Hermēs DocumentationOptions Desk Overview
The Options Desk is a free-form multi-window trading workstation — 35 window types, 23 built-in templates, workspace tabs and all-window synced replay, open to any signed-in user and gated per window.
The Options Desk is a free-form multi-window trading workstation that keeps pre-open prep, intraday execution, and post-close review on one canvas. Any signed-in user can enter; windows unlock by tier, and locked windows can still be placed and resized, so an upgrade enables them without disturbing your layout.
Open it at /options-desk. For an element-by-element tour of the main chart see Using Hermes; for the full trade loop see Options Desk workflow.
How it divides labour with HuntingFlow
| HuntingFlow | Options Desk | |
|---|---|---|
| Shape | One chart, in depth | Many windows, in breadth |
| Strength | Everything about one instrument (distribution band + heat panel + sub-panes) | Multiple instruments and dimensions side by side |
| Best for | Live execution | Pre-market setup, event days, cross-asset scanning |
Both run the same chart engine and the same basis system — the desk's "GEX chart" is the HuntingFlow chart, dock included.
Window catalogue (four groups in the new-window menu)
The menu has four groups covering 35 creatable window types:
Live combat (5)
| Window | Tier | In one line |
|---|---|---|
| GEX chart | Free | Spot + heat + per-strike distribution + 25 key levels |
| Live Flow | Free | Order-flow sentiment / premium / strike × expiry heatmap |
| Tactical | Free | Regime / play / target / invalidation |
| Cross-asset matrix | Ultra | Mini GEX cards across your watchlist |
| Position sizer | Free | Contract count from account risk and stop distance |
Volatility & flow (9)
| Window | Tier | In one line |
|---|---|---|
| Vol Intelligence | Pro | IV / VRP / skew / term / smile tabs |
| Vol Matrix | Ultra | Full term ladder plus multi-day IV matrix |
| Vol Premium | Ultra | IV percentile, IV vs realised |
| Options order flow | Ultra | Trade-by-trade sweeps and blocks (institutional feed) |
| Complex orders | Ultra | Server-rebuilt multi-leg orders: structure, ratios, per-leg detail |
| Net drift | Ultra | Cumulative net-premium direction curve |
| Net flow | Ultra | Minute-by-minute net-flow waveform with intraday brush |
| Market flow board | Ultra | Market-wide two-sided premium leaderboard |
| Conditional flow scanner | Ultra | Upstream server-filtered blocks and sweeps |
Data & analysis (15)
| Window | Tier | In one line |
|---|---|---|
| GEX Data Center | Pro | Per-strike GEX values, control nodes, ladder comparison |
| Symbol Center | Ultra | Quadrants / flip points / hedging profile / cumulative sums |
| Exposure Flow | Ultra | Full-session GEX/DEX/VEX/CEX time series with level trajectories |
| Distribution Compare | Ultra | OI / Vol / difference / DEX quad view on one chain |
| Greek exposure | Ultra | Per-strike (1D) and heatmap (2D) tabs |
| Gamma migration | Ultra | Intraday wall migration (time × strike) |
| Dark pool | Ultra | Market-wide accumulation board plus per-name prints |
| Market State | Pro | Regime cards across instruments and cross-asset scan |
| Market Energy | Ultra | Mag-7 breadth + Γ regime + activity × imbalance |
| Market Intel | Ultra | OI time series / term plus on-exchange distribution |
| Market Map | Ultra | Sector × ticker quote heatmap |
| Cross-asset correlation | Ultra | Zero-gamma correlation heatmap |
| GEX signal backtest | Ultra | Historical backtest of structural signals (Beta) |
| Portfolio | Pro | Aggregate Δ/Γ/Θ/V and theoretical PoP |
| Strategy Lab | Pro | Structure templates plus a price × time P&L matrix |
Intelligence & reports (6)
| Window | Tier | In one line |
|---|---|---|
| Level Recon | Pro | Pre-market key-level reconnaissance (single stocks need Ultra) |
| Market Prep | Pro | AI pre-market summary |
| Briefings | Pro | Pre-market / intraday / post-close in one click |
| News | Ultra | Headlines plus exchange events |
| Intel Stream | Pro | Signals and news merged into one timeline |
| Event Radar | Pro | Macro calendar × implied expected move × GEX walls |
Three legacy-compatible windows (Vol Curve, the standalone 2D Greek heatmap, and Flow Intel) have been retired from the new-window menu — their content now lives in the Vol Intelligence smile tab, the Greek exposure heatmap tab, and the standalone net-drift / flow-board windows. Existing instances in old layouts still render normally.
