ConvexValue vs Cheddar Flow,side by side.
Cheddar Flow suits traders who want a feed of unusual options orders in a browser, already filtered for them, with dark pool data, gamma exposure and AI alerts on its Professional plans. ConvexValue suits traders who want to work from the whole options market in a desktop app: every option trade, a scanner with 100+ parameters and volatility modules, side by side in dashboards built from commands.
Side by side
The same ten rowsfor both products.
| What | ConvexValue | Cheddar Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ConvexValue$99.99/month, cancel any time. Or $949 a year. One membership, every module included. | Cheddar FlowStandard at $85 a month after a 7-day free trial; Professional at $99 a month; Pro Annual listed at $75 a month.[1] |
| Platform | ConvexValueA desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux. Any single module also opens in a browser. No mobile app. | Cheddar FlowUsed in a browser, a mobile browser included, according to its features page.[2] |
| Live data | ConvexValueLive in the Terminal: every OPRA option trade, classified by aggressor side, for 5,000+ stocks. | Cheddar FlowReal-time order flow on every plan.[1] |
| What is free | ConvexValueTwo kinds of public page: the daily end-of-day lists of call and put buying at /hot-stocks, and a history page for each listed or most-traded stock at /stock. | Cheddar FlowA 7-day free trial of the Standard plan, once per customer. The Professional plans have no trial.[1] |
| Options flow | ConvexValueTime and sales of every option trade with its aggressor side (tas), a live stock scanner with 100+ options-based parameters (flow), intraday buying and selling as a chart (flowchart) and an options scanner (opt). | Cheddar FlowA feed of unusual options orders that the system selects, with over 30 sets of filters, order flow history, data export and charts powered by TradingView.[3] |
| Volatility tools | ConvexValueIV term structure with historical watermarks (terms), skew term structure (skew), parameters by expiration (olay), a fixed-strike volatility heatmap (grid) and implied probabilities (ip). | Cheddar FlowImplied volatility for a single contract, in Advanced Order Details. Its features page lists no term structure or skew view.[2][5] |
| SPX hedging and exposure | ConvexValueHedging views for SPX only: an intraday hedging map (map) and a 30-day surface of estimated dealer delta and gamma (dx). For other symbols, option levels by strike: open interest, gamma, vanna and charm (stks). | Cheddar FlowGamma exposure on the Professional plans: net, call and put gamma across strikes and expirations, call and put walls, and a 1-day expected move.[1][4] |
| Dashboards | ConvexValueSplit the window into panes, one module per pane, each set by a typed command or its control panel. Keep each dashboard in a tab; save and share workspaces. | Cheddar FlowOne dashboard with saved layouts, and a custom watchlist builder on the Professional plans.[1][2] |
| Alerts | ConvexValueNo alerts. | Cheddar FlowAI Power Alerts on the Professional plans, and desktop alerts.[1][2] |
| API | ConvexValueThe docs describe a scaffold tool for building your own app on ConvexValue data, and no separate data API. | Cheddar FlowNot published. Discord bots with options order flow and dark pool data, delayed by 15 minutes, are sold separately.[7] |
A number in brackets leads to the source of a statement, in the list below.
Which one fits
Two different tools.Pick by how you work.
Where Cheddar Flow is the better fit
- You want to try it first: the Standard plan starts with a 7-day free trial.[1]
- You want a lower monthly price for options flow alone: the Standard plan is $85 a month.[1]
- You want the feed filtered for you: it selects the orders it considers most significant, so there is less to set up.[3]
- You want dark pool data next to the flow: dark pool orders and levels are on its Professional plans.[1]
- You want to be told when something happens: AI Power Alerts and desktop alerts.[2][6]
- You want it in a browser, a mobile one included.[2]
Where ConvexValue is the better fit
- You want the whole tape rather than a selection: time and sales shows every option trade with its aggressor side, and you choose what to rank and filter by, from 100+ options-based parameters.
- You look at volatility before you trade: term structure with historical watermarks, skew, a fixed-strike grid and implied probabilities are each a module.
- You work at a desk with several views open: the Terminal is a desktop app where modules sit side by side in split panes, each set by a command, and a dashboard is kept in a tab.
- You want one plan: flow, the volatility modules and the SPX hedging views are all in the one membership.
Free to look at
See the data first.No account needed.
Two kinds of page on this site are public. The daily lists show where call and put buying was high at the end of the day, compared with each stock’s own recent normal. Each stock that has been on a list has a page with its history.
Sources
Where this comes from,and when we looked.
- [1]Cheddar Flow: Pricing Plans. cheddarflow.com/pricing. Checked .
- [2]Cheddar Flow: Features. cheddarflow.com/features. Checked .
- [3]Cheddar Flow: Unusual options flow scanner. cheddarflow.com/features/unusual-options-flow-scanner. Checked .
- [4]Cheddar Flow: Gamma Exposure. cheddarflow.com/features/gamma-exposure. Checked .
- [5]Cheddar Flow: Advanced order details. cheddarflow.com/features/advanced-order-details. Checked .
- [6]Cheddar Flow: AI Power Alerts. cheddarflow.com/ai-power-alerts. Checked .
- [7]Cheddar Flow: Discord Bot. cheddarflow.com/cheddar-flow-discord-bot. Checked .
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The Terminal
The ConvexValue Terminal.Every module included.
Live options analytics in dashboards you build, for 5,000+ stocks.
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