Welcome to PAM Options EcoSystem Flows Analytics
This is Predictive Analytic Models (PAM) Options Flow EcoSystem Analytics, a new site by Robert P. Balan – where quantitative rigor meets visual clarity in options analysis. Our SPX Hierarchical Framework transforms market dynamics into structured insights. No trade alerts – just pure actionable analytics
Getting Started
The daily/intraday Gamma and Charm analytical reports are in the "Intraday Updates" section.
The longer term, comprehensive reports are the the "Posts" section.
About PAM and Robert P. Balan
Robert P. Balan heads Predictive Analytic Models (PAM), Seeking Alpha's premier trading analytics service. PAM employs proprietary models integrating Federal Reserve liquidity cycles, Treasury market microstructure, term funding dynamics, and institutional options flows to identify asymmetric risk-reward opportunities.
Robert also runs Options EcoSystem Flows Analytics, an intelligence platform where quantitative rigor meets visual clarity in options analysis. Our SPX Hierarchical Framework transforms market dynamics into structured insights. No trade alerts – just pure actionable analytics.
Robert P. Balan brings five decades of global markets expertise to market and options analytics. His multidisciplinary foundation—Mining Engineering, Computer Science, M.S. in Quantitative Finance, and Economics—launched a distinguished career spanning commodities, FX, and macro strategy.
As a pioneering voice in institutional FX analysis, Robert authored the first globally-distributed currency commentary while at Lloyds Bank International Geneva, becoming the most-accessed analyst on Reuters and Telerate networks (1988-1994). His career encompasses senior roles at Swiss Bank Corporation, UBS, and Bank of America as Head of Technical Research and Proprietary Trading across London, New York, Toronto, and Zurich.
Returning to Switzerland in 2004, Robert served as Head of Technical Research for Swiss Life Asset Management and Chief Market Strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, integrating macroeconomic fundamentals with technical analysis. His 1988 book on Elliott Wave Principle, recognized by the London Society of Technical Analysts as the definitive work on the subject, was donated to public domain in 1992.
Currently based in Zurich, Robert leads Predictive Analytic Models (PAM), Seeking Alpha's top-rated trading analytics service, applying his institutional expertise to options market microstructure and liquidity-driven strategies. Member, National Association for Business Economics (NABE).
