September 17 Recap: Balanced Tape, AMD $1.7B, SPX GEX Negative
Daily Market Recap on the completed September 17 session printed $23.3B of single-name premium, 50% calls / 50% puts, with tone balanced at 23% bullish vs 23% bearish. AMD, SPCX, and MU each absorbed $1.7B. SPX GEX was Negative at −$23.11B.
This is a Daily Market Recap readout of the completed September 17, 2026 session. It is not a trade.
Two clocks sit in the same report:
- Session tape — single-name (STOCK) premium, sentiment, timing, and movers from AggregatedOptionTrades.
- TradingFlow GEX / IV — prior-close chain and meta snapshots (T+1). They do not recompute live 0DTE books.
The session was balanced at 23% bullish vs 23% bearish, with $23.3B of single-name premium split 50% / 50% calls and puts. Three names tied at the top of premium: AMD, SPCX, and MU at $1.7B, each tagged Bullish. Index GEX was Negative on SPX at −$23.11B. That is the finding.
Tape versus T+1 structure. Sentiment and premium are the session. GEX is prior-close. Neither row is a forecast.
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What the recap printed
Test app, official Daily Market Recap, session 2026-09-17. KPI strip is the session tape. Captured September 18, 2026.
On this run:
- Session: Sep 17, 2026 (latest completed)
- Total premium: $23.3B (single-name)
- Call premium: 50% · put premium: 50%
- Bullish: 23% · bearish: 23%
- Tone: balanced
- Largest sentiment bucket: NEUTRAL $12.6B (bullish $5.5B, bearish $5.3B)
- Heaviest name: AMD $1.7B
- Biggest mover: SDGR +25.5%
September 14 was $17.5B with 67% calls. This session is larger and even.
Neutral premium (spreads, hedges, two-sided prints) is not directional. Tone is the bullish-versus-bearish gap, not the neutral bucket.
Same run, Step 1. Neutral is the largest bucket. Captured in the test app on September 18, 2026.
Glance, one reading per axis:
| Axis | Symbol | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Most option premium | AMD | $1.7B |
| Largest Net DEX | FRO | +4M shares-equiv. |
| Largest Net DEI magnitude | FRO | 1100% |
| Highest IV rank | GS | 73 / 100 |
| Index gamma regime | SPX | Negative |
Leaders: AMD, SPCX, and MU at $1.7B
Test app, Step 2, session 2026-09-17. Color is net bias on that name, not a forecast. Captured September 18, 2026.
Top of the book:
| Symbol | Premium | Call | Put | Net bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | $1.7B | $1.4B | $350M | Bullish |
| SPCX | $1.7B | $440M | $1.3B | Bullish |
| MU | $1.7B | $1.0B | $634M | Bullish |
| TSLA | $1.3B | $782M | $549M | Mixed |
| SNDK | $917M | $589M | $328M | Bearish |
| INTC | $682M | $501M | $181M | Mixed |
SPCX is almost all puts ($1.3B of $1.7B) and still tagged Bullish. 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: FRO 1100%, associated Net DEX Positive (+4M shares-equivalent). 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 73, 30-day IV 36.6%. IV rank is where that name's 30-day implied vol sits in its own past year.
Index GEX: SPX Negative −$23.11B
Test app, Step 6, session 2026-09-17. GEX is prior-close structure (T+1) under the product dealer-sign convention. Captured September 18, 2026.
| Index | Net GEX ($B) | Regime |
|---|---|---|
| SPX | −23.11 | Negative |
| NDX | +16.26 | Positive |
| IWM | −4.41 | Negative |
| SPY | +3.1 | Positive |
| QQQ | +2.35 | Positive |
| DIA | −0.08 | Negative |
SPX is still the largest absolute print, and still Negative. NDX, SPY, and QQQ are Positive on this snapshot. September 14 had SPX at −$87.61B with SPY and QQQ also Negative. Negative GEX here is modeled structure, not observed dealer inventory. See Negative GEX is session risk, not a trade.
Headline name: AMD at $545
Test app, Step 8, session 2026-09-17. Headline name is the heaviest premium, not the biggest percent mover. Captured September 18, 2026.
AMD on this run:
- Last: $545
- Option premium: $1.7B
- Call share: 80%
- Bullish share: 16%
- Average IV on traded contracts: 64%
Biggest prints (as the recap listed them):
| Time | Type | Strike | Expiry | Premium | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:18 | CALL | 150 | 2028-01-21 | $13M | NEUTRAL |
| 13:37 | PUT | 700 | 2027-01-15 | $9M | BULLISH |
| 12:32 | CALL | 550 | 2026-11-20 | $8M | BULLISH |
| 12:32 | CALL | 750 | 2027-06-17 | $8M | BEARISH |
| 12:25 | CALL | 550 | 2026-11-20 | $8M | NEUTRAL |
Same run, Step 8 prints table. The largest AMD print is Neutral. Captured September 18, 2026.
The largest AMD print is Neutral. 80% call share on AMD is not the same as a 16% bullish tape on AMD.
Movers: SDGR +25.5%
The recap's bottom line and Step 7 key result print the same mover this session: SDGR, up 25.5%.
Test app, Step 7, session 2026-09-17. intraday_pct is an in-tape first-to-last underlying-price proxy. Captured September 18, 2026.
CYPH is the second-largest up bar. Movers are not intent.
What this session is evidence of
| Question | Recap on Sep 17 | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| How large was the single-name tape? | $23.3B, 50% calls / 50% puts | Session premium |
| Did the tape lean? | Balanced 23% vs 23%; Neutral $12.6B | Session sentiment |
| Where did the dollars go? | AMD / SPCX / MU $1.7B each, all Bullish | Session leaders |
| When did premium arrive? | First window 09:30 $2.9B | 30-minute buckets |
| What was index GEX? | SPX −$23.11B Negative; NDX +$16.26B Positive | T+1 snapshot |
| What did AMD print? | Last $545, 80% calls, largest print 150C Jan-28 $13M Neutral | Headline name + tape |
| Biggest mover? | SDGR +25.5% (bottom line and Step 7) | Session movers |
One session is not a trend. Proxies (intraday_pct, simplified GEX) are descriptive estimates, not price forecasts.
Reproduce the findings
- Open Daily Market Recap and lock session Sep 17, 2026 (or open market-recap~2026-09-17).
- Record the KPI strip: total premium, call/put share, bullish/bearish share, and the Bottom line sentence.
- Step 2: confirm AMD, SPCX, and MU at $1.7B, and that SPCX is put-heavy while tagged Bullish.
- Step 6: confirm SPX −23.11 Negative and NDX +16.26 Positive.
- Step 7 and Step 8: write down SDGR +25.5%, then the AMD 10:18 150C Neutral print.
- Stop before "therefore buy AMD" or "therefore the next session stays negative GEX."
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Related reading
- September 14 Recap: Balanced Tape, MU $2B, SPX GEX Negative
- September 9 findings: close sat on 762 / 7635
- Daily Market Recap: read a full options session in Cookbooks
- Negative GEX is session risk, not a trade
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