GammaHelix

Build GammaHelix, a desktop-first options and futures market intelligence workstation. GammaHelix helps traders understand the pressure beneath price by combining options exposure, gamma levels, volatility, order flow, futures correlation, and historical market snapshots in one dense but readable research terminal. The product should feel like a premium institutional trading dashboard: dark charcoal/navy UI, compact information-dense cards, strong typography, subtle grid lines, and clear color semantics. Use green for calls and positive exposure, red for puts and negative exposure, purple for net GEX, orange for negative gamma, and gray for neutral or flip levels. The main application shell should include: - Global symbol search and active-symbol selector - Global chart timeframe selector from 1 minute through 1 week - Expiration/DTE filters including All, 0DTE, 0DTE+1DTE, 1DTE, EOW, and configurable DTE ranges - Live versus saved historical snapshot selector - Live feed/provider status - Current price, daily change, call wall, zero gamma, and put wall summary - Account, settings, provider, security, and integration controls The main navigation should contain these product areas: 1. Workspace Dashboard A customizable drag-and-drop dashboard with reusable cards for: - Price and session data - Net GEX - GEX exposure by strike - GEX map and price - Net DEX and delta exposure - Net Drift and cumulative call/put premium - DEX Drift and delta-notional flow - Implied versus realized volatility - Original and translated gamma levels - GEX profile - Expiration exposure - Unusual options flow - Data-quality and collection status - Correlated futures charts Users should be able to choose dashboard presets such as balanced, dense, gamma, delta-flow, volatility, levels, market, and focused layouts. 2. Gamma Levels Create a dedicated levels experience showing: - Major call wall - Delta Flip - Gamma Flip - Net GEX Flip - Zero Gamma - Major put wall - Ranked call and put levels - Exposure bars by strike - Exposure by expiration - Strike-by-expiration heatmap Delta Flip, Gamma Flip, and Net GEX Flip must each have independent visibility toggles. They should appear on the price charts, level panels, correlated futures charts, and downloadable external indicators. 3. Order Flow Show real-time or observed options activity with: - Call and put premium - Buy/sell classification - Trade count - Delta and notional flow - Session delta - Five-minute flow - Net Drift - Cumulative call/put premium - Unusual-flow table - Strike-level flow summaries Clearly label the difference between observed tape data and modeled analytics. Do not claim that an individual print proves opening, closing, buying, or selling intent when the data cannot prove it. 4. Volatility Create a full volatility workspace containing: - Current ATM implied volatility - Intraday IV history - IV rank and percentile - Expected move - Implied versus realized volatility - Volatility surface - Skew and smile - Term structure - Realized volatility over multiple lookback periods - Volatility collection/history status The selected global chart timeframe must flow through the volatility API, calculations, intraday IV history, resampling, and chart display. IV should update on the same timeframe and refresh behavior as every other live chart. 5. Correlated Futures and Conversion Support ETF/index-to-futures relationships such as: - SPY/SPX to ES - QQQ/NDX to NQ - IWM to RTY - DIA to YM - GLD to GC Provide a conversion tool that calculates equivalent levels using current market anchors, with manual fallback inputs when anchors are unavailable. Show the methodology and whether the anchor is live, cached, or manually supplied. Translated options levels should be rendered on the corresponding futures chart and rounded to the appropriate futures tick size. 6. External Integrations Provide authenticated, downloadable integrations for: - NinjaTrader 8 - ATAS X - TradingView The integrations should use the same GammaHelix level contract and support: - Call and put walls - Ranked call and put levels - Delta Flip - Gamma Flip - Net GEX Flip - Zero Gamma - Expiration-scope filters - Translated futures levels - Status, freshness, regime, and symbol-mismatch messaging NinjaTrader should provide an import-ready ZIP/source package. ATAS should provide a native .NET indicator DLL. TradingView should include the embedded chart experience plus an optional Pine/desktop compatibility workflow. 7. User Features Support authenticated accounts with: - Watchlists - Alert rules and alert inbox - Snapshot-linked trade-plan drafts - Saved dashboard layouts - Personal data-provider credentials - Integration API keys - Security and license/account tier controls Trade plans are scenario drafts for research and preparation. They should never execute trades or be presented as guaranteed recommendations. Data and UX rules: - Include a deterministic demo mode when live credentials are unavailable. - Keep provider credentials server-side. - Clearly distinguish live, delayed, cached, historical, collecting, warming-up, and unavailable states. - Never replace unavailable provider data with fake-looking fixture data. - Historical snapshots should remain static while live panels continue refreshing. - Preserve timestamps and source provenance throughout the interface. - Keep observed tape analytics, modeled exposure, and historical snapshots as separate data products. - Make the interface responsive, but optimize the primary experience for a wide desktop trading monitor. The overall product message is: “Read the pressure beneath price.” GammaHelix is a visual decision-support workstation that helps traders see where options positioning, volatility, flow, and futures structure may influence price.