Posts by ivtrades

The cost of Unusual Options Activity data varies depending on the quality and quantity of the data that you want.  If you want raw data from the exchanges like CBOE…

Order Flow is basically the study of the way a stock reacts to the limit or market orders that are placed at certain price levels.  When it comes to Unusual…

DTE means Days To Expiration. This is basically the number of days left until your Option contracts expire.  As an options trader you will want to play very close attention…

How Do You Find Option Sweeps? There are two ways you can go about finding Option Sweeps:  You will need to get data from the exchange and build a filter…

What is an Option Sweep? An option sweep is basically when a big trader breaks up a large order into small individual trades. This is usually done in order to…

Are Call Sweeps Bullish? The short answer is not always. I have been tracking and trading Unusual Options Activity for many years and I have seen both Bullish & Bearish…

The best way for me to explain what you are seeing in a typical UOA trade is to show you an example of a typical trade and then break it…

There are three ways that you can go about setting stops on your Options trades and all three methods work well whether you are day trading or swing trading.  Method…