Hermēs DocumentationIndicator Dock
The Indicator Dock is the vertical icon rail on the left of the HuntingFlow chart. It groups every display switch into three clusters — main chart, sub-panes and style — covering structure lines and bases, key levels, the distribution band, the heat panel, DEX overlays, sub-panes and Greeks, bar style and advanced overlays, plus a one-click reset.
The Indicator Dock is the vertical icon rail on the far left of the HuntingFlow chart and the control centre of the whole panel: what gets drawn, which basis it runs on, and what the sub-panes show all start here. Clicking an icon flies out a second-level panel to the right, some of which carry third-level dropdowns; a small dot on an icon means that section has something switched on.
The rail is 46px wide and collapses to a 16px handle with the button at the bottom — the collapsed state is remembered on this device.
Three clusters
Icons are grouped by purpose, with dividers in between:
| Cluster | Icons | Governs |
|---|---|---|
| Main chart | Gamma · Levels · Distribution · Heat · DEX flow | Everything drawn on the price chart and the band right of the price axis |
| Sub-panes | Panes · Greeks | Bar/line sub-panes below the chart and the overlay curves |
| Style | Bars · Advanced | How price is drawn, plus experimental overlays |
A Reset view (↺) button sits alone at the top; the collapse button sits at the bottom.
Main-chart cluster
Gamma structure (0Γ / +Γ / −Γ + basis)
Three toggles for zero gamma, major positive gamma and major negative gamma. The panel also carries a Basis dropdown to pick Customer gamma / Net-flow gamma / Net-GEX gamma directly — equivalent to cycling the pill on the chart. The three are separate datasets and routinely sit at different strikes; see Basis system.
Levels
All 25 key levels as chips, grouped by layer: extras (SPOT / 0Γ), Layer 1 volatility regime (HVL / cT / pT), Layer 2 structure (+Γ / −Γ / C1–C6 / P1–P6 / Ab1–Ab3), Layer 3 positioning (COI / POI / AbOI / MP / nCOI / nPOI / D+ / D−), Layer 4 daily flow (CV / PV / nCV / nPV), plus the 90D references (0Γ·90D / +Γ·90D / −Γ·90D, off by default).
Three presets — Minimal / Balanced / All — and a placement setting for the pills (left axis / right axis / both). Hovering any chip shows that level's code and definition.
Distribution
Controls the per-strike band right of the price axis: six columns (Vol / OI / Gamma / Vanna / Delta / Charm) that can be stacked in any combination, expiry across 0DTE / next-day / aggregate, and a display mode across in-chart overlay / dedicated band / dual columns. IV smile and the expected-move (EM) band are toggled here too. See Distribution band.
Heat
Toggles the dedicated heat panel right of the price axis and switches it between time matrix (time × strike) and grid (strike × expiry) modes, the grid offering eight metrics. The same section governs the main-chart heat band: heat-trail expiry (0DTE / next-day / 90D), colour source (GEX / gamma / vanna / charm), the C1/P1 trail toggle, and a heat intensity slider (0–1.6, where 0 means off). See Heat panel.
DEX flow (cumulative overlays + D basis)
Three cumulative intraday delta overlays — NET / C / P — whose chips show live values (the value is the switch). The D basis dropdown switches between Dealer (default, upstream native) and Customer (peaks swapped, pill tagged ᶜ), the same as cycling the D+/D− pill on the chart.
Sub-pane cluster
Panes
Three physical slots, each picking its own metric: order-flow rates (DEX / GEX / CVR / Vanna / Charm), order flow · 1D (next-day expiry), or net-exposure levels (Net GEX, net convexity, cumulative intraday Δ). Also here: independent visibility for the three extreme-flow vertical lines, pane form (candles + line vs classic diverging bars), the order-flow line overlay on the main chart, and a ±$MM filter. See Sub-panes and order flow.
Greeks
Overlays z-score-normalised dealer second-order Greek curves on the chart: Vanna / Charm / CVR (convexity) / GEX ratio, all on one comparable scale, with all-on / all-off presets. For the mechanism see Vanna and Charm.
Style cluster
Bars (style · timeframe)
Switches line / candles / Heikin-Ashi and the timeframe — see Chart modes and timeframes.
Advanced overlays
Two experimental overlays: HIRO hedging pressure and the TRACE all-strike matrix. They appear only on panels that wire them up (the HuntingFlow main chart); Options Desk chart windows do not show this entry.
Reset view
The ↺ button at the top clears every indicator display preference on this device (structure lines, distribution columns, expiries, pane slots, heat settings and so on) and reloads to factory defaults after a confirmation. Ticker, account and theme are left alone. When a screen has drifted into chaos, this is far faster than undoing switches one by one.
Suggested starting setups
Intraday futures: Levels on "Balanced"; distribution showing Gamma + OI as two columns; the three pane slots left on their default order-flow rates; heat trail on 0DTE.
Volatility view: Greeks with Vanna + Charm on; distribution switched to the Vanna column; heat panel in "grid" mode to see VEX/CEX layered by expiry.
When it is too much: switch Levels to "Minimal" and keep only 0Γ and the major walls. Add layers back once you can state the current regime quickly and consistently.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the dock, and how do I collapse it?
On the far left of the HuntingFlow chart — a 46px vertical icon rail. The button at the bottom collapses it into a 16px handle; click again to pull it back. The collapsed state is remembered on this device.
Too many switches are on — how do I get back to a clean chart?
Use "Reset view" at the top of the dock. After a confirmation it clears every indicator display preference on this device and reloads to factory defaults; ticker, account and theme are untouched. Key levels also have Minimal / Balanced / All presets.
Is the dock identical inside the Options Desk?
It is the same component, but switches a chart window does not wire up are hidden automatically (order-flow expiry, IV smile, advanced overlays, and so on) — you only see what that window can actually do.
HuntingFlow Manual
HuntingFlow is the main trading chart, overlaying live dealer positioning on price. This manual covers how to drive it — indicator dock, distribution band, heat panel, sub-panes, chart modes, replay and voice squawk.
Distribution Band
The distribution band is the per-strike cross-section that shares the main chart's price axis — six stackable columns, three display modes, three expiries, an optional standalone IV-smile column and an expected-move band, with level pills extending across the axis into the band.