ASTS gamma exposure: flip, call wall, put wall

Dealer gamma by strike for AST SpaceMobile, from the option chain itself: two books, the level where net gamma changes sign, and the two strikes that carry the most. Expiries out to 120 days.

data as of 2026-10-12 16:00:02 ET · replay ASTS in the terminal
Spot
51.49
from put-call parity
Zero gamma flip
45.48
11.7% below spot
Call wall
55.00
6.8% above spot
Put wall
50.00
2.9% below spot
Net gamma, volume
+$5M
per 1% move
Net gamma, OI
+$4M
per 1% move
Price sits above the flip at 45.48: on this book dealer hedging leans against a move rather than adding to it.
The session, 2026-10-08 priceflipcall wallput wall
60.0056.0056.2056.93 net gamma, volume book09:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:30
day10-1210-0910-0810-0710-0610-0510-0210-0109-3009-2909-2809-25 81 points · volume book · levels drawn as they stood
Strikes through the day levelchange since the open absorbs a movefeeds itprice
68676665646362616059585756555453525150494809:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:30
Gamma by strike, two books on one axis
OPEN INTEREST · last close
STRIKE
VOLUME · today
59.00
58.00
57.00
56.00
55.00
call wall
54.00
53.00
52.00
51.00
spot
50.00
put wall
49.00
48.00
47.00
46.00
45.00
44.00
By expiry, volume book
expiryflipcallputnet
2026-10-1647.9655.0050.00+$3M
2026-10-2345.2152.0047.00+$374K
2026-10-30n/a55.0045.00+$237K
2026-11-0653.2953.0045.00-$17K
2026-11-13n/a56.0049.00-$64K
2026-11-20n/a55.0045.00+$1M
How far to trust this bookD

a single stock with a thin tape; read the shape, not the sign.

Prints a second, regular session1.39
Strikes where the two books agree on the sign69%
Contracts traded today, expiries shown147,257

What this page assumes

  • Calls count as dealer-long gamma and puts as dealer-short. That is a convention, not a measurement: open interest does not say who holds a contract.
  • The volume book signs today's traded contracts. The open-interest book uses positions as of the last close and does not move inside the day.
  • Spot is derived from the option quotes by put-call parity, so it can sit a few cents from the last trade in the underlying.
  • ASTS options are American style and the underlying may pay a dividend. Each expiry is priced off its own forward from put-call parity, and gamma is Black-Scholes on that forward. Deep in-the-money contracts near a dividend are the weak spot.
  • Every figure is dollars of dealer delta per 1% move in ASTS, the unit that compares across symbols.
  • There is no tape-signed book on this page. That book exists only where a live engine runs.

Questions

What does it mean that ASTS is above its flip?

Net dealer gamma on this book is positive, so hedging flows tend to lean against a move. It says nothing about direction.

Why are there two books?

Open interest is positioning as it stood at the last close. Volume is what traded today. When they disagree, that split is the reading.

Is this a trading signal?

No. We tested wall touches and flip crosses on SPX across more than a thousand sessions and found no edge that survives costs. These are measurements of where hedging concentrates.

How is this different from the SPX terminal?

SPX runs on a live engine: every second, with a third book signed print by print from the trade tape. This page is rebuilt from chain snapshots and carries the two conventional books only.