatmap when you want the strike-by-expiration grid. 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 depth chart
You do not need every control on every session. Use the tabs if you want a map of the fields.
These controls change the map. They do not score it.
| Control | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Metric | GEX starts selected. VEX, CEX, DEX, and GRAVITY are the other choices. |
| View | Bubble starts selected. Gradient is the other view. |
| Mode | Cumulative is the default. Non-Cumulative is the other view. |
| Timeframe | Candle size. 5m starts selected. 1m, 10m, 15m, and 30m are the other choices. 1m is not available when View is Gradient. |
| Strikes | How many strikes around last price. 10 is the default. Options are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, and 20. |
| Expiration | One listed date. The screenshot uses 2026-09-21, not a blended book. |
| Search ticker GO | Type a symbol, then GO. The ticker line shows that name plus last price. |
Bubble is the default View. Each dot is one strike at one Time bucket.
| On the chart | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Candles | Price for the searched ticker, bucketed by Timeframe. |
| Green dots | Positive exposure at a strike over the session for the selected Metric and Mode. |
| Red dots | Negative exposure at a strike over the same session. |
| Dot size | Larger dots are louder readings. Smaller dots are quieter ones. |
| Time / Strike Price | Time is the x axis. Strike Price is the y axis on the right. |
Gradient is the other View. Same data, drawn as a continuous heat map.
| On the chart | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Color bands | Positive bands use the green scale. Negative bands use the Metric color. GRAVITY negative reads gold. |
| Colorbar | Sits on the left. The label follows Mode, such as Cumulative GRAVITY. |
| 1m | Not offered in Gradient. Switching into Gradient while on 1m moves Timeframe to 5m. |
Gradient view
View on Gradient keeps Metric, Mode, Timeframe, Strikes, and Expiration. It is still one ticker and one listed date. Use it when discrete dots feel too sparse. Keep Bubble when you want each Time bucket as its own marker.
When Gradient helps
- You want a continuous band instead of separate dots.
- You already picked GRAVITY, VEX, CEX, or DEX and want the colorbar on the left.
- 5m or slower is enough. You do not need 1m.
When to stay on Bubble
- You want 1m Timeframe.
- You want each strike and time bucket as its own marker.
- You are still learning the chart and want GEX dots first.
Filters on this page
The toolbar under the page title has Metric, View, Mode, Timeframe, Strikes, Expiration, Search ticker, GO, and the orange Replay play button. Use those controls to change the map. Do not treat them as a score.
- Metric: GEX starts selected. VEX, CEX, DEX, and GRAVITY are also available.
- View: Bubble starts selected. Gradient is the other view.
- Mode: Cumulative starts selected. Non-Cumulative is the other view.
- Timeframe: 5m starts selected. 1m, 10m, 15m, and 30m are also available. 1m is disabled in Gradient.
- Strikes: 10 starts selected. Options are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, and 20.
- Expiration: One listed date. The session in the product view used 2026-09-21.
- Replay: The orange play button opens Replay. Play/Pause, Record & Download, and Exit Replay sit on that bar. MP4, WebM, and MOV are the download formats. You do not need Replay to read the live chart.
How people actually use it
Read last price, then the loud row
Check the ticker line. Find the candles. Scan the green or red row that stays loud against that path before you hunt far from spot.
Leave GEX, Bubble, and Cumulative on
Most sessions start on GEX, Bubble, Cumulative, and 5m. Change Metric only when you want a different greek. Change View only when you want Gradient.
Search a ticker, not a universe
This page is one name. Type it in Search ticker, pick Expiration, then GO. Market Cross Flow stays locked to SPY, SPXW, and QQQ.
Use it next to the table and the tape
This page is the strike-by-time chart. Open Gamma Exposure if you want the strike table. Open Live Flow if a strike makes you want the prints.