Working the desk
Add windows
＋ New window at the top offers the four groups above, and every type supports multiple instances. Locked windows show an upgrade prompt but can still be positioned.
Arrange the layout
Windows drag and resize from eight directions, with grid snapping and alignment guides (both optional). Clicking focuses and raises a window; minimised windows dock into the taskbar at the bottom.
Bind tickers and link groups
Each window picks its own ticker. To link them, assign link groups 1–4 (Bloomberg-style colour groups) and their tickers follow one another. Two instances of the same window type let you compare ES against NQ side by side.
Templates and workspaces
23 built-in templates cover futures / options / equity desks, morning scan, event-volatility, OPEX week and more, each laying out a full screen in one click. Save the current arrangement as a local template (up to 12), and keep several layouts in parallel as workspace tabs you can rename and set as default. Signed-in users can also save to the cloud, publish, or browse community layouts.
Replay
Replay takes the desk back in time: chart, tactical, volatility, GEX data, market state, strategy, cross-asset matrix, distribution compare, symbol center and level recon replay in sync; Exposure Flow and Live Flow fetch the nearest frame for the cursor; everything else is live-only and shows a frozen overlay. The replay bar floats and can be dragged, and the look-back date appears in the window title bar. See Replay.
Export and mobile
Every window title bar has a snapshot button that exports that window as a PNG. On phones the desk opens a read-only mobile view for quick checks rather than layout editing.
Instrument gating (independent of window gating)
Unlocking a window is not the same as unlocking an instrument. Free previews ES/NQ with roughly 30 minutes of delay, Essential unlocks ES/NQ in real time, Pro adds ten major indices and ETFs (including the CL·GC futures proxies), and Ultra covers the full catalogue plus the whole-market US equity universe. Single stocks require Ultra in most windows.
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Frequently asked questions
What subscription does the Options Desk need?
Any signed-in user can enter; windows unlock by tier. Chart, Tactical, Live Flow and Position Sizer are free; Strategy Lab, Vol Intelligence, GEX Data Center, Market State, Portfolio, briefings, Event Radar and Level Recon are Pro; the institutional data family — dark pool, options order flow, complex orders, Greek exposure, Greek heatmap, market intel, net flow and drift, backtest and correlation — is Ultra. Locked windows can still be placed, and become available after upgrade without losing the layout.
Are layouts saved, and can I keep several in parallel?
Yes. Window positions, sizes and tickers are saved on your device; you can save the current layout as a template (up to 12 locally) and keep several layouts in parallel as workspace tabs, one of which can be the default. Signed-in users can also save layouts to the cloud, publish them, or browse community layouts.
Can I open several instances, and can windows follow one ticker?
Every window type supports multiple independent instances with their own tickers. To link them, put windows in the same link group (1–4, Bloomberg-style colour groups) and their tickers follow each other.
Voice Squawk
Voice Squawk reads out HuntingFlow's key structural events aloud, so you hear zero-gamma, walls, regime shifts and other anomalies the moment they happen without watching the screen — filterable by event type, with adjustable volume and English/Chinese voice.
Vol Intelligence
Vol Intelligence is the options trader's volatility command center — five tabs covering IV percentile and variance risk premium, skew, term structure, the market-implied probability distribution (Breeden-Litzenberger) and Vanna·Charm hedging flow. Requires Pro.