Layout & Navigation
Pane System
Skewbot is built around a flexible pane system. The screen can be divided into up to four independent panes, each showing a different ticker, view, or time window simultaneously.
Available Layouts
| Layout | Description |
|---|---|
| Single | Full screen, one pane |
| Two Horizontal | Left / Right |
| Two Vertical | Top / Bottom |
| Two-Top, One-Bottom | Two panes on top, one spanning the bottom |
| One-Top, Two-Bottom | One pane spanning the top, two on the bottom |
| Two-Left, One-Right | Two stacked on the left, one on the right |
| One-Left, Two-Right | One on the left, two stacked on the right |
| Four Grid | 2×2 grid |
Switch layouts at any time using the layout control. Existing pane selections are preserved when switching.
Per-Pane Controls
Every pane has its own control bar:
- Ticker — which instrument to display
- View — which analytics type (FDV, Tilt, Convexity, etc.)
- Lookback — how far back the chart scrolls (15 min → 7 hours)
- DTE selector — which expiration(s) to include (view-dependent)
- Overlays — toggles for additional data layers (view-dependent)
Changes to one pane have no effect on others.
Chart Interaction
Scroll / Zoom — Use the mouse wheel to zoom the time axis. The chart zooms around the current cursor position.
Pan — Click and drag to scroll through history. Panning disables auto-scroll; the chart stops following live data.
Auto-scroll — Auto-scroll is on by default, keeping the right edge of the chart at the current moment. Panning turns it off. To re-enable, scroll all the way to the right edge.
Reference Lines — Right-click anywhere on a chart to place a horizontal reference line at that price or vol level. Right-click an existing line to remove it. Reference lines persist per ticker and view across sessions.