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The ConvexValue Terminal is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux. It works like a web browser, but instead of websites you open apps: live options analytics, each opened by a command such as flow or joy aapl oi. Split a dashboard into panes and you see several apps side by side.

A single app also opens in a web browser, at https://convexvalue.com/go/<app>/.

  • New here? Read Getting started in order. It takes a few minutes.
  • Looking for an app? Each has its own page: what it shows, its command, every parameter, and examples to copy.
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Getting started

  • Introduction What the ConvexValue Terminal is: a desktop app that works like a browser for options analytics apps, with split-pane dashboards.
  • Getting Started What you need to use ConvexValue: an active membership and the Terminal, a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux.
  • First Dashboard Open the ConvexValue Terminal for the first time: its three areas, and how to create a workspace and your first dashboard.
  • Split-Panes Split a dashboard of the ConvexValue Terminal into panes, resize them and close them, to see several apps side by side.
  • Tabs Tabs in the ConvexValue Terminal: one dashboard per tab, and the power icon that stops a tab without closing it.
  • Left Pane The Left Pane of the ConvexValue Terminal: a pane that stays in place while you switch tabs, for a list you always watch.
  • Global Symbol The global symbol of the ConvexValue Terminal: write @ in a command, enter a symbol once and every pane follows.
  • Sidebar The sidebar of the ConvexValue Terminal: your workspaces, the ones you saved and the public ones you can clone.
  • Apps and Commands How a ConvexValue command is written: the app, a symbol, parameters as name=value, expirations, the global symbol, and the control panel.
  • Build an App Make your own ConvexValue app: the scaffold tool creates the starter files, and a coding agent builds the app you describe.
  • Help Where to reach ConvexValue with questions, issues or feedback, and where to find its videos and highlights.

Apps · Flow

  • flow options flow scanner. flow ranks stocks live by their options activity: premium traded, call buying, put buying and 100+ other columns. Syntax, parameters, examples.
  • flowchart intraday options flow chart. flowchart draws the price of one symbol and its options flow through the session, one line per parameter. Syntax, parameters, examples.
  • flowsum options summary by expiration. flowsum is a table of one symbol: buy and sell volume, open interest and greek exposure, by expiration, for calls and puts. Syntax and examples.
  • tas option time and sales. tas lists single option trades: time, contract, price, bid and ask, size, premium and the aggressor side. Syntax, filters, examples.
  • opt option contract scanner. opt ranks single option contracts by any column, such as premium, volume or open interest, with filters. Syntax, parameters, examples.

Apps · Volatility

  • terms IV term structure. terms draws the implied volatility of every expiration of a symbol, next to the curves of the days before. Syntax, parameters, examples.
  • skew skew by expiration. skew draws, for every expiration of a symbol, the implied volatility of a put and a call of the same delta, and their difference. Syntax and examples.
  • olay option chain line chart. olay draws one option parameter by strike, a line per expiration, such as the implied volatility smile, live. Syntax, parameters, examples.

Apps · Expectations

  • ip implied probabilities. ip shows what option prices imply for a symbol: the forward price, the 50% and 70% ranges and the straddle of each expiration. Syntax and examples.

Apps · SPX hedging

  • map SPX hedging map. map is for SPX only: an intraday estimate of hedging pressure by price and time, from now to the next close. Syntax, parameters, how to read it.
  • dx SPX hedging surface. dx is for SPX only: a 3D surface of estimated hedging delta and gamma by price level and date. Syntax, example, how to read it.

Apps · Calendars

  • earncal earnings calendar. earncal lists the companies that report earnings on each day: time of day, EPS and revenue, with their estimates. Syntax and how to read it.
  • econcal economic calendar. econcal lists macroeconomic releases day by day: time, country, event, impact, previous, forecast and actual. Syntax and how to read it.

Apps · Chain

  • joy option chain ridgeline plot. joy draws one option parameter, such as open interest, across the whole chain of a symbol: a row per expiration, a bar per strike. Syntax, examples.
  • stks option levels by strike. stks adds up one option parameter by strike for a symbol: puts, calls, net and cumulative, as a live table with bars. Syntax, parameters, examples.
  • grid option chain heatmap. grid shows how one option parameter changed at every strike and expiration of a symbol since an earlier day, as a heatmap. Syntax, examples.

Recipes

  • OI and Volume A recipe for the ConvexValue Terminal: open interest and volume at every strike and expiration, side by side, with the joy app.

Reference

  • Data Parameters Every data parameter of the ConvexValue Terminal: the columns of an option contract, of an underlying, of the flowchart and of time and sales.

Videos

The guide is also a long-form video crash course and a 3-minute flash tutorial.

Questions

Any question, issue or feedback: email jb@ConvexValue.com or write to @ConvexValue on X. More on the Help page.