# Alt Data Directory

This folder holds supporting datasets that are separate from the core market-data pipeline.

- `options/` contains raw and processed options datasets.
- `institutional/` contains institutional flow and positioning datasets.
- `external/` contains macro, index, FX, and other outside-market reference data.
- `metadata/` contains research notes and supporting documentation for alternate datasets.

Keep the same `raw/` and `processed/` split inside each alternate-data area where possible.