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Case 12Called liveThursday, September 17, 2026

Put selling all morning, supportive charm, and 7650 overhead

The whole book was negative gamma. The 0DTE book was building a ceiling.

SPX open
7,631.44
High
7,646.86

15:54 ET

Low
7,611.81

10:11 ET

Close
7,637.71
0DTE net gamma positive
77%

of the session's minutes

All-expiry net gamma positive
32%

of the session's minutes

VIX open → close
15.43 → 15.43
VIX high
15.99

The bullish stack

The story

  1. All-expiry gamma positive in only 32% of minutes; 0DTE positive in 77%. Two books, two answers.
  2. 10:38 — put premium -$14.7M and falling, charm negative at spot, 7650 the largest positive strike.
  3. 7650 went +$2.1B to +$17.7B by noon. Price climbed to 7637 and stopped.
  4. Then what: high 7646.86 at 15:54, 3.1 under the strike. Day before monthly expiry.

Minute by minute

The beats

  1. 10:11 ET

    session low 7611.81, twelve points above 7600 (+$2.9B)

  2. 10:38 ETposted live

    the post: put selling all morning, supportive charm, largest gamma above at 7650

  3. 12:00 ET

    7650 at +$17.7B

  4. 14:00 ET

    price 7637; 0DTE net delta +$10.4B

  5. 15:54 ET

    session high 7646.86 — under 7650

In #qo-market-data, as it happened

Posted live

10:38 ET
Put selling all morning. Supportive charm Gamma through tomorrow afternoon largest above at 7650.

From the product

The dashboard at each beat

Premium Flow, Cumulative Net Delta and Gamma Flow By Strike on one screen, replayed to the minute. Real frames, nothing redrawn. Click the right of the frame to step to the next beat.

Dashboard frame 1 of 5: 10:11 ET — Session low 7611.81, twelve points above 7600 (+$2.9B)

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10:11 ET — Session low 7611.81, twelve points above 7600 (+$2.9B)

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