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September 14 Recap: Balanced Tape, MU $2B, SPX GEX Negative

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Daily Market Recap on the completed September 14 session printed $17.5B of single-name premium, 67% in calls, with tone balanced at 21% bullish vs 21% bearish. MU absorbed $2.0B mixed. SPX GEX was Negative at −$87.61B.

This is a Daily Market Recap readout of the completed September 14, 2026 session. It is not a trade.

Two clocks sit in the same report:

  1. Session tape — single-name (STOCK) premium, sentiment, timing, and movers from AggregatedOptionTrades.
  2. TradingFlow GEX / IV — prior-close chain and meta snapshots (T+1). They do not recompute live 0DTE books.

The session was balanced at 21% bullish vs 21% bearish, with $17.5B of single-name premium and 67% of it in calls. The heaviest name was MU ($2.0B, Mixed). Index GEX was Negative on SPX at −$87.61B. That is the finding.

Diagram of the September 14 session: $17.5B single-name tape, balanced 21/21, MU $2B mixed, SPX GEX Negative

Tape versus T+1 structure. Sentiment and premium are the session. GEX is prior-close. Neither row is a forecast.

Readers with access can open Daily Market Recap or the dated run market-recap~2026-09-14. Sign-in and an eligible trial or subscription may be required.

What the recap printed

Daily Market Recap header for September 14, 2026, with $17.5B total premium, 67% calls, 33% puts, and 21% bullish vs 21% bearish

Test app, official Daily Market Recap, session 2026-09-14. KPI strip is the session tape. Captured September 15, 2026.

On this run:

  • Session: Sep 14, 2026 (latest completed)
  • Total premium: $17.5B (single-name)
  • Call premium: 67% · put premium: 33%
  • Bullish: 21% · bearish: 21%
  • Tone: balanced
  • Largest sentiment bucket: NEUTRAL $10.1B (bullish $3.7B, bearish $3.7B)
  • Heaviest name: MU $2.0B
  • Bottom-line mover: CYPH +15.5%

Neutral premium (spreads, hedges, two-sided prints) is not directional. Tone is the bullish-versus-bearish gap, not the neutral bucket.

Session tone for September 14: Neutral $10.1B, bullish $3.7B, bearish $3.7B

Same run, Step 1. Neutral is the largest bucket. Captured in the test app on September 15, 2026.

Glance, one reading per axis:

AxisSymbolReading
Most option premiumMU$2B
Largest Net DEXKO+2M shares-equiv.
Largest Net DEI magnitudeTSLA195%
Highest IV rankGS68 / 100
Index gamma regimeSPXNegative

Leaders: MU $2.0B Mixed

Top names by option premium on September 14, led by MU $2.0B Mixed

Test app, Step 2, session 2026-09-14. Color is net bias on that name, not a forecast. Captured September 15, 2026.

Top of the book:

SymbolPremiumCallPutNet bias
MU$2.0B$1.3B$714MMixed
NVDA$937M$624M$313MBearish
SNDK$828M$462M$366MMixed
TSLA$825M$497M$328MBearish
MRK$755M$754M$2MBearish
META$755M$572M$184MBullish

MRK is almost all calls ($754M of $755M) and still tagged Bearish. Call share is not the same field as net bias.

First recorded window: 09:30, $2.9B. Timing alone does not prove intent.

Largest Net DEI: TSLA 195%, associated Net DEX Negative. DEI is unsigned magnitude versus typical volume; DEX is a separate signed classification. Neither proves trader identity or dealer inventory.

Highest IV rank among active names: GS 68, 30-day IV 34.6%. IV rank is where that name's 30-day implied vol sits in its own past year.

Index GEX: SPX Negative −$87.61B

Index GEX backdrop for September 14: SPX −87.61 Negative, NDX +1.74 Positive

Test app, Step 6, session 2026-09-14. GEX is prior-close structure (T+1) under the product dealer-sign convention. Captured September 15, 2026.

IndexNet GEX ($B)Regime
SPX−87.61Negative
SPY−10.15Negative
QQQ−5.42Negative
IWM−1.98Negative
NDX+1.74Positive
DIA−0.06Negative

NDX is the exception on this snapshot. Negative GEX here is modeled structure, not observed dealer inventory. See Negative GEX is session risk, not a trade.

Headline name: MU at $924

MU headline cards: last $924, $2.0B premium, 65% calls, 18% bullish, 74% average IV

Test app, Step 8, session 2026-09-14. Headline name is the heaviest premium, not the biggest percent mover. Captured September 15, 2026.

MU on this run:

  • Last: $924
  • Option premium: $2.0B
  • Call share: 65%
  • Bullish share: 18%
  • Average IV on traded contracts: 74%

Biggest prints (as the recap listed them):

TimeTypeStrikeExpiryPremiumSentiment
10:45CALL1,0502026-11-20$37MNEUTRAL
10:45CALL1,1002026-11-20$29MNEUTRAL
11:09CALL1,1802028-12-15$6MNEUTRAL
12:04CALL1,0502027-01-15$5MBEARISH
09:37CALL1,0402028-12-15$5MBEARISH

The two largest MU prints are Neutral. Heavy call premium on MU is not the same as a bullish tape on MU.

Movers: CYPH +15.5% and PBF −11.3%

The recap prints two mover readings. They are not the same field.

  • Bottom line: "the day's biggest mover was CYPH, up 15.5%."
  • Step 7 key result: leading mover PBF, −11.3%, direction Down.

Biggest movers on September 14: PBF down, CYPH up

Test app, Step 7, session 2026-09-14. intraday_pct is an in-tape first-to-last underlying-price proxy. Captured September 15, 2026.

The chart ranks both sides of the move spectrum. CYPH is the largest up bar; PBF is the largest down bar. The recipe does not merge them into one "biggest mover." Quote both. Movers are not intent.

What this session is evidence of

QuestionRecap on Sep 14Clock
How large was the single-name tape?$17.5B, 67% callsSession premium
Did the tape lean?Balanced 21% vs 21%; Neutral $10.1BSession sentiment
Where did the dollars go?MU $2.0B Mixed; NVDA $937M BearishSession leaders
When did premium arrive?First window 09:30 $2.9B30-minute buckets
What was index GEX?SPX −$87.61B Negative; NDX +$1.74B PositiveT+1 snapshot
What did MU print?Last $924, 65% calls, largest print 1050C Nov-20 $37M NeutralHeadline name + tape
Biggest mover?Bottom line CYPH +15.5%; Step 7 key PBF −11.3%Two recap fields

One session is not a trend. Proxies (intraday_pct, simplified GEX) are descriptive estimates, not price forecasts.

Reproduce the findings

  1. Open Daily Market Recap and lock session Sep 14, 2026 (or open market-recap~2026-09-14).
  2. Record the KPI strip: total premium, call/put share, bullish/bearish share, and the Bottom line sentence.
  3. Step 2: confirm MU $2.0B Mixed at the top of premium.
  4. Step 6: confirm SPX −87.61 Negative and NDX Positive.
  5. Step 7 and Step 8: write down PBF −11.3% and CYPH +15.5% as separate fields, then the MU 10:45 1050C Neutral print.
  6. Stop before "therefore fade MU" or "therefore the next session stays negative GEX."

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