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flowchart: intraday options flow chart

flowchart is the ConvexValue Terminal app that charts one symbol through the session: its price, and next to it any of the options flow parameters, such as calls bought, puts bought or deltas traded. One line per parameter, updated live.

How to use flowchart

flowchart SYMBOL [param=value ...]
flowchart spy cols=prop4,deltas,prop1,price

The symbol is required. Type the command in the command bar of a pane, or set the same parameters in the control panel (the ⚙️ at the right of the bar). In a browser, the app opens at convexvalue.com/go/flowchart/.

Parameters

Parameter Values Default What it does
SYMBOL An underlying symbol, or @ required The underlying. @ is the global symbol.
cols Flowchart parameters, separated by commas price,flowratio The lines of the chart, one per parameter.
day A whole number 0 Which day to chart. 0 is today, 1 is one day ago.
ss t or f f ss draws the buys-minus-sells lines on a shared scale: one for the volm_..._bs lines, one for the value_..._bs lines.
lw A whole number 3 The width of the lines.
lgnd t or f t lgnd=f hides the legend.

The lines you can chart are the Underlying Parameters and the Flowchart Parameters of the Data Parameters page. The control panel lists them too.

Examples

flowchart spy cols=prop4,deltas,prop1,price

SPY's price with the deltas traded and two of ConvexValue's proprietary indicators.

flowchart SPY

The default lines: price and flowratio.

flowchart NVDA cols=price,volm_call_buy,volm_put_buy

NVDA's price with the volume of calls bought and of puts bought, as they add up through the day.

flowchart SPY cols=price,volm_call_bs,volm_put_bs ss

Calls bought minus calls sold, and the same for puts, on one scale so that the two can be compared.

flowchart AAPL cols=price,flownet day=1

Yesterday's session: price and flownet.

How to read it

  • The horizontal axis is the time of the session. Each parameter is one line; price is white.
  • Every line has its own vertical scale. Compare the shape of two lines (where they turn, where they part), not their height. ss is the exception: it gives the _bs lines a common scale.
  • The legend shows the time and each line's value under the pointer.
  • flownet is the premium of call buys and put sells, minus the premium of call sells and put buys. vflownet is the same with volume.
  • prop1 to prop4 are proprietary indicators of ConvexValue. The docs do not publish their formulas.
  • Before a session has data the app says so: use day=1 for the day before.
  • flow: the same parameters for every stock, as a ranking.
  • tas: the single trades behind the lines.
  • flowsum: the symbol's totals by expiration.