Highlighted Flow. What does it mean?

What is a Golden Sweep? Why are these orders highlighted? What makes them so special?

GOLDEN Sweeps.

Why is this order gold? Golden Sweeps must qualify under multiple criteria. Golden Sweeps tend to REALLY be worth paying attention to due to their large monetary value and unusually large order size in comparison to the existing open interest.

Some parameters that must be met in order to qualify as a Golden Sweep is that the orders must be multi-exchange Sweeps (meaning they entered with urgency) AND must have a minimum of $1M in Premium AND the order must have a contract quantity that exceeds the existing open interest of that contract.

GREEN Highlighted Orders (Bullish Highlights).

When a CALL position filled on the ASK side (assumed Buy flow) has a significant monetary value (over $1M in premium), we bring those orders to your attention by highlighting them in GREEN to represent their BULLISHNESS.

When a PUT position filled on the BID side (assumed Sales flow) has a significant monetary value (over $1M in premium), we bring those orders to your attention by highlighting them in GREEN to represent their BULLISHNESS.

RED Highlighted Orders.

When a PUT position filled on the ASK side (assumed Buy flow) has a significant monetary value (over $1M in premium), we bring those orders to your attention by highlighting them in RED to represent their BEARISHNESS.

When a CALL position filled on the BID side (assumed Sales flow) has a significant monetary value (over $1M in premium), we bring those orders to your attention by highlighting them in RED to represent their BEARISHNESS.