# Overview

What q-bitf is, what it shows, and where to start.

q-bitf shows where options dealers are positioned and what that positioning
means for price: the strikes that act as walls, the price where the market's
behaviour flips, and how today's options flow is changing the picture. It
covers the ES, NQ and GC futures, the SPX and NDX indexes, the big ETFs and
most optionable US stocks.

It reads the market. It does not place trades and it is not financial advice.

## Start here

| If you want to | Read |
|---|---|
| Get set up in five minutes | [Quickstart](https://q-bitf.com/docs/quickstart) |
| Understand the levels | [Key levels](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/key-levels), [Call and put walls](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/call-wall-and-put-wall) and [Gamma flip](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/gamma-flip) |
| Learn what GEX is | [Gamma exposure](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/gamma-exposure) and [Positive vs negative gamma](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/gamma-regime) |
| Learn the app | [Workspace](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/workspace) |
| See levels on your own charts | [TradingView](https://q-bitf.com/docs/connect/tradingview) or [MotiveWave](https://q-bitf.com/docs/connect/motivewave) |
| Ask an AI assistant about the levels | [MCP server](https://q-bitf.com/docs/connect/mcp) |
| Fix something | [Troubleshooting](https://q-bitf.com/docs/help/troubleshooting) |

## What you get

- **Key levels**: call and put walls ranked by strength, the gamma flip, the
  expected-move band and the day range, for every supported symbol.
- **Dealer exposure**: gamma, delta, vanna, charm and convexity by strike, as
  ladders, profiles and heatmaps.
- **Flow**: today's options flow, the live tape, order-flow aggression and
  how exposure is building through the session.
- **Volatility**: term structure, smile, skew, the surface and whether vol is
  rich or cheap.
- **Macro and market**: the economic calendar, rates, correlations, insider
  activity and weekly dark pool volume.
- **Your platforms**: the levels on TradingView and MotiveWave, chart
  snapshots in Discord, and your data in AI assistants.

# q-bitf docs


## Start

- [Overview](https://q-bitf.com/docs/): What q-bitf is, what it shows, and where to start.
- [Quickstart](https://q-bitf.com/docs/quickstart): From sign-up to levels on your chart in five minutes.

## Concepts

- [Gamma exposure (GEX)](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/gamma-exposure): What dealer positioning is and why it moves price.
- [Key levels](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/key-levels): Call and put walls, the gamma flip, HVL, the expected move and the day range.
- [Positive vs negative gamma](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/gamma-regime): What positive and negative gamma mean for price, and how to read the regime badge.
- [Call wall and put wall](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/call-wall-and-put-wall): What call and put walls are, why price stalls at them, and when they break.
- [Gamma flip](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/gamma-flip): The price where dealer gamma turns from positive to negative, and why it matters.
- [Max pain](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/max-pain): The strike where expiring options pay out the least, and how much weight to give it.
- [Expected move](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/expected-move): The range options are pricing for the session, and how to use the 1σ band.
- [Gamma squeeze](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/gamma-squeeze): How options hedging can turn a move into a runaway, and the signs to watch.
- [SPX, SPY and QQQ GEX](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/spx-spy-qqq-gex): How gamma exposure differs across SPX, SPY, QQQ and NDX, and how it maps to ES and NQ.
- [Expiries and 0DTE](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/expiries): Which expiries the levels cover, and why they move during the day.
- [Futures and cash prices](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/futures-and-cash): How index levels land on ES, NQ and GC charts, and the cash or ETF alternatives.
- [Data, sessions and time](https://q-bitf.com/docs/concepts/data-and-sessions): What updates live, what is set once a day, and why everything is in New York time.

## Using the app

- [Workspace](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/workspace): Panels, layouts, symbols and keyboard shortcuts.
- [Dashboard and live chart](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/levels): The level ladder, the regime, the trade plan and the live gamma chart.
- [Exposure views](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/exposure): Gamma, delta, vanna, charm and convexity by strike, as ladders, profiles and heatmaps.
- [Flow and tape](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/flow): Options flow, the live tape, order flow, skew and drift, and the scanner.
- [Volatility](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/volatility): Term structure, smile, the surface, vol premium, implied distribution and the pricer.
- [Macro and market](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/macro-and-market): News, the economic calendar, rates, correlations, insiders and dark pool volume.
- [Scoreboard](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/scoreboard): How often each level actually held, measured against what price did.
- [Journal and trading tools](https://q-bitf.com/docs/app/journal-and-tools): The trade journal, study notes, prop-firm tracking and position sizing.

