Smart-Money Tilt
Watchlist-scale roll-up of scored unusual-flow signals.
A roll-up of all scored unusual-flow signals on a symbol over a lookback window. Aggregates premium by directional intent (bullish vs bearish) and by positioning (opening vs closing). Produces a single tilt read suitable for fanning across a 50-name watchlist.
opening_premium = sum(premium where bias == opening_bias)
closing_premium = sum(premium where bias == closing_bias)
Cleanest tilt: high net_directional AND high opening share.
- Net positive + opening dominant = fresh long positioning
- Net negative + opening dominant = fresh short positioning
- Net positive + closing dominant = unwind of bears, not new bulls
- Below ~$250K = noise threshold, ignore
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Why Smart-Money Tilt Matters for Trading
One unusual print can be hedging noise. Twenty unusual prints all pointing the same way with opening bias is positioning. The summary endpoint is cheap enough to fan across a watchlist, then drill into the per-print feed only on the names that crossed the threshold.
How to read the tilt
- Net premium > $5M and same-sign opening
- Bull tilt + new positioning
- Highest-conviction directional bias
- Trade-trigger candidate
- Net long premium but driven by closing prints
- Bears covering, not bulls buying
- Less durable
- Watch for follow-through
- Net premium < $-5M + opening
- Fresh bear positioning
- Confirmed directional bias
- Trend trade favored
Rules of thumb
- Watchlist scanner. Fan across 50 symbols and rank by net_directional_premium / underlying_price.
- Opening share > closing share is the gate. A net-directional read driven by closing flow is unwinds, not conviction.
- Pair with top unusual flow. Tilt is the aggregate; top print is the story. Both same-sign is the cleanest signal.
- Below $250K net is noise. The threshold catches even thinly-traded names without firing on micro-flow.
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