How it works
Watchlist. Signal.Confirmed print.
A real OptSec signal travels from raw OPRA tape to your phone in 15 seconds. Here's exactly what happens in between — and what we do at every edge case.
How it works
From watchlist to confirmed print.
A real signal, told as a story. This is exactly what happens when OptSec catches an NVDA 0DTE put.
- 01
Build your watchlist
Start with 25 tickers on Base or 250 on Advanced. OptSec monitors every active expiration across each — no extra config.
NVDASPYTSLAAAPLMETAAMD+ 19+ 244Advanced - 02
Signal fires
An NVDA 0DTE put sweep clears your thresholds. C-Score computed at 87 — Conviction-grade. SMS lands within 15 seconds.
CONVICTION - 03
Print confirms
Four minutes later, $12.4M of stock notional confirms direction. Second alert fires. You now have two independent signals pointing the same way.
Print Confirmed+ 4m 12sStock notional$12.4M% of 90d ADV13.2%
Data flow
Four sources. One engine.
Every signal travels the same path. Sources fan in, the C-Score engine computes and tunes, then delivery fans out.
Sources
OPRA
Options flow
Dark Pool
Block prints
Polymarket
Prediction markets
Unusual Whales API
Cross-validation
Engine
C-Score
+ tuning
Delivery
SMS
Tier 1 alert
Push
Mobile alert
In-app
Live dashboard
Latency budget
15 seconds, broken down.
The Advanced tier promises 15-second end-to-end signal delivery. Here's where every millisecond goes.
Base tier batches at 5-minute intervals — same engine, lower priority lane. Both tiers fire the same alert payload over the same SMS gateway.
Total budget (Advanced)
15.0s
Ingestion
4.0s
OPRA + cross-exchange
C-Score compute
6.0s
Six factors + CopyCat
Dispatch
5.0s
SMS + push + in-app
Edge cases
What happens when reality intervenes.
Most platforms hand-wave the awkward cases. We document them — because that's where trust is built.
The print never confirms
If no qualifying stock print arrives within 30 minutes, the signal stays in the Archive as 'Unconfirmed' with its initial C-Score. No second alert fires. You're not left hanging — the absence of confirmation is itself information.
CopyCat flares mid-signal
If WSB/X chatter spikes after a signal is live, the C-Score is decremented in real time. You'll see both the original score and the adjusted score in the alert thread. Most users set up rules to mute signals once CopyCat exceeds a threshold.
Multiple signals on the same ticker
We coalesce. The first signal on a ticker within a 60-minute window is the canonical one; subsequent flow updates the same thread with score deltas. No alert spam.
After-hours flow
Options markets close at 16:15 ET. Any flow flagged in the closing minutes is reviewed at 04:00 ET the next session and re-scored with overnight news context before any alert is dispatched.
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