What OptionsMatch is (and is not)
OptionsMatch is a multi-venue research and education layer for crypto options: terminal desks for market structure, Match tools for venue discovery, and guides for literacy. It is not your broker, not a custodian, and not a guaranteed live consolidated exchange feed for every market at all times.
You research here, then onboard and execute on venues you choose. That separation keeps educational framing honest and puts account risk where it belongs — on venues that hold balances and clear trades.
Soft-launch flags and data provenance banners (live, partial, mock) are part of the product. Read them. Beautiful charts on mock data are still mock data.
Terminal map
Dashboard: KPI strip and overview for the selected asset path under /t/{asset}/…. Chain: multi-venue book and strike layout. GEX: estimated dealer gamma, walls, and flip context. Term and skew: vol surface shape across expiries and deltas. Greeks: sensitivity literacy. Tape and order flow: prints and resting liquidity where available.
Charts overlay spot with levels. Heatmaps emphasize concentration and liquidation context. Basis desks cover spot/perp/future relationships. Divergence highlights cross-venue disagreement. Sources pages document honesty about feeds.
Asset-scoped routes use the terminal href pattern — for example BTC desks under /t/btc/…. Switch assets when your research moves; do not assume every desk is equally deep for every alt.
Match layer
Venue profiles and the /venue catalog summarize where options trade and what to know operationally. Country pages help with access research. Compare and find-venue flows compress checklist thinking from the choosing-a-venue guide.
CTAs may hop through tracked /go links for affiliate or routing analytics. Treat them as navigation, not as endorsement of a trade. Always complete KYC and risk review on the destination venue.
Match is about where and whether you can trade; the terminal is about what the market is saying. Use both.
Education graph
Guides under the education/guides experience cover foundations, vol and greeks, crypto specifics, desk strategies (this track family), and wallets. Quizzes reinforce recall. Related links between guides form a graph — follow them instead of reading in isolation.
Desk links on each guide jump to a relevant terminal or Match surface so concepts stay grounded in UI you can click. If a desk is empty for an asset, that is also information about coverage.
Platform how-to docs (where published under /docs) cover product usage; education covers market literacy. Wallet guides cover on-chain operational security for venues that need it.
Suggested first-week workflow
Day 1–2: dashboard + chain scan order from the reading-the-chain guide. Day 3: term and skew for one major expiry. Day 4: GEX and walls without trading them. Day 5: tape observation journal. Day 6: Match shortlist of venues you can access. Day 7: review liquidation and order-type guides before any sized options risk.
Keep a notebook of IV levels, OI walls, and one flow print per day. Literacy compounds faster than leverage.
Only after the workflow feels boring should you increase complexity — calendars, RR, and cross-venue IV research are advanced for a reason.
Data honesty and limitations
Aggregated analytics may arrive from configured APIs (including M-API style feeds when enabled) alongside venue adapters. Coverage can be incomplete. Latency differs by source. Not every print on earth will appear on the tape desk.
GEX and similar models are transparent estimates, not dealer inventory. Multi-venue views can mix products if filters are wrong — lock your filters.
Educational mandate: OptionsMatch helps you ask better questions and navigate surfaces. It does not remove market risk, venue risk, or the need to read product specs before you click trade on an exchange.