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September 17 Recap: Balanced Tape, AMD $1.7B, SPX GEX Negative

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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:

  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 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.

Diagram of the September 17 session: $23.3B single-name tape, balanced 23/23, AMD $1.7B bullish, SPX GEX Negative

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

Daily Market Recap header for September 17, 2026, with $23.3B total premium, 50% calls, 50% puts, and 23% bullish vs 23% bearish

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.

Session tone for September 17: Neutral $12.6B, bullish $5.5B, bearish $5.3B

Same run, Step 1. Neutral is the largest bucket. Captured in the test app on September 18, 2026.

Glance, one reading per axis:

AxisSymbolReading
Most option premiumAMD$1.7B
Largest Net DEXFRO+4M shares-equiv.
Largest Net DEI magnitudeFRO1100%
Highest IV rankGS73 / 100
Index gamma regimeSPXNegative

Leaders: AMD, SPCX, and MU at $1.7B

Top names by option premium on September 17, with AMD, SPCX, and MU tied at $1.7B Bullish

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:

SymbolPremiumCallPutNet bias
AMD$1.7B$1.4B$350MBullish
SPCX$1.7B$440M$1.3BBullish
MU$1.7B$1.0B$634MBullish
TSLA$1.3B$782M$549MMixed
SNDK$917M$589M$328MBearish
INTC$682M$501M$181MMixed

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

Index GEX backdrop for September 17: SPX −23.11 Negative, NDX +16.26 Positive

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.

IndexNet GEX ($B)Regime
SPX−23.11Negative
NDX+16.26Positive
IWM−4.41Negative
SPY+3.1Positive
QQQ+2.35Positive
DIA−0.08Negative

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

AMD headline cards: last $545, $1.7B premium, 80% calls, 16% bullish, 64% average IV

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):

TimeTypeStrikeExpiryPremiumSentiment
10:18CALL1502028-01-21$13MNEUTRAL
13:37PUT7002027-01-15$9MBULLISH
12:32CALL5502026-11-20$8MBULLISH
12:32CALL7502027-06-17$8MBEARISH
12:25CALL5502026-11-20$8MNEUTRAL

AMD biggest prints on September 17, led by a $13M Neutral 150-call

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%.

Biggest movers on September 17, led by SDGR up

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

QuestionRecap on Sep 17Clock
How large was the single-name tape?$23.3B, 50% calls / 50% putsSession premium
Did the tape lean?Balanced 23% vs 23%; Neutral $12.6BSession sentiment
Where did the dollars go?AMD / SPCX / MU $1.7B each, all BullishSession leaders
When did premium arrive?First window 09:30 $2.9B30-minute buckets
What was index GEX?SPX −$23.11B Negative; NDX +$16.26B PositiveT+1 snapshot
What did AMD print?Last $545, 80% calls, largest print 150C Jan-28 $13M NeutralHeadline 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

  1. Open Daily Market Recap and lock session Sep 17, 2026 (or open market-recap~2026-09-17).
  2. Record the KPI strip: total premium, call/put share, bullish/bearish share, and the Bottom line sentence.
  3. Step 2: confirm AMD, SPCX, and MU at $1.7B, and that SPCX is put-heavy while tagged Bullish.
  4. Step 6: confirm SPX −23.11 Negative and NDX +16.26 Positive.
  5. Step 7 and Step 8: write down SDGR +25.5%, then the AMD 10:18 150C Neutral print.
  6. Stop before "therefore buy AMD" or "therefore the next session stays negative GEX."

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