## Widgets

- [Candles](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/candles): Candlesticks with the walls, gamma flip, vol trigger and 1σ band drawn on price, and how to trade them.
- [GEX Levels](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/gex-levels): Net dealer gamma at every strike, with the walls, flip, vol trigger and 1D range marked, and how to read it.
- [Key Levels](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/key-levels): The session's price against the call wall, put wall, gamma flip and vol trigger, with the nearest level called out.
- [Gamma Flip](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/gamma-flip): The gamma flip, walls, vol trigger and max pain for each upcoming expiry, against the current price.
- [Regime Strip](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/regime-strip): One line with the price, the gamma regime and how far each key level sits from price.
- [Tape](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/tape): Candles with the gamma profile drawn beside price, the regime and the wall nearest the action.
- [Chain](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/chain): The day's price with dealer exposure by strike for the whole chain, and every wall, flip and vol trigger.
- [Greek Exposure](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/greek-exposure): Dealer exposure for any greek at every strike, colored by days to expiry, with the walls, flip and max pain.
- [Chain Profile](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/chain-profile): Net gamma of the whole chain at each strike, as one profile, with the flip, call wall and put wall.
- [Open Interest](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/open-interest): Call and put open interest at every strike, the put/call ratio near spot, max pain and the key levels.
- [IV Term Structure](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/iv-term-structure): At-the-money implied volatility for every expiry, with the 30-day VIX window marked.
- [IV Smile](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/iv-smile): Implied volatility across strikes for one expiry, with calls, puts, a fitted curve and the 25-delta strikes.
- [Volatility Cone](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/volatility-cone): Realized volatility at each horizon against its historical range, with today's implied volatility on top.
- [Surface](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/surface): Implied volatility across every strike and expiry as one 3D surface, so skew and term structure can be read together.
- [HV Projection](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/hv-projection): Today's likely range projected from the prior close using how far the market has really moved.
- [Next Open](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/next-open): While CME is closed, a predicted reopening price for ES, NQ and GC, with direction, a likely range and where it lands against the levels.
- [Event Odds](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/event-odds): The next three macro releases for your market: the odds of a cooler, in-line or hotter print, the options-implied move, and how the market reacted before.
- [Expected Move](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/expected-move): The options-implied range around price for every horizon, with today's 1D band and how much of it is used.
- [Implied Distribution](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/implied-distribution): The options-implied probability cone for price over the coming weeks, next to the recent candles.
- [Put/Call Parity](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/put-call-parity): How far each call and put pair strays from put/call parity, strike by strike, to spot pricing dislocations.
- [Greek Heatmap](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/greek-heatmap): One greek's dealer exposure in a grid of strikes by expiries, so you can see which expiry holds the weight.
- [Chart Heatmap](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/chart-heatmap): Dealer delta exposure in a grid of strikes by expiries: how large the hedge is at each strike, and which expiries carry it.
- [Order Heatmap](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/order-heatmap): Today's options contracts at each strike split into call buys, call sells, put buys and put sells, to see which side is aggressive where.
- [Activity Map](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/activity-map): The strikes daily closes kept landing near over recent sessions, with the dealer exposure and today's trading at each one.
- [Pressure Map](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/pressure-map): A strike by expiry grid counting how many of the book's strongest readings point at each cell, to find where positioning concentrates.
- [Strike Map](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/strike-map): Open interest in a grid of strikes by expiries, to find where positions are concentrated.
- [Interval Map](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/interval-map): How dealer exposure built up at each strike through the session, in time buckets, with price on top.
- [Exposure Gradient](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/exposure-gradient): Dealer gamma, charm or vanna by price and time, from the session so far projected forward to the close.
- [Tape Profile](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/tape-profile): Where today's options trading landed, strike by strike, as gamma, delta, vanna or charm flow, or as call and put volume.
- [Unusual Activity](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/unusual-activity): Option contracts trading far more today than their open interest, by strike, so new positioning stands out from routine trading.
- [Exposure Flow](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/exposure-flow): How much dealer gamma today's trading added above and below price, minute by minute, and which side is dominant.
- [Flow](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/flow): Running options delta, gamma, vanna and charm flow for the session, drawn over price, so you can see when flow leads or leaves a move.
- [Net Drift](https://q-bitf.com/docs/widgets/net-drift): Cumulative call and put premium through the session, the net between them, and the underlying, so you can see which side is leaning.

## Connect

- [TradingView](https://q-bitf.com/docs/connect/tradingview): Draw q-bitf levels on your TradingView charts with the Chrome extension.
- [MotiveWave](https://q-bitf.com/docs/connect/motivewave): The q-bitf GEX study for MotiveWave: install, sign in and update.
- [Discord](https://q-bitf.com/docs/connect/discord): Membership, chart commands and support in the q-bitf Discord.
- [MCP server](https://q-bitf.com/docs/connect/mcp): Connect Codex, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and other AI agents to your q-bitf data.

## Account

- [Plans and billing](https://q-bitf.com/docs/account/plans-and-billing): Pro and Ultra, how pricing works, codes, payment and cancelling.
- [Keys, devices and sessions](https://q-bitf.com/docs/account/keys-and-devices): Your license key, MCP keys, active sessions and sign-in history.
- [Public profile](https://q-bitf.com/docs/account/public-profile): Your q-bitf bio page at q-bitf.com/@username.
- [Affiliates and creators](https://q-bitf.com/docs/account/affiliates): Earn by referring traders with your own code.

## Help

- [Troubleshooting](https://q-bitf.com/docs/help/troubleshooting): Fixes for the most common problems with the app, extension, MotiveWave and MCP.
- [FAQ](https://q-bitf.com/docs/help/faq): Short answers to the questions members ask most.
- [Glossary](https://q-bitf.com/docs/help/glossary): Every metric q-bitf shows: what it measures, how to read it and its limits.