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OnSight Trading Manual

Last updated: August 2026

A guide to gamma structure, dealer nodes, trading setups, and CORE analysis.

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Front matter

Disclaimer, reading order, and the quick-start workflow.

00Important disclaimerEducational use, market risk, model limits, and the CORE checklist.00How to use this guideFollow the map, badges, structure, setups, and CORE in order.00Quick startThe shortest path from a heatmap to a conditional trading plan.

Part I: Foundations

Build the market-structure vocabulary before reading any setup.

01Purpose and mental modelWhat OnSight shows, what it cannot promise, and how to read it.02Spot, gamma, and magnitudeReference price, gamma regime context, and exposure size.

Part II: Reading the interface

Visual grammar, reading order, and change over time.

03Visual grammarHeatmap zones, badges, and the language of the interface.04The OnSight reading orderA repeatable scan from spot through confirmation.05Reading changes over timeTrack structure as exposure, spot, and nodes evolve intraday.

Part III: Node system and structural behavior

Gamma regime, nodes, badges, air pockets, PBZ, and floors.

06Gamma regime and the flipNet long- or short-gamma context and the near-spot flip node.07The OnSight nodeThe white, proximity-weighted structural leader for the scope.08Primary role nodesWall, floor, tombstone, anchor, C-wall, and P-wall badges.09Paired air-pocket structureTrapdoor and Launchpad anchors above and below the air pocket.10Pivot break zonesReaction bands around active dealer nodes on the matrix.11Negative-gamma floorsWhen an isolated negative node can support price, and when to pause.

Part IV: CORE trading setups

Trapdoor and Launchpad sequences with confirmation rules.

12Trapdoor setupBearish rejection into a downside negative-gamma path.13Launchpad setupBullish reclaim into an upside negative-gamma path.

Part V: Reading CORE

Cross-index SPX, SPY, and QQQ structure into a daily plan.

14CORE overviewWhy the index view needs more conditional thinking than one ticker.15The six-step CORE processSpot, floor, ceiling, path, OS node, then cross-index confirmation.17Building the daily CORE planTurn the map into bullish, bearish, and neutral scenarios.18Worked CORE readsRecurring index structures across the major panels.

Part VI: Appendices

Glossary, scenario matrix, checklist, and references.

AGlossaryCurrent OnSight terminology in one reference section.BScenario matrixFast classification of the most common structures.CPre-trade checklistComplete every gate before entry.DReferences and attributionsSource notes and contributor credits for this edition.