FlowPatrol is SpotGamma’s daily options flow report showing the most important trades and dynamics driving the market. This report leverages SpotGamma’s proprietary Synthetic Open Interest model to isolate the most impactful options positions each day, identifying precisely whether calls or puts were bought or sold.

Within FlowPatrol, readers can discover the largest trades taking place, learn where options are driving volatility or directionality, and unveil where unusual options activity is occurring. The report contains multiple tables, charts, and summaries showing the most significant options trades that influence price action across both single stocks and sectors.

How can I use FlowPatrol in my trading?

FlowPatrol is built to surface impactful trades taking place from across the options market. The report shows significant new positions that have opened and shifting dynamics for both individual stocks and ETFs. These insights can be used to identify potential trade setups or risk factors to consider. Here is a short checklist for how you can incorporate FlowPatrol into your trading routine:

• Directional Positioning: Discover which names have the greatest delta exposure and the largest positions behind them, indicating bullish pressure (if positive) or bearish pressure (if negative).
• Volatility Positioning: Using gamma positioning, discover the stocks and ETFs likely to experience heightened volatility, or see where stabilizing positive gamma positions are anchoring the name.
• Premium: Learn where market participants have committed the most capital, which can indicate strong sentiment or potential premium-selling opportunities.
• Unusual Flows: Find names with statistically unusual volume or “extreme” flow events, which often signal short-term price dislocations before they are priced in by the broader market.
• Algo-driven Names: See where algorithmic trading might amplify volatility by trading into price action with extremely fast reaction time, meaning traders should be cautious when trading the listed names.

FlowPatrol offers important information useful for different types of traders. Momentum traders might focus on names with heavy put or call buying that have increasingly negative gamma accelerating the trends. Mean reversion traders may attempt to short options (with appropriate risk protections) when premium is high, or they may fade price movement when delta exposure begins to change direction.

Regardless of your trading style or time horizon, FlowPatrol provides you with a clear snapshot of where market structure and institutional positioning can influence intraday and longer-term price action.