Overview & News
Located in ‘The Dashboard’, the Overview provides a snapshot of the company, including the Sector and Industry. By clicking on the Industry link, a list of stock symbols in the same category will appear. The “Stock Detail” list will have current market information and The Score navigational icons.
The News section lists articles covering, related to, or mentioning the selected Company. Click on any headline to be linked to the full article.
Chart Periods
You can add/remove and even extend Time Periods
Use the plus (+) to select the length and periodicity to display. Intervals range from minute-by-minute for a 1 Day Chart to month-by-month for up to 25 years (Maximum)
Click the 
on any time period to add it to the header for easy access to frequently used selections.
You may remove any favorite period by either clicking the “X” in the upper right of the button in the header or simply clicking the star again in the selector menu.
Finally, Extend the Chart by 10, 30, 60 even 90 periods beyond today to evaluate Chart Patterns. If you select “Extend By 30” on a daily chart, it will extend by 30 days. On a weekly chart, it will extend by 30 weeks. (Note: This feature is applicable to Daily, Weekly and Monthly charts).
Trend lines can be drawn through the extended period.
This feature can be toggled on/off by the same (+) in the header.
Dynamic Scan Information
The scan results provide relevant information for that scan. For example: Dividends will show Yield, Covered Calls will show the options position, potential return, net cost and more.
This allows you to quickly pick stock candidates and bypass others for high-probability trades. For example, you may wish to eliminate stocks priced too high or low, those with low volume, etc. Use the Navigational tools (Action Icon, The Score Icon, Send to Watchlist or Research for example) to dive deeper in selecting the best stock.
Filter Scan Icon
The Filter icon 
– located in the upper left area of the scan page – allows you to narrow candidates of an initial scan by applying additional parameters.
You can adjust the criteria at any time to further narrow or increase the number of results by eliminating, adding or adjusting entries.
This Smart Search feature filters data unique to the scan. Ex: Covered Calls Filtering offers Net Entry Cost, $ Return with no Movement, $ Return if Called out, etc.
Use drop-down box to select parameters and enter criteria in boxes.
Add rows if needed by clicking on ‘+’
If you need more space, click and drag the arrow in the bottom, right corner.
Click “Find”.
Click ‘Reset’ to start over. The “Query” button displays the criteria at the top of the Filter page. Click again to remove.
Give it a try!
Option Tables & Templates
Expanding your Options!
Choose from Call+Put chains, Call Matrix, Put Matrix or from almost 2 dozen Option Templates – covering any market outlook.
Expand the Strikes displayed: Near ATM, More or All.
You can change the click Quantity default increment by changing the default parameter for 1x, 5x or 10x.
You can also sort the Strike prices: Lowest to Highest, or vice-versa.
Smart Action Icon
The Smart Action Icon 
adjusts available features depending upon where you are in the trading platform.
For Stocks you can ‘Buy’, ‘Sell’, view ‘Options’, etc. 
Any Strategy-specific options scan will have ‘Analyze’ and ‘Trade’ in the Action Icon Menu. You can click ‘Analyze’ to see the trade in the options chain. From there, you can Edit the structure or click ‘Trade’ to submit the trade to your to Brokerage Account and Journal.
Advanced Analytics
Some strategies are more responsive to time decay and/or volatility than others. This platform has tools to help analyze these components.
- Construct the position in the Option Chain table
- Select the ‘Go Big’ icon on the P&L Graph
- The Graph shows 3 data points: Current Day, Halfway point to Expiration Day & Expiration Day. The corresponding legend, immediately below the graph, follows the cursor slider along the graph.
- The bottom of the screen contains a Calendar (Time) & Volatility Scale. Both can be manipulated to analyze the position.
Time: You can select a date to analyze as well as user stepper buttons to move day by day backward or forward.
Volatility: Use the volatility slider or enter a value in the entry box to see the impact of changes in volatility. The slider bar also displays the current (circle), average (gray), and 1 year high / low of implied volatility (orange portion of the slider) for easy reference.
Add/Delete/Save Chart Profiles
Create multiple chart profiles for your analysis. Saved profiles will remember your settings: chart type, time frame including “Extend By 10,30,60 or 90 Days”, indicators, etc.
After you’ve set up your chart:
1. Click the ‘Save’ Icon
2. You’ll be prompted to Overwrite an existing profile or Save as a new profile**
3. Click ‘Save’ – (the box will disappear after a second or two)
That’s it!
You can remove unwanted profiles by clicking the [x] icon to delete, located next to the ‘Save’ icon.
**Note: Active Trader, Options, and Standard View are System views and cannot be altered or deleted. You will be prompted to save the new settings or overwrite a different view.
Heat Map & Spectrum Overview
For Example: Clicking on “Financial Services” industry portion on the map of the S&P 500, then “Credit Services” will yield another map of 8 companies: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, etc. Clicking on any of those boxes will display the Stock info at a glance. Notice the Navigation Icons such at The Score as well as those to add to a Watchlist or send to Research.
The “Spectrum” View maps the sectors within the Index, with the number of companies in (parenthesis) by the performance by the time-frame selected. You can drill-down by selecting the sector group, then industry and company.
Note: By selecting the “Go Big” Icon, 
, in the upper-right corner of the corner of the panel, expands the amount of information and navigational icons.
Scan - Smart search
The search box is found at the top of Find. It performs ‘smart searches’ by pulling all scans related to what is typed in. If you don’t know the name of the specific scan, but know it is related to Earning announcements, type “earning” and a list will populate showing scans that are about Earning. Typing “Bull” or “Bear” will bring up scans with “Bull or Bullish” or “Bear or Bearish” in their names, respectively.
Of course, you can also elect to search by clicking the arrow for a complete list of available scans in a drop-down search.
