Directional Options Pressure

What is directional options pressure?

Directional options pressure is a live read of ATM short-straddle premium, delta-20 short-strangle premium, call versus put pressure, and net options volume on one ticker. On EZPZ, Directional Options Pressure is Chart View and Table View. Data Range starts on Current Day. Timeframe starts on 1m. Type a symbol, then Go. It is not a trade ticket.

A short straddle sells the at-the-money call and put. A short strangle sells an out-of-the-money call and put. On this page the strangle is Short Strangle (Δ20). Premium on those structures falls when implied volatility cools or time passes. It rises when traders pay up for protection. Directional Pressure is the green or red path How to Read the Chart labels as bullish or bearish bias from options flow. Net Volume is the bar pane: green for aggressive call buying, red for aggressive put buying. Info also contrasts a move in the underlying against a falling straddle, which it reads as less aggressively hedged, versus both rising together, which it reads as traders paying for insurance. A falling Short Straddle Price / 2 next to a quiet Directional Pressure line is still a path, not a fill. Short Straddle and Short Strangle still carry unlimited risk if you sell them without wings.

On EZPZ, the live page title is Directional Options Pressure. The subtitle is Short Straddle · Short Strangle (Δ20) · Directional Pressure · Net Volume. Controls are Data Range, Timeframe, Strike, Expiration, Symbol, Go, and Info. Data Range is Current Day or Historical. Timeframe is 1m, 5m, 10m, 15m, 30m, and 1h. Tabs are Chart View and Table View. Historical Daily appears when Data Range is Historical. Stat pills are Straddle Open, Straddle Now, Straddle Profit %, Peak Straddle %, Strangle Now, Strangle Profit %, and Direction. How to Read the Chart sits under the card. AiPe in the corner is labeled Directional Pressure Analyst. The screenshot uses SPY at $761.69, Current Day, 1m, Strike 761.0, and Expiration 2026-09-22. Theta Farming is the universe scanner with Fit Score. Theta Performance tracks Seller P&L % on one ticker. Custom Strategies is the payoff builder. Volatility Risk Premium (VRP) is implied versus later realized. Greek Gods Dashboard is Ares, Hermes, Apollo, and Zeus on SPY Dashboard or SPX Dashboard. Contract Prices (XVWAP) is Price candles against XVWAP on one strike. IV Rank Explorer is Current IV (30D) and IV Rank (1Y). Option Chain is the listed book. Ticker Explorer is the one-symbol dashboard after you already picked a name. Gamma Short Squeeze is Squeeze Score(%) ranks.

How Directional Options Pressure works on EZPZ

Type a ticker in Symbol, leave Current Day and 1m on, pick Strike and Expiration, then press Go. It is not a score. Most people start at Straddle Profit % and Direction. If Straddle Profit % is green, read Peak Straddle % next to Strangle Profit %. Switch to Chart View when you want Short Straddle Price / 2 against Directional Pressure. Open Table View when you want Time, Short Straddle Price, and Net Volume as rows. Open Info if you want the in-product Reference Guide.

How this differs from Theta Performance

Theta Performance is Options Income Strategies. Iron Condor Chart plots Net Credit Value and Seller P&L %. This page is one ticker with Short Straddle and Short Strangle (Δ20) on the same card as Directional Pressure and Net Volume. Use Theta Performance when you want Payoff at Expiration or Historical Range Performance. Use this page when you want Straddle Profit % next to Directional Pressure. Use Theta Farming when you want Fit Score across many names. Use Custom Strategies when you want a payoff diagram you assemble. Use Volatility Risk Premium (VRP) when you want OVERVALUED IV or UNDERVALUED IV. Use IV Rank Explorer when you want the 1Y clock. Use Option Chain when you want listed strikes. Use Ticker Explorer when you want quote, IV Rank, and unusual activity on one symbol.

Header, tabs, and stat pills

The header is the name you loaded. The pills are the latest mark, not a ticket. You do not need every column on every session.

Chart View and How to Read the Chart

Chart View is two panes. The upper pane is Short Straddle Price / 2, Short Strangle Price (Δ20), and Directional Pressure. The lower pane is Net Volume. How to Read the Chart is the legend card under the chart. Info repeats the same colors and adds hedge versus directional notes.

Table View columns

Rows run newest first. Green Straddle Profit % is a drop in premium versus that day's open. The loudest and weakest percent cells get a highlight. Open Columns if you want the breakeven fields.

Historical Daily

Switch Data Range to Historical, then open Historical Daily. The header search hides. Ticker and Days take its place. Days starts on 30 Days. Empty copy is No data available.

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