Flowseeker is Skylit’s options-flow workspace. It brings live and historical options activity into focused views for reviewing individual prints, contract-level activity, ranked flow boards, dark-pool prints, and saved contracts. The product is organized around a simple idea: different flow questions need different surfaces. Live Feed is built for print-level review. Flow Scanner is built for contract-level aggregation. Contract Lookup and Contract Drilldown are built for focused research. Flow Tracker stores flow and contracts users want to revisit. Use Flowseeker inside the Skylit app for live review, or connect to the same data programmatically through the API Reference and MCP Server. Developer access uses the same Skylit API key and credit model across REST and MCP.

This page covers product guidance for Flowseeker: what the main surfaces are, how the primary controls work, and what users should understand before configuring filters or interpreting flow. The Flowseeker Academy module inside Skylit Terminal covers deeper applied walkthroughs and examples.

Launch Flowseeker

Live feed, flow scanner, dark feed, compass, and contract research in the Skylit app.

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Query Flowseeker from Claude or Cursor in natural language.

Pair with Heatseeker

Combine flow with real-time dealer-positioning heatmaps.

Surface	What it shows
Live Feed	Individual options-flow prints with contract, pricing, side, premium, volume, open interest, and related context.
Dark Feed	Dark-pool equity prints with price, size, notional value, and sector.
Flow Scanner	Aggregated contract activity across volume, premium, open interest, price movement, and side composition.
Flow Compass	Ranked discovery boards that surface contracts matching specific flow categories.
Contract Lookup	Ticker and contract search with top-volume, top-premium, open-interest, and unusual-activity lists.
Contract Drilldown	Detailed charts and tables for a selected contract.
Flow Tracker	Saved flow prints and saved contracts.
Settings	API keys, Discord sharing, and Flowseeker configuration.

Live Feed

Live Feed is the primary print-level view in Flowseeker. Each row represents options activity with timing, contract details, execution context, premium, volume, open interest, implied volatility, and related market data.

Users can review Live Feed in live mode or historical mode. Live mode updates as new prints appear. Historical mode lets users revisit flow from a selected trade date or date range.

Top controls

Control	Purpose
Feed tabs	Switch between saved Live Feed layouts.
Ticker search	Narrow the view by ticker.
Live / Historical	Switch between real-time flow and historical flow review.
Results	Control how many rows are shown.
Sort By	Choose the active sort field.
Filters	Open the filter drawer.
Columns	Choose which columns appear in the table.
Share	Share the current view where sharing is available.

Summary metrics

Metric	Meaning
Directional sentiment	A broad bullish or bearish readout for the active flow context.
Net premium	Net premium represented by the active view.
FIR	Flow imbalance ratio or related flow-imbalance readout.
Calls / Puts	Call-side and put-side volume and premium totals.
P/C	Put/call ratio for the active view.
RVOL	Relative volume for the active view.

Live Feed columns

Column	Meaning
Date / Time	When the print occurred.
Ticker	Underlying symbol.
Strike	Contract strike price.
C/P	Call or put.
OTM	How far the contract is out of the money or in the money, shown as a percentage.
Exp / DTE	Expiration date and days to expiration.
Fill / Spread	Reported fill price and bid/ask spread around the print.
Side	Where the print occurred relative to bid, mid, ask, below bid, or above ask.
Flow Score	Directional score assigned to the print.
Size / Prem	Number of contracts and premium represented by the print.
Vol / OI / Delta OI	Contract volume, open interest, and open-interest change when available.
Spot / IV / V/OI	Underlying price, implied volatility, and volume relative to open interest.
Strategy / Earnings	Detected strategy label and earnings timing when available.

Side describes where activity occurred relative to the market. It should not be read as perfect proof of buyer or seller intent.

Filters and Columns

Filters control the flow universe shown in the current view. Filter choices can be saved to the active tab, which makes it possible to keep multiple Live Feed layouts for different review contexts.

