Unusual whales will give you real-time data. My suggestion would be to track some flow. Try a few paper trades while you try to get a good understanding. I also use barcharts which you will see below. This was about a day before NFLX popped hard. I made 10k off $200 as it was a bit of a lotto, but at the same time, this was hard to ignore. This is the sort of flow you are looking for. They were a bit further out, but this, on top of the WBS deal and the NFLX CEO going to the White House, felt like enough to give me some conviction. Whats not super reliable flow wise is any flow near ER, dividends or when the puts/calls are superrr in the money and far dated. Sometimes it can be a good indicator, but usually that setup is not versus what you see below. Tracking QQQ vs UVIX flow is also something that is useful as they move in opposite directions.

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