SPX Strike Profile - Table
The same exposure as a strike-by-expiry grid of numbers.
What it shows
Rows are strikes, columns are expiries, and each cell is the market-maker exposure for that strike and expiry at the replay minute. It is the Table view of the Strike Profile slot and shares its metric, range and account-type settings.
What it is built from
The same market-maker exposure as the Strike Profile chart, laid out by strike and by expiry. Built from licensed CBOE one-minute SPX and VIX data with market-maker positioning, recomputed every minute.
Reading
How to read it
- Read across a row to see which expiry carries a strike's exposure.
- Read down a column to see one expiry's ladder as numbers.
- A column headed with 'AM' is an AM-settled expiry (SPX third-Friday monthly).
- With Heatmap on, the largest cells take colour and the rest fade to the background.
- The bar above the table is the colour key: the largest negative value on screen, zero, and the largest positive, with the unit.
- The row under the table is each expiry's total, named for what the cells show (Net GEX, Net VEX, Net CEX, Net DEX).
- Hover a cell to see that strike and expiry's GEX, VEX, CEX and DEX, with GEX and DEX split into calls and puts. In Blend it shows each exposure's part of the score (the parts add up to it); in Confluence, which of the three count as large.
Controls
What each control does
| Control | Options | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Data mode dropdown | GEX, DEX, VEX, CEX, Blend, Confluence | Which exposure fills the cells, or one of the two combined views below. |
| Blend | in the Data mode dropdown | One score per cell, from −1 to +1, combining GEX, VEX, CEX and DEX for that strike and expiry. The row under the table has no total. |
| Confluence | in the Data mode dropdown | Marks the cells where at least two of GEX, VEX and CEX are large and point the same way: +2/3 or +3/3 when positive, −2/3 or −3/3 when negative. The row under the table counts the marked cells. |
| Settings > Scale | $ (absolute), %, +/-10 | Dollar values, or each cell as a share of its column's largest cell, shown as a percent or on a -10 to +10 scale. Not offered in Blend or Confluence. |
| Settings > Heatmap | On / Off (default off) | Shades the largest cells on screen so the strikes that matter stand out. |
| Expiry column picker | All, Clear, Wk, 2W, OPEX, Mth, or tick individual expiries | Which expiry columns are visible. Saved per slot. |
| 0DTE only | on / off | Collapses the table to the front column. |
| Range / Step / Account type | same as the chart view | Same effect as in the chart view. |
| Settings > Peaks | All, ±, Max (default All) | All shades every cell as usual. ± keeps only each column's largest positive and largest negative cell lit and fades the rest. Max keeps only each column's single largest cell by size, either sign. Saved per slot. |
| Settings > Blend weights | GEX, VEX, CEX, DEX, each 0 to 1, and Reset (Blend only) | How much each exposure counts toward the Blend score. Saved per slot. |
| Settings > Rows | Comfortable, Compact (default Comfortable) | Comfortable fits the rows to the panel; Compact uses short rows so more strikes fit. Saved per slot. |
Read it with
- SPX Strike Profile — same slot, other view
- EXPOSURE BY EXPIRY drawer — the drawer totals each column
Good to know
- % and +/-10 compare cells within one column. Use $ to compare across expiries.
- It shares its metric, range and account type with the chart view, so you can flip between the two on the same minute.
- Blend and Confluence combine the four exposures on screen; they are not a separate measurement and have no unit.
A real session
See it happen
10:38 ET
Monthly expiry day: the 0DTE column beside the later expiries; 7650 at +$8.8B one minute before it left the board.
16 slides
The walk-through, slide by slide
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Shot off the live product, nothing redrawn. Click the right side of a frame for the next one, the left side to go back.
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