Gamma, Vanna & Charm Flows
Trade dealer-positioning mechanics
What it is
Trade around dealer hedging and the second-order Greeks they have to manage — gamma (pins toward max pain, walls that cap or accelerate moves, unstable negative-gamma zones), vanna (delta-vol flows that drive post-vol-crush drift), and charm (delta-time decay that produces predictable OpEx-week drift).
When it works
Concentrated open interest creating a pin or a gamma wall; vanna-driven flows after vol crush; charm-driven drift into OpEx; reading where dealer hedging stabilises or destabilises price.
Why the setup pays
Very short Trade Horizon and short DTE (often weeklies) — a mechanics trade tied to the expiration cycle and the second-order Greeks. The qualifier is positioning, not fundamentals.
The market it wants
Around OpEx / events. Any regime; effects are strongest around monthly / quarterly OpEx, post-vol-crush periods and end-of-day or end-of-week windows.
What goes wrong
Positioning shifts fast; a news catalyst overrides the mechanics; short-dated options decay rapidly.
Where it sits in the book
Gamma, Vanna & Charm Flows belongs to Microstructure & Flow Dynamics, the group whose edge comes from order-flow imbalance / dealer-hedging vectors. That group looks for rapid reflexive squeezes or institutional-driven breakouts, and its risk profile is tactical / reflexive momentum (high velocity).
Run this on the live market
This is the thesis the engine scans with. It reads the whole universe, scores what matches, and prices the structures against fair value.
mega-cap tech pinned near max pain into Friday OpEx with a clear gamma wall, plus post-CPI vanna setups
No account needed to run it. The free trial runs on the same live data a paid account gets.
Educational material, not investment advice. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to trade any security or structure. Options trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Past performance is not indicative of future returns.