What does the Options Recon score mean?

The four parts

• One-sidedness: how lopsided the money is toward calls or puts.
• Concentration: how much of it came in single large orders.
• Size: the dollars, in total and against that ticker's whole options market.
• Aggressiveness: how bold the strike is for the time left. The heaviest part on purpose: a far out-of-the-money, short-dated bet can double the score, and a deep in-the-money "stock substitute" is cut way down.

The bands

• 80+ Extreme · 60–79 Strong · 40–59 Moderate. Under 40 is never published.

A high score says the bet is big, one-sided and bold. It does not say it will pay: Options Recon calls no trades (no win rate).