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July 24 Recap: Dealers Stay Short Gamma as Micron Premium Nears $2B

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TradingFlow's July 24 daily market recap: persistent short gamma, cooler options activity, semiconductor-led premium, Tesla's non-directional DEI magnitude, and Nvidia's positive signed DEX.

Index gamma stayed negative after Thursday's AI-capex selloff. Semiconductors again led options premium. Tesla led non-directional DEI magnitude, while Nvidia led positive signed DEX.

This edition first ran as a 60-second visual recap. The full video edition is now part of Tradely's paid market-research case-study library.

Key numbers

Market data as of the July 24, 2026 close.

MeasureReadingContext
Total premium$18.0B$23.0B prior session
Call share52%61% trailing average
SPX Net GEX−$6.6B−$5.5B prior session
Top premiumMU $1.9BCalls and puts nearly even
NVDA Net DEX+126MShare-equivalent tilt
TSLA DEI magnitude266Session high

The read: a mixed rebound under persistent short gamma

Total options premium cooled to $18.0 billion from $23.0 billion. Semiconductors led classified names with $6.8 billion, and Micron topped the symbol table at $1.99 billion.

Tesla carried the largest modeled DEI magnitude at 266. That measure describes footprint size, not direction. Nvidia separately led positive signed DEX at +126 million share equivalents.

Next watch: the July 28–29 Fed meeting, Microsoft and Meta on Wednesday, then Amazon and Apple on Thursday.

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Educational and informational only, not financial advice. Options-flow reads are statistical inferences. Dealer exposure levels, including GEX, DEX, DEI, walls, and magnets, are modeled estimates, not guarantees.

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