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The top five of our 30 U.S. traders on X, ranked mainly by whether their posts name something you can check against the tape.

  1. 01Joe Kunkle@OptionsHawk · Unusual options119.3K followers(opens X profile)
  2. 02jc@realjc · OI change3.3K followers(opens X profile)
  3. 03mars@mars_labs · Unusual options1.4K followers(opens X profile)
  4. 04Flowseidon / Kian@kiantrades · Unusual options93.8K followers(opens X profile)
  5. 05The Tail That Wags The Dog@TailThatWagsDog · SPX order flow15.6K followers(opens X profile)
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  1. 01119.3K followers

    Joe Kunkle

    @OptionsHawk(opens X profile)

    Independent unusual-options analyst who interprets large prints with charts and fundamentals.

    Top 30 on XActive
    • Unusual options
    • Analysis

    Posts daily

  2. 023.3K followers

    jc

    @realjc(opens X profile)

    Independent SPX poster who publishes daily open-interest-change boards with bid/ask side and MM gamma/vanna walls.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • OI change
    • GEX
    • SPX

    Posts daily2 tracked posts · top 891 views ↓

  3. 031.4K followers

    mars

    @mars_labs(opens X profile)

    Data-heavy options poster who names contract, expiry, volume vs OI, premium, and a bought-vs-sold read on each print.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Unusual options
    • OI change
    • Trade side

    Posts daily1 tracked post · top 130 views ↓

  4. 0493.8K followers

    Flowseidon / Kian

    @kiantrades(opens X profile)

    Widely followed flow poster who names ticker, strike, expiry, and premium on bullish, bearish, put-selling, and ETF prints.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Unusual options
    • Named prints

    Posts daily1 tracked post · top 9K views ↓

  5. 0515.6K followers

    The Tail That Wags The Dog

    @TailThatWagsDog(opens X profile)

    Independent modeler who publishes his own evening SPX options order-book reports on institutional hedging and large packages.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • SPX order flow
    • Positioning

    Posts daily3 tracked posts · top 4.7K views ↓

  6. 0661.8K followers

    Andrew Hiesinger

    @AndrewHiesinger(opens X profile)

    Ex-Nasdaq options specialist; QuantData founder who posts named SPY GEX (MVC, flip, put/call cross) and IV compression.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • GEX
    • IV
    • SPY

    Posts daily3 tracked posts · top 11.2K views ↓

  7. 0730K followers

    Imran Lakha

    @options_insight(opens X profile)

    Professional options trader and educator who prefers net contract positioning over per-strike GEX dollar totals.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Volatility
    • GEX method
    • 0DTE

    Posts daily1 tracked post · top 4K views ↓

  8. 085.6K followers

    OptionsFlowBoss

    @OptionsFlowBoss(opens X profile)

    Retired financial analyst who posts unusual-flow lists and open-interest change screenshots.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Unusual options
    • OI change

    Posts several a day3 tracked posts · top 903 views ↓

  9. 093.1K followers

    Bzila

    @BzilaTrades(opens X profile)

    0DTE SPX trader who names the call/put walls, gamma flip, and DEX, and runs CB Edge.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • GEX
    • Gamma walls
    • DEX

    Posts daily3 tracked posts · top 3K views ↓

  10. 102.2K followers

    Gamma Lab Girl

    @GammaGirlLab(opens X profile)

    Ex-floor trader and former derivatives-desk head posting daily SPX/QQQ 0DTE OPEX maps: negative gamma, wall breaks, vomma cascades.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • 0DTE
    • GEX
    • Gamma walls
    • OPEX

    Posts daily3 tracked posts · top 1.8K views ↓

  11. 1112.1K followers

    Scholar

    @Limitlesss1(opens X profile)

    Retail trader and GEX educator who teaches IV Rank and gamma flips using Unusual Whales screenshots.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • GEX
    • IV rank

    Posts several a week2 tracked posts · top 2.6K views ↓

  12. 12181.6K followers

    WALL ST JESUS

    @WallStJesus(opens X profile)

    Prolific independent poster of quick flow, positioning, and sentiment cards on single names.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Unusual options
    • Positioning
    • Sentiment

    Posts several a day3 tracked posts · top 6.4K views ↓

  13. 13102 followers

    GammaFlowSPY

    @GammaFlowSPY(opens X profile)

    SPY dealer-positioning poster who names call/put wall, gamma flip, net GEX, and IV rank, then interprets OPEX pin vs rebuild.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • GEX
    • Gamma walls
    • IV rank