Filter groups

Filter	What it controls
Ticker	Includes or narrows by underlying symbol.
Type	Shows all options, calls only, or puts only.
Flow Score	Filters by positive, negative, or absolute score ranges.
Side	Filters bid, mid, ask, below-bid, or above-ask activity.
Equity Type	Includes or excludes stocks, ETFs, and indices.
Trade Date / Expiry Date	Controls trade date and contract expiration scope.
DTE	Filters by minimum and maximum days to expiration.
Premium, OI, Volume, Size	Filters by transaction and contract activity levels.
Vol/OI	Filters by volume relative to open interest.
% OTM	Filters by moneyness.
Stock, strike, contract price	Filters by underlying price, strike price, or contract price.
Earnings / IV	Filters by earnings timing, implied volatility, or IV expansion metrics.
Sector / Industry	Narrows flow by company classification.

Special toggles

Toggle	What it does
Volume > OI	Shows contracts where volume exceeds open interest.
Size > OI	Shows prints where print size exceeds open interest.
Exclude Deep ITM	Removes deep in-the-money contracts from the view.
OTM Only	Shows out-of-the-money contracts only.
Multi-Leg Only	Shows detected multi-leg flow only.
Single-Leg Only	Shows single-leg prints only.
Sweeps Only	Shows sweep activity only.

Dark Feed

Dark Feed shows dark-pool equity prints. These are off-exchange equity transactions, separate from options-flow prints. The view includes ticker search, live mode, result count, filters, columns, and sharing controls.

Filters

Column	Meaning
Date / Time	When the print occurred.
Ticker	Equity symbol.
Price	Print price.
Size	Number of shares.
Notional	Dollar value of the print.
Sector	Sector classification.

Dark-pool prints do not include options-side context and should not be treated as bullish or bearish by default.

Flow Scanner

Flow Scanner is the contract-level view in Flowseeker. It summarizes what is happening in a contract instead of showing every individual print.

Filters and Columns can be adjusted at the top right.

The scanner is useful when users want to review contracts with notable volume, premium, open-interest changes, price movement, or bid/ask-side composition.

Column	Meaning
Contract	Strike, call/put, and expiration.
DTE / Spot / %OTM	Expiration timing, underlying price, and moneyness.
Avg / Last	Average and most recent contract price.
Chg% / Day%	Contract price movement.
Vol / OI	Contract volume and open interest.
Delta OI / Delta OI %	Open-interest change and percentage change.
Prem / IV	Accumulated premium and implied volatility.
%Tot	Contract share of total relevant activity.
Bull/Bear	Contract-level bullish or bearish composition.
Chain Bull/Bear	Broader chain-level composition.
Contract Ratio	Bid/ask or side-ratio context.

Flow Compass

Flow Compass is a ranked discovery surface. It organizes contracts into boards that highlight different types of flow behavior. Each card summarizes the contract, volume multiple, expiration, DTE, volume, premium, moneyness, and ask-side percentage.

Card field	Meaning
Rank	Position within the board.
Ticker / Contract	Underlying symbol plus strike and call/put.
Multiple	Volume or activity multiple used by the board.
Expiration / DTE	Contract expiration and days to expiration.
Volume / Premium	Contract activity and dollar value.
OTM / Ask %	Moneyness and percentage of activity occurring at or near the ask.

Contract Lookup

Contract Lookup allows users to search for a ticker or a specific options contract. A ticker-only search opens a ticker overview. A contract-style search can open a more specific contract path.

Supported search patterns include ticker-only input, such as TSLA, and contract-style input such as TSLA 6/20 135 C.

Section	What it shows
Spot and daily move	Current underlying price and percentage move.
Calls / Puts / Net	Call-side, put-side, and net premium context.
P/C	Put/call ratio.
Bullish / Bearish	Broad composition for the lookup context.
Top Volume Today	Contracts with the highest volume.
Top Premium Today	Contracts with the highest premium.
Top Open Interest	Contracts with the highest open interest.
Unusual Vol/OI	Contracts where volume is high relative to open interest.

Contract Drilldown

Contract Drilldown is the detailed view for a single options contract. It combines contract identity, selectable contract controls, contract-flow charts, premium charts, and flow-history tables.

Select a flow bar to review the prints behind that flow.

Contract flow

Metric	Meaning
Vol / OI	Contract volume and open interest.
Avg / Prem	Average contract price and total premium.
OTM / Vol/OI	Moneyness and volume relative to open interest.
Multi	Multi-leg percentage where available.
Contract Ratio	Bid/ask-side composition for the contract.
Bid / Mid / Ask	Distribution of volume by execution area.

