layout & workspaces

workspace management

skewbot persists your environment using named workspaces. A workspace stores your active layout, pane splits, tickers, views, DTE filters, and overlays:

• Switch Workspace: Select any saved profile from the Workspace dropdown.
• Add Workspace (+): Saves the current layout and state as a new workspace.
• Rename (✎): Renames the active workspace. Press Enter or click ✓ to confirm.
• Delete (🗑): Removes the active workspace (available when multiple workspaces exist).

Workspaces automatically save to your browser's local storage.

preset workspaces

skewbot includes 4 built-in preset configurations:

• Default: Single-pane overview of core skew metrics.
• regime: 2×2 layout monitoring macro surface structure.
• speculator: Multi-pane layout optimized for high-gamma intraday flow.
• arbitrageur: Side-by-side curve and term structure comparison.

global header actions

The top navigation bar contains global tools:

• Instrument selector: Applies one ticker to all panes in the active workspace.
• Spot price: Shows the latest spot value beside the selected instrument.
• Layout Selector: Opens a popup grid showing the 8 multi-pane layout arrangements.
• GEX Status (GEX): Displays real-time GEX data health. Click GEX to configure API credentials.
• Alerts Button (Alerts / Muted): Toggles audio alerts for extreme volatility events.
• Review icon: Opens Review mode for a recent market session.
• Colors icon: Opens the color settings panel for chart colors and horizontal marks.
• Account icon: Opens account management.
• Docs icon: Opens the documentation.
• Save Button (Save): Manually forces persistence of all workspaces and settings.
• More actions (⋯): Contains Reset All, which restores the factory settings.

Point to each icon to see its name.

pane layout system

skewbot provides 8 layout arrangements for up to 4 simultaneous panes:

Drag the splitter dividers between panes to resize their dimensions.

pane chrome

Each pane has an identity row and a control row.

The identity row contains the ticker selector, metric name, and pane settings. Time-series panes also show the time span selector. The right side shows the latest data time. A narrow pane puts the pane settings in a compact controls menu.

The control row contains the metric selector and the primary data selectors. An interactive legend stays at the right side. Click a legend item to hide or show its chart series. A narrow pane puts the legend items in a compact Legend menu.

shared time-series settings

Time-series views share the time span selector, data reload control, and reset control. These settings are in the pane identity row.

time span

Select the time span in the pane identity row. The time span controls how far back the app retrieves and shows data:

reload data

Click Reload data to request a new backfill for the selected metric and expiries.

peaks overlay

Select Show peaks to mark local Flex peaks. This option is available on Flex and Shear panes.

gex display overlay

Select Show GEX overlay to show Gamma Exposure profiles. This option is available on Flex and Shear panes. Click GEX display settings to configure profiles and major strike lines.

the seven chart types

Use the metric selector in the control row to set the chart type. Each pane keeps its own metric, ticker, expiry selection, and settings.

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See also: chart navigation & gestures → | controls → | views →