    Posts daily2 tracked posts · top 113 views ↓

  14. 145.2K followers

    FZN Joe

    @TraderPoko(opens X profile)

    Options and futures trader who breaks down dealer positioning and argues naive GEX is not the same as signed market-maker inventory.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • GEX
    • Dealer positioning

    Posts several a week1 tracked post · top 25.2K views ↓

  15. 151.1K followers

    JFD

    @JFDunfee10(opens X profile)

    Trader who posts net OI growth and names the largest new opening positions by ticker, expiry, and strike.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • OI change
    • Unusual options

    Posts daily2 tracked posts · top 494 views ↓

  16. 1623 followers

    Wall Street Intern

    @WSIntern_(opens X profile)

    Poster of named unusual prints (contract, premium, vol/OI, ask side) with a short fundamental read.

    Top 30 on XActive
    • Unusual options
    • Named prints

    Posts several a week

  17. 1743.7K followers

    TheBronxViking

    @TheBronxViking(opens X profile)

    Flow trader who posts Unusual Whales Market Tide screenshots with his own read on call-premium droughts and SPY tick-for-tick flow.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Market Tide
    • Flow
    • Volume/price

    Posts daily3 tracked posts · top 26K views ↓

  18. 18502 followers

    justin42310

    @justin42310(opens X profile)

    Options-flow trader who uses Unusual Whales and his own CBOE data sorter to spot large prints and cheap contracts with outsized open interest.

    Top 30 on XActive
    • Unusual options
    • OI change

    Posts several a week

  19. 191.1K followers

    StockIncubator

    @stockincubator(opens X profile)

    Engineer who posts sourced prints and OI walls (largest call/put OI by strike) with a numbers-first desk tone.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • OI walls
    • Prints

    Posts daily2 tracked posts · top 133 views ↓

  20. 2045.4K followers

    VolSignals

    @VolSignals(opens X profile)

    Career SPX market maker who posts dealer-hedging levels and runs the VS3D signed-flow platform.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Dealer hedging
    • SPX

    Posts daily3 tracked posts · top 23K views ↓

  21. 214.6K followers

    Doug Pless

    @dougpless(opens X profile)

    Futures and options trader who recaps ES/SPX sessions by combining SpotGamma dealer levels with Bookmap order flow.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Dealer hedging
    • Order flow

    Posts several a week2 tracked posts · top 2.2K views ↓

  22. 227.7K followers

    Ben

    @PatternProfits(opens X profile)

    Futures trader who computes GEX from CBOE data and posts ES/NQ call-wall and OI-ladder maps.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • GEX
    • OI ladder
    • ES/NQ

    Posts several a week3 tracked posts · top 1.8K views ↓

  23. 231K followers

    Vincent T

    @TajVincent(opens X profile)

    Independent poster of intraday SPY GEX, charm, and gravity-strike maps.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • GEX
    • Intraday levels

    Posts several a week3 tracked posts · top 579 views ↓

  24. 24839 followers

    RiskyInvesting

    @RiskyInvesting(opens X profile)

    ES and SPY options trader who uses Unusual Whales GEX, Market Tide, and Periscope, and posts gamma-support vs VIX-regime reads.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • GEX
    • VIX
    • SPY/ES

    Posts daily3 tracked posts · top 356 views ↓

  25. 251.9K followers

    Hyungsok Ahn

    @HyungsokAhn(opens X profile)

    Ex-derivatives quant who separates cash-equity MMs from options MMs and flags single-strike DEX large enough to shock E-mini volume.

    Top 30 on XActive
    • DEX
    • MM vs OMM

    Posts several a week

  26. 263.9K followers

    TRADE YOUR PLAN

    @TRADE_YOUR_PLAN(opens X profile)

    Futures, stocks, and options trader who is skeptical of treating gamma walls as automatic day-trades.

    Top 30 on XActive
    • Order flow
    • Options

    Posts weekly

  27. 2792.3K followers

    SqueezeMetrics

    @SqueezeMetrics(opens X profile)

    Independent researcher who popularized public GEX and still writes on dark pools, options, and volatility.

    Top 30 on XActive
    • GEX
    • Dark pool
    • Volatility

    Posts several a week

  28. 2821.1K followers

    Data Driven Stocks

    @stockdatamarket(opens X profile)

    Independent trader who mixes live index levels, option-flow comments, and macro/politics.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Options flow
    • Macro
    • Intraday

    Posts daily1 tracked post · top 4.5K views ↓

  29. 294.6K followers

    Azraël

    @azrael_options(opens X profile)

    SPX trader who trades dealer-hedge levels instead of chart lines and shares one trade a day.

