Atlas: charting by Skylit

See your levels before price gets there.

One live chart that shows where dealer positioning, options flow and dark-pool levels line up with price. Your alerts, drawings and positions sit on the same screen.

Atlas chart of SPY with dealer positioning levels and flow barsAtlas chart of SPY with dealer positioning levels and flow bars

The problem

Your chart shows price. The options market is somewhere else.

  • The levels that matter are on one screen, the chart is on another, and you're flipping tabs when price moves.
  • A dark-pool level or a burst of flow looks important, but you can't tell if it lines up with anything.
  • By the time you've marked the level by hand, price is already there.

With Atlas

One chart. Every layer of the read.

Atlas draws the strikes where dealer hedging is concentrated right on the candles, bar by bar, next to options flow and dark-pool levels. You see where several reasons stack at one price before price arrives. Atlas never calls direction: it shows where the levels are, and you judge what price does there.

How it works

Atlas, step by step

  1. Pick your symbol and horizon

    Chart stocks, ETFs, SPXW or futures such as ES1 and NQ1. In Settings > Exposure, set Expirations to how long you hold: Front for 0DTE and scalps, a wider window such as To Friday or To OPEX for swings.

    Atlas chart of SPY with dealer positioning levels and flow barsAtlas chart of SPY with dealer positioning levels and flow bars

  2. Find the King Node

    Orbs mark the strikes where dealer positioning is concentrated. Bigger and brighter means stronger, and the strongest is the King Node. Turn on Node labels to see each strike and its size.

    Atlas orbs on SPY with Node labels on; the King Node is the largest and brightestAtlas orbs on SPY with Node labels on; the King Node is the largest and brightest

  3. Look for confluence

    Add Flow and Dark Pool from Settings > Add. Traders usually rate a node higher when it sits on a dark-pool level, a VWAP band or a cluster of flow bars.

    Atlas SPY chart with exposure orbs, dashed dark-pool levels and the flow pane belowAtlas SPY chart with exposure orbs, dashed dark-pool levels and the flow pane below

  4. Get told when price arrives

    Right-click the chart to set a price alert, or alert on the nearest node. Then watch what price does at the level.

    Atlas right-click menu with Add price alert here and Alert on nearest nodeAtlas right-click menu with Add price alert here and Alert on nearest node

Capabilities

What you can do with Atlas

  • Dealer positioning on the candles

    Switch between GEX, VEX or both. Traders often use GEX for intraday support and resistance and VEX for multi-day bias. Projection draws positioning past the last candle, so you can plan around levels that are coming up.

  • Options flow and dark-pool levels

    A Flow pane shows call and put premium per candle. Click a bar to see the trades behind it. Dark Pool draws the largest recent print levels as lines.

  • The heatmap beside the chart

    Dock the Heatseeker heatmap for your symbol, or Trinity with up to 10 heatmaps side by side, without leaving the chart.

  • Futures levels from related products

    Derived draws S&P levels on ES and Nasdaq levels on NQ, mapped onto the futures price. Gold, silver, Dow and Russell futures work the same way.

  • Layouts that follow you

    Up to five panes with synced intervals and crosshairs. Layouts save as you work and follow your account to other devices.

  • Replay past sessions

    Play a session back candle by candle, with the orbs and flow as they were at that minute. Start from a candle you pick, or drop in at random and practise calling the next level.

Every feature

Everything in Atlas

45 features · 5 groups

Why traders pay for it

What Atlas puts in your hands

What's uniquely in hand

Dealer positioning, options flow and dark-pool levels drawn on the candles, bar by bar, so you see when several reasons stack at one price.

Time it gives back

No marking levels by hand and no flipping tabs: the heatmap docks beside the chart, alerts sit on the nodes, and your layouts follow you to every device.

What it replaces

A standalone charting package, plus the exposure and flow tools you would otherwise keep open beside it.

Included with Pro.Market data licensed via NASDAQ, CBOE and OPRA.

Pairs with

Atlas with the rest of Skylit

  • Heatseeker

    The source of the orbs. Use the full heatmap for the whole board and velocity, and Atlas to see how price behaves at those strikes.

  • Flowseeker

    The source of the Flow pane and Dark Pool levels. Find a print in Flowseeker, then check on Atlas whether it landed at a node.

  • Nexus

    Trade Deck puts your Nexus paper positions on the chart. Traders shows positions of traders you follow on the same symbol.

  • Talon

    Ask about the chart you're looking at. Talon knows your symbol, interval, exposure view and open sidecars, and reads them in plain language.

What's new

Recently shipped in Atlas

All updates

  1. Leaving Atlas from the menu(in the guide, opens docs.skylit.ai in a new tab)

    Picking another page in the menu while on Atlas, such as Heatmaps, now opens it on the first click, with no flicker back.

  2. Atlas in the Heatseeker menu(in the guide, opens docs.skylit.ai in a new tab)

    Atlas now also appears under HEATSEEKER, on desktop and phone, so you can jump between the heatmap and the chart in one tap.

  3. Talon canvas uses your chart settings(in the guide, opens docs.skylit.ai in a new tab)

    The Talon canvas chart now opens with your Atlas colors, candles, Dark Pool settings and interval, so it looks like the chart you know.

FAQ

Questions about Atlas

Which plan includes Atlas?

Atlas comes with the Pro plan.

Do I need a separate charting account?

No. Atlas is Skylit's own chart, inside the Skylit app.

Does Atlas tell me which way the market will go?

No. An orb shows how price tends to move through a level (slowed down or sped up), not which way it will go. Atlas shows positioning, flow and price together. The thesis is yours.

When do I use GEX vs VEX?

GEX tracks how dealer hedging reacts to price, which is why traders read it for intraday support and resistance. VEX tracks how it reacts to volatility, which traders lean on for multi-day bias. GEX+VEX shows both. These are rules of thumb, not tested signals.

Can I chart ES and NQ futures?

Yes. Chart continuous contracts such as ES1 and NQ1, and turn on Derived to draw levels from the related S&P or Nasdaq options on the futures price. Derived levels drift slightly during the day as the two prices move apart.

Why do my orbs look different from the heatmap?

They use the same positioning data in different views. When they disagree, the two are almost always set to different expirations. Set Expirations to Front to compare like for like.

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See where the levels line up.

Atlas is included with Pro. Educational tool, not financial advice.

Go ProRead the Atlas guide(opens docs.skylit.ai in a new tab)