Learn — Options Flow Basics

Plain-language guides to the concepts behind options flow tracking — no jargon, no formulas, just what the terms mean and why they matter.

How to Read a DaySwingTrader Card →
Every label the site can show you, in plain language — and what each one implies about the stock, not the option.

What Should I Look At? — a route through the data →
Intraday, BTST, swing or expiry day — which screen to open, the three fields to read in order, and what should make you walk away.

Research

• The Expiry Scorecard — what happened to the most crowded strikes — every NIFTY weekly expiry, scored at the close. Updated after each one, including the weeks it makes us look wrong
• We tracked 13,791 large NSE options prints — only 29% were cleanly readable — 32 sessions of our own tape, graded honestly, including the part that does not flatter us

Getting started

• How to Use DaySwingTrader — a practical walkthrough for new users

हिंदी में पढ़ें

• DaySwingTrader कैसे इस्तेमाल करें — feed पढ़ने का practical तरीका
• OI Confirmation क्या है? — ✓ fresh badge का मतलब
• "Bullish" या "Bearish" का क्या मतलब है? — card का सबसे ग़लत समझा जाने वाला हिस्सा

Fundamentals

• What Is Options Flow?
• What Is an Options Sweep?
• What Is Unusual Options Activity?
• What Is a Whale Trade?

Reading the signals

• How to Detect Institutional Buying
• What Is OI Confirmation?
• Long Buildup, Short Buildup, Short Covering & Long Unwinding
• PCR Above 1 — Bullish or Bearish?
• What Is Aggressor Bias?
• What Does "Bullish" or "Bearish" Mean on a Card?
• What Is a Flow Score?

India-specific guides

• India Options Flow — Overview
• NIFTY Options Flow
• BANKNIFTY Options Flow
• Unusual Options Activity — India