How to spot options activity worth trading across the entire US options market? Here's a screener that hunts for real opportunities:

Filter by volume exceeding open interest—that's your first signal. Then narrow it down: minimum 1,000 contracts traded, with a volume-to-OI ratio hitting at least 1.25x. That separates noise from actual market moves.

Next level up: 70% of that volume should be clustering at or closer to the ASK. Why? Aggressive buying pressure. Look at timeframes between 1 and 180 days to expiration—gives you enough runway without theta decay killing your thesis. Premium size matters too—stick with positions generating $250,000 or more.

One more gate: keep multileg orders under 10% of total volume. Too many complex spreads can distort what you're really seeing.

Put it all together and you've got a screener that cuts through the daily noise and finds where the real options traders are positioning.