Chart OA-01 · The Illustrative Strait
Invented coastline · Datum: null · Depths in minutes of delay
Every part of it.
One live screen for exchange feeds, prediction markets and licensed alternative data: shipping, satellite and spending. Every panel says where its numbers came from, and how old they are.
Passage plan · Thu 24 Apr · hypothetical
A morning plotted like a voyage. Each waypoint is a panel on the same screen. Each keeps its own time, and tells you which time it is keeping.
WP 0108:41:02 UTC
Licensed news reports delays at the port. The news panel moves first. It usually does.
LiveClock: as publishedBerthing slowed at the main terminal.
WP 0208:41:38 UTC
Two prediction venues answer the same question, slightly differently. You see both, side by side, each with its own stamp.
LiveClock: trades continuouslyWP 0308:41:55 UTC
Brent is up 1.45%. Energy equities follow, up 0.9%. The exchange feed streams. It does not wait for anyone.
LiveClock: streams, tick by tickWP 04obs 08:42 UTC
218 vessels in transit, 62 at anchor. Positions arrive a few minutes behind the water, and the panel says so.
LiveClock: position reportsWP 05obs Wed 14:10 · del Thu 06:00
Yesterday's pass shows the terminal and a queue offshore. It is not late. It is on a different clock, and the stamp says which.
DeliveredClock: daily pass, then processingWP 0608:42:17 UTC
Link the event to your book's exposure. Open an investigation that weighs the evidence and the hedge candidates, with each line cited to a panel.
LinkedClock: yoursThe delay report1 came before both venues repriced2 and Brent rose 1.45%3. Vessels at anchor are up over 24 hours4. Yesterday's pass5 shows a queue offshore, before any of it.
Exposure runs through energy equities. To compare: Brent futures, an energy-equity basket. Evidence on duration is thin.
Arrival · 08:42:17 UTC · five clocks, one screen
Sheet index · 5 sheets
Spaces are coverage, not separate apps. Lay any sheet on the same screen. Click a country, company, commodity, event or route, and the linked panels follow.
Index to OA chartsSheets overlap. So do markets.
BTC and the majors, funding and basis, exchange flows, prediction prices on crypto events.
Brent and WTI, shipping lanes, satellite context, event prediction prices, licensed news.
Indices, sectors and single names, earnings news, card-spend panels by category.
US 10Y and the curve, DXY and FX, central-bank calendars, policy prediction prices.
Chip and software names, capex news, compute and data-centre supply signals.
The signature · every panel, every time
Sources run on their own schedules, like tides. OpenAlpha does not pretend otherwise. Every panel carries five facts, so you always know what you are looking at.
Standard port: your screen · all times UTC · curves show the last 24 h
| No. | Source | Clock · last 24 h to now | Typical delay | What the panel shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Exchange feedFutures, equities, rates, FX | Streams, tick by tick | <1 s15 min on a delayed licence | Last, change and session range. Brent 88.42 at 08:42:17 |
| 02 | Prediction venues A, BEvent contracts | Trades continuously | ~1 sper venue, side by side | Yes and No prices for each venue, with the move. Venue A 34% · Venue B 37% |
| 03 | Maritime AIS feedVessel positions | Position reports | 1–5 minlonger far from shore | Vessels in transit and at anchor, by zone and route. 218 · 62 · obs 08:42 |
| 04 | Satellite imageryScenes of sites | Daily pass, then processing | 12–24 htoday: 15 h 50 m | The scene, when it was observed and when it arrived. obs Wed 14:10 · del 06:00 |
| 05 | Card-spend panelConsumer categories | Daily release | T+1yesterday's spending, today | Index by category, Jan = 100. Fuel 118 · Travel 125 · Grocery 112 |
Typical delays are illustrative. They depend on licence, supplier and coverage.Every panel prints its own.
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