    Top 30 on XActiveEnglish
    • Dealer hedging
    • SPX

    Posts several a day3 tracked posts · top 24.8K views ↓

  30. 30266 followers

    Yunior

    @stocks1ai2crsp(opens X profile)

    Independent gamma, vanna, and charm trader who computes dealer positioning with his own software.

    Top 30 on XActive
    • GEX
    • Vanna
    • Charm

    Posts several a day

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01$GOOGL definitely will be checking OI on these tomorrow morning as daily premiums now exceeding $38Million 🤯 @unusual_whales (opens on X)

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@TheBronxViking · Oct 27 · 72 likes

  • GOOGL
  • Call
26,032
02Just because there is a large level of positioning somewhere.. doesn't mean we go there. Gamma is not directional (opens on X)

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@TraderPoko · Oct 27 · 131 likes

25,205
03Most 0DTE scalpers spend 2 years staring at 1-minute candles before realizing this. At a live VIX of 21.40, options are pricing $SPX for 101.7 points of movement today. History says 56 of those points tend to print before 11:30 AM. They see "VIX up a quarter point, market a little nervous." A tiny group of vol desks sees a price that converts, with one division, into a points range for the session. The VIX is the annualized implied volatility of 30-day SPX options, meaning the yearly move those options are priced for. Divide it by 15.87, the square root of 252 trading days, and you get the daily move: 21.40 / 15.87 = 1.35% a day. The average retail trader reads 21.40 as a fear gauge. A desk reads it as 101.7 points the market has already paid for. Same number. Same screen. Completely opposite use. The difference isn't the chart. It isn't the indicator. It's one division that turns a price into points. Here's the map, from the 4:00 PM close to the open → THE OVERNIGHT LEDGER: → 4:00 PM: SPX closes at 7,541.40 with VIX at 21.15. Every level below is anchored to that print. → Overnight: futures and SPY drift -20.4 SPX points, -0.27%. 20.4 / 101.7 = 0.20x of today's expected move, the one-session range options price in. That's not a gap. That's a fifth of the budget spent before the bell. → 08:16 ET: live VIX 21.40, a 100th percentile expected move for the last 60 sessions. Regime is FAST: VIX above 18.5 and dealer gamma negative. → 10:16 AM: Congressional Elections on the calendar, landing inside the morning window. WHERE THE SHELVES MEET THE DEALER BOOK: → The dealer book is estimated from SPY open interest, the count of contracts still open. Net GEX, or gamma exposure, is -1.53B. Gamma is how fast an option's delta (its share-equivalent exposure) changes per point. When it is negative, dealers sell weakness and buy strength to stay hedged. That's not momentum. That's forced hedging stretching moves through levels. → 7,687, the flip line: the level where dealer gamma turns positive. Spot SPX equivalent is 7,531.5, which sits 155.1 points below it. The whole priced range lives in negative gamma. → 7,592 upper half-EM shelf: the modeled call wall is at 8,022 (SPY 800), 429.5 points higher. That's not resistance. That's open air. → 7,491 lower shelf: the modeled put wall is at 7,420 (SPY 740), 70.5 points below and just under the 7,440 range floor. That's not a random support line. That's where the band and the big put strike nearly meet. → The at-the-money straddle, a call plus a put at spot, costs 46.5 SPX points, about 4,653 dollars. That is 0.46x the expected move. With price flat, it decays to 38.7 by 11:30 AM and 28.9 by 1:30 PM. Lunch alone burns 9.9 points, 25.5% of what was left. Now the part retail never computes. 7,541.40 x 0.2140 = 1,613.86 1,613.86 / 15.87 = 101.7 points 101.7 x 0.5 = 50.8 points 101.7 x 2.236 = 227.4 points 101.7 x 0.555 = 56.4 points before 11:30 AM → Daily range: 7,439.7 to 7,643.1 → Half-EM shelves: 7,490.6 and 7,592.2 → Weekly corridor: 7,314.0 to 7,768.8 → Morning window: 56 of 102 points due by 11:30 AM Base rate: 88% of the last 60 sessions closed inside the band priced before the bell. The median move was 36.7 points, 0.44x the priced move. Yesterday priced ±92.8 and moved -38.7, inside the band. A shelf break WITH the move landing before 11:30 AM, while VIX holds above 21.15, is a FAST, negative gamma day spending its budget. A shelf break without it is the trap that chases the 7,440 extension after lunch, just as the 88% base rate pulls price back. The scalper on 1-minute candles sees a red open. The map says 20.4 of 101.7 points are already gone, the put wall sits at 7,420, and the first real test is the 7,491 shelf. The candle shows you where price was. The VIX shows you how far it is paid to go. Map these exact levels before every session, from the closing print to the live VIX. At the open, which shelf sits closer to your first entry: 7,491 or 7,592? You have the formula now. Tomorrow morning you need the numbers. Every weekday at 8:00 AM ET I send the day's SPX expected move, the halfway lines and whether the chain is pricing a wide or quiet session. Signing up also sends The 15.87 Rule (16 pages) free. Click the link below or in my bio to get it free. (opens on X)

