CRWD gamma exposure: flip, call wall, put wall

Dealer gamma by strike for CrowdStrike, 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 16:00:05 ET · not updating right now · replay CRWD in the terminal
Spot
263.1
from put-call parity
Zero gamma flip
267.8
1.8% above spot
Call wall
275
4.5% above spot
Put wall
255
3.1% below spot
Net gamma, volume
-$6M
per 1% move
Net gamma, OI
+$31M
per 1% move
Price sits below the flip at 267.8: on this book dealer hedging adds to a move rather than leaning against it. The two books disagree: price is above one flip and below the other, and that split is the reading.
The session, 2026-10-09 priceflipcall wallput wall
275260260.1275 net gamma, volume book09:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:30
day10-1210-0910-0810-0710-0610-0510-0210-0109-3009-2909-2809-25 82 points · volume book · levels drawn as they stood
Strikes through the day levelchange since the open absorbs a movefeeds itprice
302.5300297.5295292.5290287.5285282.5280277.5275272.5270267.5265262.5260257.5255252.5250247.509:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:30
Gamma by strike, two books on one axis
OPEN INTEREST · last close
STRIKE
VOLUME · today
300
297.5
295
292.5
290
287.5
285
282.5
280
277.5
275
call wall
272.5
270
267.5
265
262.5
spot
260
257.5
255
put wall
252.5
250
247.5
245
242.5
240
237.5
235
232.5
230
227.5
225
By expiry, volume book
expiryflipcallputnet
2026-10-16267.7275262.5-$5M
2026-10-23292272.5270-$3M
2026-10-30266.1270240-$71K
2026-11-06n/a290240+$3M
2026-11-13241.9270265+$138K
2026-11-20n/a267.5280-$2M
How far to trust this bookD

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

Prints a second, regular session0.71
Strikes where the two books agree on the sign75%
Contracts traded today, expiries shown62,982

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.
  • CRWD 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 CRWD, 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 CRWD is below its flip?

Net dealer gamma on this book is negative, so hedging flows tend to add to 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.