Live Options Flow Scanner
See institutional options orders the moment they print — not minutes later.
The Pushing Profits options flow scanner streams real options orders from an institutional Schwab feed across 280+ symbols and refreshes roughly every 60 seconds. It surfaces aggressive buying — especially trades that hit above the ask — and large single prints (whale orders) so you can see where smart money is positioning before price moves.
What is the Options Flow Scanner?
Options flow is the live tape of real options orders: who is buying calls or puts, in what size, and how aggressively. When a large order lifts the offer (pays the ask or above), that is a buyer who wants in now — a far stronger signal than passive resting orders.
Our scanner pulls this data from a direct institutional Schwab feed, not a scraped retail ticker. It covers 280+ liquid symbols and refreshes about every 60 seconds, tagging each print with the contract, side, premium, and how aggressive the fill was.
Everything is real, live market data. When a feed is unavailable, the screen shows an honest empty state rather than stale or synthetic prints — so you never trade off made-up flow.
How to read it
- Aggression: Whether the order hit the bid, the mid, the ask, or above the ask. Above-the-ask call buying is the most bullish; above-the-ask put buying is the most bearish.
- Premium: Total dollars spent on the order. Bigger premium means more conviction behind the position.
- Side & contract: Call vs put, plus the exact strike and expiration so you can tell a short-dated lotto bet from a longer-term position.
- Whale prints: Outsized single orders are flagged so the biggest bets don't get buried in the noise of small retail flow.
Use cases
- Confirm a setup: You like a chart setup — check whether real flow is leaning the same direction before you size in.
- Catch early positioning: Repeated aggressive buying in one name often shows up before a larger move, giving you a heads-up.
- Avoid fading smart money: If you're short a name that's seeing heavy above-the-ask call buying, that's a reason to tighten risk.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the options flow data come from?
A direct institutional Schwab feed, covering 280+ symbols and refreshed roughly every 60 seconds. It is live data — never scraped, mocked, or synthetic.
What does 'above the ask' mean and why does it matter?
It means a buyer paid more than the current offer to get filled immediately. That urgency is one of the strongest tells that someone with conviction wants the position now.
How many symbols does the scanner cover?
280+ of the most liquid optionable symbols, with whale prints flagged so the largest orders stand out.
Is this financial advice?
No. Options flow shows you what other participants are doing; it is information to inform your own decisions, not a recommendation to buy or sell.