⭐️ A Quick Guide to Core Features
Unusual Whales offers a powerful suite of tools for tracking and analyzing options and overall equity market activity. Where you begin depends on your goals —whether you're scanning for unusual trades, setting up alerts or managing a portfolio.
1. I want to look for unusual options activity
- Options Screener
Scan for options contracts based on preset filters like “Unusually Bullish”, “Deep Conviction Puts”, or build your own filters. - Options Flow
A real-time feed of every options transaction across all exchanges—from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET. Stay on top of the full market picture as it unfolds. - Market Tide
An indicator often used to gauge the sentiment and direction of the overall market, it shows the net call & put premiums and net call/put volumes each day.
2. Where can I get some examples of filters, trades, and more to get started?
- Community Page
Explore real-time shared flow from the Discord server and discover user-submitted filters for our flow feeds. Connect with other subscribers through our members-only chatroom.
3. How can I keep track of the options (or stocks) that I’m tracking?
- Contract Look-up
Click on the ⊕ icon on any contract in the flow feed to view it in Contract Look-up. Search for any options contract and access detailed historical data and analysis. - Options Watchlist
View and organize the contracts you've searched. Our watchlist tracks the gain or loss of your contracts. - Custom Alerts
Set up alerts based on a range of conditions—including options activity, insider trades, and congressional trades—so you never miss a move.
4. I want to trade based on gamma exposure and greeks
- Periscope
The Periscope SPX Market Maker Exposure page offers a clear, strike-by-strike view of net gamma exposure, revealing how Market Makers are positioned—and, by extension, how customers are leaning in SPX. - Gamma Exposure for Stocks
View gamma exposure for tickers—both raw and directionalized—to help you understand market makers’ positioning and potential price movements.
5. I want to research & copy the trades of prominent investors, institutions & politicians
- Institutions
Get detailed insights into the holdings & performance of hedge funds and various types of institutional investors - Politics
See a feed of all trades by US House and Senate members, as well as our annual Congressional Trading Reports - Portfolios
View the current holdings and trade history of specific investors, including members of congress
6. Where can I research into particular stocks?
We have a set of pages called Ticker Explorer. Here are a few of its most popular sections:
- Earnings
Compare historical vs expected moves around earnings, and more - Insider Transactions
See all buys and sells by company insiders - Financials
Visualize the ticker's fundamentals like earnings per share, revenue performance, and more
7. I want to analyze my actual trading performance, or practice to improve my trading
- Portfolio Manager
Sync your brokerage account to track your trades and performance across many metrics - Paper Trading
Practice your trade execution using simulated paper trades, and get ideas from our community. - Options Profit Calculator
Visualize the potential profit or loss of your trades. Use the Breakeven chart to track the current performance of your saved trades. - Backtesting
Backtest the performance of a set of equity positions
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And that's just the beginning. Unusual Whales is packed with tools and insights to elevate your trading game. Need help or want to dive deeper? Join our active Discord community—we’re happy to guide you.