SPX dealer gamma — Tuesday, September 12, 2023
dealer positioning for the session, reconstructed from the 0DTE options tape
These are the CLOSING levels for 2023-09-12, read at 15:45 ET, before the expiring contracts' last minutes. Where the SPX dealer book stands right now — the current zero-gamma flip, call resistance and put support — is on /now, free, at least fifteen minutes behind the tape.
SPX opened at 4,470.80 and closed at 4,462.47, down 0.19% on the session (range 4,457.21–4,487.07). The close sat 8.3 points below the zero-gamma flip at 4,470.8, on the negative-gamma side of the volume book. Call resistance 4,475, put support 4,460. 0DTE ATM IV opened at 7.7%.
Price crossed the flip 17 times, first at 10:24 ET. The tape spent 43% of the day above VWAP.
| Open → Close | 4,470.80 → 4,462.47 (-0.19%) |
| Session range | 4,457.21 – 4,487.07 |
| VWAP at the close | 4,471.89 |
| Zero-gamma flip | 4,470.8 |
| Call resistance | 4,475 |
| Put support | 4,460 |
| 0DTE ATM IV at the open | 7.7% |
| Regime at the close | negative gamma |
| Close vs flip | -8.3 |
| Net-gamma percentile | 40 |
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Events this day
13:0010-year note auction, $35B (reopening) · in session
spot +2.8 in the 15 minutes after 13:00; flip 4442.1 → 4442.7; net gamma long
US releases, Fed events, Treasury auctions and mega-cap earnings from the market calendar; each links to its source, and every kind has its own archive page (FOMC days, CPI days, and so on). Times are ET. The line under an in-session event is the day's own book fifteen minutes on: spot, the zero-gamma flip, the net gamma of the ladder; measurements, not forecasts.
Minutes that moved the tape
| Minute | What | Tag | 5 min, pt | 15 min, pt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
13:23 | book moved 5.9σ · flow velocity (no headline) | flow | +3.7 | +2.4 |
14:50 | book moved 5.1σ · DEX (no headline) | flow | -4.0 | -6.8 |
15:46 | book moved 3.6σ · DEX, ATM IV (no headline) | flow | +1.3 |
A minute is marked by the tape itself: a one-minute move of the index at least four times the trailing half-hour's usual change, or three with the dealer book moving in the same minute. Where two public news desks carried an item inside three minutes of it, the row says so with our own label and never the headline's text; where nothing did, it says so too. Calendar events the tape reacted to are in the list above. Moves are the index in points from the minute before to 5 and 15 minutes on; measurements, not forecasts.
What changed since 2023-09-11
| Level | 2023-09-12 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Zero-gamma flip | 4,470.8 | down 10.2 |
| Call resistance | 4,475 | down 15 |
| Put support | 4,460 | down 20 |
Changes compare each session's closing level with the preceding trading session; they are measurements, not forecasts.
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