Net premium

Metric	Meaning
Vol / Prem / Net	Total volume, total premium, and net premium.
NCP / NPP	Net call premium and net put premium.
Net Sentiment	Bullish/bearish premium composition.
Call Bought / Call Sold	Call-side premium composition.
Put Bought / Put Sold	Put-side premium composition.
Flow Orders / Vol-OI History	Lower tables for print-level orders and historical contract activity.

Flow Tracker

Flow Tracker stores flow and contracts that a user has saved for later review. It has two modes: Tracked Flow and Tracked Contracts.

Select the flow bar in tracked contracts to review the percentage change from the saved entry.

Use the bookmark icon inside Contract Drilldown to track a contract.

Mode	What it stores
Tracked Flow	Individual flow prints saved from Flowseeker, preserving print-level context.
Tracked Contracts	Contracts saved from Contract Drilldown or other Flowseeker surfaces.

Tracked Contracts column	Meaning
Saved	Date the contract was saved.
Ticker	Underlying symbol.
Strike / C/P	Strike price and call/put.
Exp / DTE	Expiration date and days to expiration.
Mid / Spot	Current or most recent contract midpoint and underlying spot price when available.

Flowseeker in Atlas

Flowseeker data can appear inside Atlas so users can review options-flow context directly on a chart. In Atlas, flow bars represent premium rather than raw contract volume. Calls and puts are displayed separately, and tooltips can show net flow context.

Atlas flow setting	What it controls
Single Leg Only	Shows single-leg flow only.
Sweep Only	Shows sweep activity only.
OTM Only	Shows out-of-the-money contracts only.
Ask Side Only	Shows ask-side activity only.
DTE Min / Max	Limits flow by days to expiration.
Min Flow Score	Sets the minimum Flow Score shown on the chart.

Data caveats

Flowseeker provides structured market context. It should be used to review flow behavior, not as a standalone signal generator.

Side is based on where activity occurs relative to bid, mid, and ask. It is not perfect proof of intent.
A large print does not automatically mean a new directional position was opened.
Multi-leg detection can group related prints, but not every strategy can be known with perfect certainty.
Volume greater than open interest can be useful context, but it is not a complete thesis by itself.
Open interest updates are not always instant and can change after the trade date.
Dark-pool prints do not include options-side context and should not be documented as bullish or bearish by default.

Field glossary

Term	Definition
Ask-side	Activity occurring at or near the ask.
Bid-side	Activity occurring at or near the bid.
Mid	Activity occurring near the midpoint between bid and ask.
Below Bid / Above Ask	Activity reported outside the visible bid/ask range.
Premium	Dollar value represented by options activity.
Volume	Number of contracts traded.
Open Interest	Number of outstanding contracts.
Delta OI	Change in open interest when available.
Vol/OI	Volume divided by open interest.
OTM	Out of the money.
DTE	Days to expiration.
Sweep	Activity that appears to execute across multiple venues or price levels.
Multi-leg	Activity detected as part of a multi-leg strategy.
Contract Ratio	Bid/ask-side composition for the contract.
NCP / NPP	Net call premium and net put premium.

Continue learning

For deeper applied education, use the Flowseeker Academy module inside Skylit Terminal. Academy is where Skylit teaches practical application, while public Docs remain focused on product guidance, settings, and best practices.

Launch Flowseeker

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​Live Feed

​Top controls

​Summary metrics

​Live Feed columns

​Filters and Columns

​Filter groups

​Special toggles

​Dark Feed

​Filters

​Flow Scanner

​Flow Compass

​Contract Lookup

​Contract Drilldown

​Contract flow

​Net premium

​Flow Tracker

​Flowseeker in Atlas

​Data caveats

​Field glossary

​Continue learning

Live Feed

Top controls

Summary metrics

Live Feed columns

Filters and Columns

Filter groups

Special toggles

Dark Feed

Filters

Flow Scanner

Flow Compass

Contract Lookup

Contract Drilldown

Contract flow

Net premium

Flow Tracker

Flowseeker in Atlas

Data caveats

Field glossary

Continue learning