It's a beginner-friendly strategy that utilizes the Hot Chains & Tickers page on @unusual_whales to find the most traded out-of-the-money contracts (cheaper plays) with the most volume/open interest 👀(people trading/holding them)
• Go to "🔥Hot Chains & Tickers"
• Find a ticker with 3 of the hottest chains 🥵
• Expiries must be within 14d ✅
• At least 1 of the chains has a strike OTM ✅
See $AAPL in this pic for reference (closed at $165.81 today)
With the new features that @snorlax_uw has added it gets even better 🔥
• Click on the contract expiry
• It brings up the contract flow + the ticker flow
• You can click a candle of interest and it will take you to the time in the live flow feed that it came through
• Does the Daily P/C Ratio and historical options volume line up with your bull or bear thesis?
• Are contracts being bought at the bid or ask? (ask shows urgency)
• Has Volume been turning into OI the next trading day? (holding contracts)
So you keep seeing @unusual_whales post "Somebody always knows" and you're sitting there like this:
An easy way to catch these unusual options buys/sells:
•Go to LIVE Flow Alerts" page
•Filter in any tickers that pique your interest.
• Leave "All Rules" on
With 1/3 of $SPX reporting earnings this week you could have filtered in any number of these tickers.
I used his services way before I became a partner & the team just keeps adding more amazing tools for retail traders.
If you want to sign up, do me a favor and use code "REDHOT" for 5% off. I get some $ and so do you✌️
To find the Intraday Options Volume tab:
• Go to unusualwhales.com
• Navigation (left-hand side)
• Intraday analyst
• Type any ticker in the search bar at the top
• Scroll down for the intraday options volume tab