Charts overview
The Charts hub collects three historical charts built from stored, delayed snapshots - money flow history, credit and debit spread history, and open interest, volume, premium and stock price.
Overview
Research → Charts is the hub for the platform's historical charts. Where a report shows one session as a table, a chart shows how the same numbers moved over a date range, so you can see a trend instead of a single reading. Every chart is drawn from the snapshots the platform has already stored; nothing is fetched live from a provider when you open a chart.
The data delay depends on your plan and is shown on every view. The hub page itself says so in its subtitle: "Historical charts built from the stored (delayed) snapshots."
Before you start
- The Charts entry appears in the sidebar when your plan includes advanced analytics (the Pro plan). If you do not see it, compare plans on the pricing page.
- How far back you can chart depends on your plan's history allowance. On the Free plan the most recent session you can chart is the previous session's close.
- You need a symbol the platform covers. The symbol box suggests covered symbols as you type.
Steps
- Open Research → Charts.
- Pick one of the three cards: Money Flow Historical, Credit Debit Spreads or OI, Volume, Premium & Stock Price.
- Fill in the filter row at the top of the chart page (at least a symbol) and press Generate.
- Use the breadcrumb Charts link to come back to the hub.
Each chart page keeps your inputs in the address bar after you press Generate, so you can bookmark the page or send the link to yourself and get the same chart again.
Columns and metrics
| Chart | What it plots | One point per |
|---|---|---|
| Money Flow Historical | Approximate traded amount, total option volume, call volume, put volume and the stock price for one symbol | Session (trading day) |
| Credit Debit Spreads | Net premium of a two-leg vertical spread, each leg's premium, volume, open interest, implied volatility and Greeks, and the stock price | Capture (each stored snapshot time) |
| OI, Volume, Premium & Stock Price | Summed open interest and volume of the selected contracts per side (calls and puts), their average premium and the stock price | Capture |
A capture is one stored snapshot of the option chain, taken several times a session. A session is one trading day.
How to read it
- Each measure has its own small chart. Two measures with different units are never forced onto one axis, so compare their shapes rather than their heights.
- Every chart has a slider under the plot. Drag its handles to zoom into part of the range; Reset zoom shows every point again.
- Times on capture charts are US Eastern (ET). Dates on session charts are trading days.
- Gaps in a line mean no value was stored for that point; the charts never fill gaps with estimates.
Example
Illustrative data only. You want to know whether interest in XYZ options has been building over the past month. You open Money Flow Historical for XYZ with the default 30-day range and see the daily total option volume rising from about 10,000 to about 40,000 contracts while the stock price drifts from 50 to 55. You then open OI, Volume, Premium & Stock Price for the nearest XYZ expiration to see whether that volume is turning into open interest or being closed the same day.
Using it in your research
- Is activity in this symbol unusual for it? Use Money Flow Historical to compare today's volume and traded amount with the symbol's own recent sessions instead of with other symbols.
- Are positions building or unwinding? Use OI, Volume, Premium & Stock Price to see whether open interest rises alongside volume (new positions) or stays flat (same-day trading).
- How has a spread's price behaved? Use Credit Debit Spreads to review how a specific pair of strikes has priced over time relative to the stock.
- Start from a report or the dashboard to find a symbol worth studying, then use a chart to look at its history. See Reports explained.
FAQs
Can I export a chart?
No. The chart pages have no export. The matching reports (for example the money flow history report) offer a CSV export on plans that include exports; see Exports and sharing.
Why are the charts only historical?
They are built from stored snapshots so that every point is labelled with the time it was captured. The newest point is as fresh as your plan's data delay allows.
Troubleshooting
I cannot find Charts in the sidebar
The entry is shown only on plans that include advanced analytics. Check your plan under Account → Billing.
The chart says "No records found"
Nothing was stored for that symbol, date range and inputs. Widen the date range, choose a different expiration or strike, or check that the symbol has listed options.