September 28 Recap: Leaned Bearish, MU $1.6B, SPX GEX Negative
Daily Market Recap on the completed September 28 session printed $14.8B of single-name premium, 64% in calls, with tone leaned bearish at 23% bullish vs 25% bearish. MU led again at $1.6B (Bearish). SPX GEX was Negative at −$14.54B, one session after +$80.06B.
This is a Daily Market Recap readout of the completed September 28, 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 leaned bearish at 23% bullish vs 25% bearish, with $14.8B of single-name premium and 64% of it in calls. The heaviest name was MU ($1.6B, Bearish) for the second session running. Index GEX was Negative on SPX at −$14.54B, and SPY and QQQ were Negative too. 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 2026-09-28. KPI strip is the session tape. Captured September 29, 2026.
On this run:
- Session: Sep 28, 2026 (latest completed)
- Total premium: $14.8B (single-name)
- Call premium: 64% · put premium: 36%
- Bullish: 23% · bearish: 25%
- Tone: leaned bearish
- Largest sentiment bucket: NEUTRAL $7.7B (bearish $3.7B, bullish $3.5B)
- Heaviest name: MU $1.6B (glance and leaders table agree)
- Bottom-line mover: KOD +46.7%
The prior session, September 25, printed $15.6B, 70% calls, and a balanced 22% vs 23%. This session is a little smaller, less call-heavy, and the bearish edge widened from one point to two.
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 about half the tape. Bearish leads bullish by $0.2B. Captured in the test app on September 29, 2026.
Same run, Bottom line and glance table. Captured in the test app on September 29, 2026.
Glance, one reading per axis:
| Axis | Symbol | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Most option premium | MU | $1.6B |
| Largest Net DEX | TSM | +0M shares-equiv. |
| Largest Net DEI magnitude | MDB | 257% |
| Highest IV rank | BA | 48 / 100 |
| Index gamma regime | SPX | Negative |
The Net DEX row printed TSM +0M at the glance's display precision. It says little on this run; quote it as printed and do not read a direction into it.
Leaders: MU $1.6B Bearish
Test app, Step 2, session 2026-09-28. Color is net bias on that name, not a forecast. Captured September 29, 2026.
Top of the book:
| Symbol | Premium | Call | Put | Net bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MU | $1.6B | $1.1B | $549M | Bearish |
| META | $1.1B | $704M | $386M | Bearish |
| NVDA | $1.1B | $812M | $276M | Bullish |
| AMD | $958M | $605M | $354M | Bearish |
| TSLA | $937M | $597M | $340M | Bearish |
| SNDK | $843M | $504M | $339M | Mixed |
Four of the top five are tagged Bearish, and every one of those four is majority calls. NVDA is the only top-five name tagged Bullish. Call share is not net bias.
First recorded window: 09:30, $2.7B. Timing alone does not prove intent.
Largest Net DEI: MDB 257%, associated Net DEX Negative. MDB also sits in the leaders at $416M Bearish, and shows up as an up bar in the movers chart. DEI is unsigned magnitude versus typical volume; DEX is a separate signed classification. Neither proves trader identity or dealer inventory, and a name can be tagged Bearish on a day its price proxy rose.
Highest IV rank among active names: BA 48, 30-day IV 34.3%. INTC also prints 48 on the chart. IV rank is where that name's 30-day implied vol sits in its own past year.
Index GEX: SPX Negative −$14.54B
Test app, Step 6, session 2026-09-28. GEX is prior-close structure (T+1) under the product dealer-sign convention. Captured September 29, 2026.
| Index | Net GEX ($B) | Regime |
|---|---|---|
| SPX | −14.54 | Negative |
| SPY | −3.33 | Negative |
| QQQ | −2 | Negative |
| IWM | −0.94 | Negative |
| NDX | +0.26 | Positive |
| DIA | −0.01 | Negative |
Five of six indexes are Negative. NDX is the only Positive row, at +$0.26B. On September 25 it was the other way around: SPX +$80.06B, SPY +$6.69B, QQQ +$2.04B, and only IWM Negative. Those are two snapshots one session apart, not a measured path between them. Negative GEX here is modeled structure, not observed dealer inventory. See Negative GEX is session risk, not a trade.
