Options sweeps are the most directional bets in the market — someone is paying a premium for leveraged exposure to a specific move, by a specific date. When an unusual sweep hits a name where congress is also buying, that convergence is one of the most reliable signals we track.
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Unusual options activity — large sweeps, multi-leg blocks, and high open-interest spikes — is one of the oldest and most reliable ways to detect institutional positioning before a major move. Options require the buyer to be right within a specific timeframe, meaning they're used when someone has high conviction. Flow Antenna captures options data from multiple sources, scores each sweep for size, premium, and timing, and cross-references it against congressional trades, insider filings, and dark pool prints.
Options sweeps are large single-direction orders executed across multiple exchanges simultaneously — a sign of urgency. Flow Antenna monitors real-time options data and flags sweeps above our premium threshold.
We score on: premium paid, days to expiry (shorter = more urgent), call/put ratio vs historical baseline, open interest vs volume, and whether the same ticker shows up in congressional or dark pool data.
An options sweep alone scores 50–65. Add a congressional trade on the same ticker in the same week and it scores 80+. Add a dark pool print and it hits CRITICAL.
Options are a leveraged bet with an expiration date — which means they're only worth buying if you have a specific near-term catalyst in mind. When an unknown entity pays $3M for out-of-the-money calls expiring in three weeks on a pharma company, and a senator from the Health committee bought the same stock last month, that pattern has preceded major announcements in our historical data more than 70% of the time.
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A sweep is a large options order executed across multiple exchanges simultaneously to fill quickly. It indicates urgency — the buyer wants exposure NOW. Sweeps are generally more significant than block trades.
Unusual call buying is bullish. Unusual put buying is bearish. We track the call/put ratio against the 30-day historical baseline. A 10x spike in calls with above-average premium on a quiet name is a high-conviction bullish signal.
Flow Antenna aggregates options data from multiple sources including Unusual Whales and public exchange feeds, cross-referenced against congressional, insider, and dark pool data in real time.
What sweeps mean, what unusual activity looks like, and how institutions use options to position ahead of moves.
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