Unusual Options Activity

What is Unusual Options Activity?

Have you ever wanted to quickly search for stocks with massive options flow divergences? Or stocks with a gradual build-up of calls/puts in large quantities? The Options Flow Scanner helps you find these institutional "footprints" before big moves happen.

Learn more: Options Flow Features | Options Flow Scanner

Options Flow Scanner

This scanner helps you find trends based on increases or decreases of particular trade attributes. For example, you can run scans like:

• "Find stocks where buy-side call premium has been increasing for 3 days"
• "Find stocks where the number of put sweeps sold are decreasing for 5 days"
• "Find stocks where trade volume has increased significantly in the last day"

Instead of going through the biggest flow every day, filtering again, and looking through each stock's statistics, this scan cuts all those steps down to a single query.

Scan Types Available

1. Trend Scanner

Scan for continuous increases or decreases in:
* Premium (calls, puts, buy-side, sell-side)
* Number of trades
* Trade volume
* Put/Call ratios

2. Divergence Scanner

Find stocks where price trend and flow trend are moving in opposite directions:
* Positive Divergence: Flow trending up while price trending down
* Negative Divergence: Flow trending down while price trending up
* Adjustable divergence threshold (low, moderate, high)

Important Caveats

Does finding a stock with rising call premium mean the stock will go up? No. Don't fall into the trap of using just one data point alone to determine your side bias. Consider:

• Expiry of the options matters
• The flow type (sweep vs block vs split) matters
• The strike price matters
• Always cross-reference with the full options flow dashboard

Scan Results

Each result shows:
* Target button: Explore the symbol's full options flow analysis
* Info button: See the trend of the scanned attribute over time
* Chart icon: View 5m chart plotted with total flow, calls flow, and puts flow

Historical data for scanning is available from January 2022.

Availability

Options Flow Scanner is available for Platinum plan users.