Headline name: MU at $1,054
Test app, Step 8, session 2026-09-28. Headline name is the heaviest premium, not the biggest percent mover. Captured September 29, 2026.
MU on this run:
- Last: $1,054
- Option premium: $1.6B
- Call share: 67%
- Bullish share: 22%
- Average IV on traded contracts: 79%
On September 25 the same cards read $1,082, $1.7B, Mixed, 75% average IV. MU led premium both sessions; the net bias moved from Mixed to Bearish.
Biggest prints (as the recap listed them):
| Time | Type | Strike | Expiry | Premium | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | CALL | 720 | 2026-10-16 | $9M | NEUTRAL |
| 09:30 | CALL | 740 | 2026-10-16 | $9M | NEUTRAL |
| 10:33 | CALL | 800 | 2026-12-18 | $6M | NEUTRAL |
| 10:33 | CALL | 800 | 2026-12-18 | $6M | NEUTRAL |
| 09:30 | CALL | 760 | 2026-10-16 | $5M | BEARISH |
Same run, Step 8 prints table. All twelve listed prints are calls with strikes from 700 to 800. The two largest are Neutral. Captured September 29, 2026.
Every listed MU print is a call, and every listed strike (700–800) is below the $1,054 last. The largest are $9M each, far smaller than September 25's $38M top print. Six of the twelve rows are the Dec-18 700 call at $4M each between 10:25 and 10:26, four tagged Neutral and two Bearish. 67% call share on MU is not the same as a 22% bullish tape on MU.
Movers: KOD +46.7% and +46.8%
The recap prints two mover readings. This time they name the same stock, one tenth of a point apart.
- Bottom line: "the day's biggest mover was KOD, up 46.7%."
- Step 7 key result: leading mover KOD, +46.8%, direction Up.
Test app, Step 7, session 2026-09-28. intraday_pct is an in-tape first-to-last underlying-price proxy. Captured September 29, 2026.
KOD is the largest up bar by a wide margin; OCUL is the largest down bar. The two KOD readings are separate fields with different rounding. Quote both. Movers are not intent.
What this session is evidence of
| Question | Recap on Sep 28 | Clock |
|---|---|---|
| How large was the single-name tape? | $14.8B, 64% calls | Session premium |
| Did the tape lean? | Leaned bearish 23% vs 25%; Neutral $7.7B | Session sentiment |
| Where did the dollars go? | MU $1.6B Bearish; META $1.1B Bearish; NVDA $1.1B Bullish | Session leaders |
| When did premium arrive? | First window 09:30 $2.7B | 30-minute buckets |
| What was index GEX? | SPX −$14.54B Negative; SPY −$3.33B; NDX +$0.26B the only Positive | T+1 snapshot |
| What did MU print? | Last $1,054, 67% calls, 22% bullish; largest prints 720C / 740C Oct-16 $9M Neutral | Headline name + tape |
| Biggest mover? | Bottom line KOD +46.7%; Step 7 key KOD +46.8% | Two recap fields |
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 28, 2026 (or open market-recap~2026-09-28).
- Record the KPI strip: total premium, call/put share, bullish/bearish share, and the Bottom line sentence.
- Step 2: confirm MU $1.6B Bearish at the top of premium, and NVDA as the only top-five Bullish tag.
- Step 6: confirm SPX −14.54 Negative, SPY −3.33, and NDX +0.26 Positive.
- Step 7 and Step 8: write down KOD +46.7% and +46.8% as separate fields, then the MU 09:30 720C and 740C Oct-16 prints.
- Stop before "therefore sell MU" or "therefore the next session stays negative GEX."
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Related reading
- September 25 Recap: Balanced Tape, MU $1.7B, SPX GEX Positive
- September 18 Recap: Leaned Bullish, META $3.7B, SPX GEX Negative
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