MU option volume as a 3D surface over strike and expiration
Recorded in cvforge on June 1, 2026 by ConvexValue · Published July 25, 2026
Volume plotted as a function of both strike and expiration in three dimensions, with call and put bar charts alongside, parameterised to take any ticker.
Exact prompt
show me a 3d visualization of options volume for a given ticker (lets start with $MU) It should display volume as a function of strike and expiration Bar charts for calls and puts
Data cadence
Live U.S. option snapshots, refreshed through the session. Open interest is an end-of-previous-day figure and updates once daily.
Plan requirements
Runs on the free cvforge app and the free data tier (20 requests/hour). No card needed.
Fields used
day_volume, open_interest, implied_volatility, delta, strike_price, expiration_date, contract_type, underlying_price
How to read it
Volume across the chain is genuinely two-dimensional — every contract has a strike and an expiration — so flattening it to one axis always hides something. In three dimensions the concentration shows up as peaks, and where those peaks sit relative to spot and to the front expiration is the read.
The 2D bar charts are still there for a reason. Rotating a surface is good for finding structure and bad for reading values, so the flat panels are where you check the numbers.
Change it
The prompt is the interface. Ask for a different ticker, a different expiration window, or an extra column in the same sentence style and the agent edits the app in place — you do not start over, and you do not wait for anyone to build it.
Limitations
- Snapshot data, not a transaction tape: the build reads the chain as it stands, so it cannot attribute a trade to a buyer or a seller.
- Open interest updates once a day, so an intraday volume/OI comparison is always this session’s volume against yesterday’s open interest.
- Contract coverage is U.S. listed equities, ETFs and indices. Indices use the I: prefix, for example I:SPX.
- Current per-contract valuation is Massive fair market value (FMV), a proprietary estimate. cvforge does not provide option bids, asks, midpoint, quote sizes, NBBO or last trades, and FMV is not an executable quote.
- A call/put split describes contracts traded, not net direction: every contract has a buyer and a seller.
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