Track the smart money.
The whale bets, the dark pool blocks, the insiders and Washington, on the same chart as the stock.
- Options premium
- $25.3B
- Prints read
- 473,347
- Flagged unusual
- 332
- Off-exchange
- $83.5B
Most of the tape isn't a bet.
We sort that out first.
- Option prints read last session
- 473,347
- Of the premium was arbitrage, box spreads or package legs
- 65%
- Made the unusual list
- 332
Arbitrage and packages, pulled out
Deep-in-the-money arbitrage, index box spreads and the legs of multi-leg packages look like giant bets on a raw feed. They are identified before anything is ranked.
Measured against similar contracts
$500K is routine in Apple and extraordinary in a small-cap. Every large order is ranked against the closest group of similar contracts with enough history, so size alone does not flag it.
Inferences labelled as inferences
Which side a trade hit and whether it opened a position are estimates, so each carries a confidence. Opening trades are checked against open interest the next morning.
Filing dates, not just trade dates
An official can disclose a trade up to 45 days after making it. Trade date, filing date, the lag between them and the original document are on every row.
Not all money moves the same way.
Whale money
The biggest single bets of the session, from seven-figure option trades to sweeps across every exchange.
Options flowSmart money
Size that is out of place for contracts like it, paid for aggressively and likely to be opening a new position.
Unusual options activityBig money
Large orders being worked, on the exchanges and off them. See whether offers are being lifted or bids hit, and where blocks cross.
Order flow Dark poolInformed money
Executives, directors and 10% owners buying and selling their own company's stock.
Insider tradesDisclosed money
Members of Congress and senior officials, reporting their trades as the law requires.
Politician tradesEverywhere the money shows up.
Every options trade as it hits the tape, with the premium, the size against open interest, and whether the buyer paid up or the seller hit the bid. One click cuts it down to whales, sweeps or institutional size.
See how it works
Every large order is measured against similar contracts, after arbitrage, box spreads and the legs of multi-leg packages are pulled out. What is left is scored, tiered and explained.
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Bullish and bearish premium, cumulative delta, footprint charts, volume profile and time and sales for any stock or contract. Watch it live or step back through the session interval by interval.
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Stocks ranked by off-exchange dollars, the biggest prints in each name, which way they leaned against the quote and the levels where size keeps landing. Set an alert and hear about a block the moment it prints.
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SEC Form 4 filings, read and sorted so real purchases and sales stand apart from awards and exercises. See who traded, how much, how long it took to file and the original document.
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House, Senate and executive-branch disclosures, turned from PDFs into one searchable feed. Follow an official, see the range they reported and exactly how late they filed.
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Every footprint on one stock.
Open any stock and every source is one tab away: the flow, the unusual trades, order flow, dark pool prints, insider filings and politician trades. Unusual call and put levels, dark pool levels and large prints draw straight onto the chart.
A free summary of the last session. No account needed.
Everything else starts
from the same data.
The rest of the platform is there for your own research.
Alerts
Get told when a whale, a dark pool block or a new filing hits your names.
Trade ideas
Setups with an entry, a target and a stop, and a public record of how they resolved.
Screener and scanner
Turn the market into a shortlist by trend, momentum, volatility and flow.
Levels and expected moves
See where positioning sits and how far a stock is priced to move.
Research assistant
Ask about any name or reading in plain English.
API and MCP
Put the flow, the dark pool and the filings in your code and your AI assistant.
iPhone app
The tape, the filings and your alerts, pushed to your phone.
Trade ideas,
scored in public.
Every idea from the families we still publish stays on the record, losses included. A family we retire comes off it. Inspect the calls, how they resolved and the rule used to judge them.
Read the full public record- Resolved ideas counted
- 1,432
- Aggregate lifetime win rate
- 68.8%
- A win: stock / option peak within 30 days
- 5% / 10%
- Open / awaiting resolution
- 89 / 7
Latest finished trade ideas
The five most recent, wins and losses alike.Scroll to explore the full result
| Symbol | Published idea | Finished | Peak return | Basis | Outcome | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIGS | Bullish · X-Sectional Momentum | Nov 12 | +24.9% | Stock | Win | |
| NVAX | Bullish · X-Sectional Momentum | Nov 12 | +5.3% | Stock | Win | |
| CTVA | Bearish · X-Sectional Momentum | Nov 12 | +13.7% | Stock | Win | |
| IOVA | Bullish · X-Sectional Momentum | Nov 12 | +5.4% | Stock | Win | |
| MRNA | Bullish · X-Sectional Momentum | Nov 12 | +32.6% | Stock | Win |
The full public record has every idea from the families we still publish, including losses.
Stock returns measure the directional move from entry; option returns use the position’s entry premium. Peak returns are not realised investment returns. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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What counts as smart money here?
Large, aggressive or well-placed trades that leave a public record: big options prints, trades that are abnormal for contracts like them, institutional blocks on and off the exchanges, and the disclosed trades of corporate insiders and public officials.
Will following these trades make me money?
Not on its own. A big trade can be a hedge or one side of a larger position, and filings arrive after the trade. Our own studies find that flow says more about how far a stock may move than which way, and we publish what we measure. Use it to decide where to look, then do your own work.
How fast is the data?
On Trader, options flow, unusual activity, order flow and dark pool prints update live through the session. Insider trades appear when the Form 4 is published, usually within two business days of the trade. Politician trades can be disclosed up to 45 days after the trade. Every row shows its dates.
Can I look around before paying?
Yes. Market Pulse, the track record and the free tools are open without an account, and insider trades, politician trades and stock charts are free through the previous trading day. Options flow, unusual activity, order flow and dark pool start with Trader.
Which plan do I need?
Trader includes options flow, unusual activity, order flow, dark pool, insider and politician trades, plus alerts, trade ideas and the research assistant. Developer adds the REST API, the live MCP server and backtesting. You can inspect the public track record before choosing.
Will Optionomics place trades for me?
No. Optionomics is a research and education platform. You evaluate the research, decide what fits your approach, and place any trades through your own broker.
How should I read the win rate?
It is the share of resolved ideas that reached the win rule: a 5% stock or 10% option peak in the idea’s direction within 30 days. It does not represent a subscriber’s returns or include their execution costs. Read the sample size, open ideas, and the methodology alongside the percentage. Losses are part of the record, and future results can differ.
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