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@azrael_options · Nov 3 · 213 likes

  • SPX
  • VIX
  • 0DTE
24,776
04okay @ces921 this is a scenario where if we lose 7685, the 7630-35 end of week target is suddenly live again for tomorrow actually looks very viable (gaps like that in positioning to the downside are usually more easily travelled than ranges full of short options on the dealer side.) (opens on X)

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@VolSignals · Oct 29 · 99 likes

23,016
05The same SPX level can imply a very different hedge at 10 AM and 3 PM. To understand why, start with the position. The levels in this replay were shared last night in VS Pro. The framework behind them starts with understanding the market maker position and how its hedge requirements change through the session. Whether market makers are long or short an option changes the direction of their hedge response. Understanding that response starts with understanding what they hold. Once you understand the position, you can ask what happens to its delta as the session develops. Delta is the position's exposure to a move in the index. Market makers adjust their hedge as that exposure changes. For example, consider a market maker who is long a call and short futures against it. As the index rises and the call gains delta, maintaining the hedge requires selling more futures. If the index falls and the call loses delta, maintaining the hedge requires buying futures back. Reverse the option position and you reverse that hedge response. That is why a gamma number only becomes useful once you understand the position behind it. And gamma alone cannot explain how the hedge changes while price stays in the same area and the clock advances. Price moves. Time passes. Implied volatility changes. Gamma, charm and vanna describe how each changes delta. Together, they help us work out the direction and rough size of the required hedge adjustment. Even if SPX returns to the same level later in the day, less time remains and volatility may have changed. The position can have a different delta, so maintaining the hedge can require a different adjustment. That's how I prepare for the session: understand the positions, then work through how the required hedging would evolve as price, time and volatility change. That gives me a way to understand the hedge path through the day. New trades can change the positions too. Tests and balance levels are reference points for that process. Other expiries and other buying and selling still matter. A replay cannot establish who caused each move, and a level doesn't guarantee a reversal or a closing price. Positions first. Then changing exposure. Then the hedge adjustment. That's the sequence I teach in Dealer Hedging Dynamics. If you want to understand the reasoning behind these levels, the course starts with one option and its hedge, then builds toward reading a position through the session. Not financial advice. Educational analysis - not investment advice, and not a statement about any specific market participant's intent. (opens on X)

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@VolSignals · Oct 29 · 73 likes

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06Well clearly whoever decided to buy $38Million worth of $GOOGL calls today will be pleasantly surprised by this conveniently timed news🤨 @unusual_whales (opens on X)

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@TheBronxViking · Oct 27 · 110 likes

  • GOOGL
  • Call
12,732
07Nice little range has formed on $SPX between the Gamma Flip level at 7638 and the Put Wall at 7615. I would keep an eye on this range and how price reacts at these levels. (opens on X)

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@AndrewHiesinger · Nov 2 · 23 likes

  • SPX
  • 0DTE
11,197
08Fed day. The 0DTE straddle this morning is pricing the third-cheapest Fed decision of the year- 42.60 pts at 8:10 AM, 0.55% of spot. only January and April priced less, and those were the two quiet ones. four of the six Fed days so far closed OUTSIDE the morning straddle. all four to the downside. (thread) (opens on X)

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@VolSignals · Oct 28 · 55 likes

  • 0DTE
10,895
09The Monday expected move on $SPX is one division. Most traders will never run it. Monday's priced day ranks in the 98th percentile of the last 60 sessions. An SPX-size at-the-money straddle costs about 11,879 dollars at the 9:30 AM bell. They see "a 7,377 close and a VIX at 25.64." A tiny group of vol desks sees a ledger: how far price is priced to travel, where it pauses, and where dealers are forced to chase it. Dealers are the market makers who sold the options, and they hedge with stock and futures. Their book is estimated from SPY open interest, the count of contracts still open. It shows net GEX of -1.65B. GEX, gamma exposure, measures how much dealer hedging changes as price moves, and negative means dealers must sell weakness and buy strength. The average retail trader reads 7,377 as support. A desk reads it as a spot where nobody is paid to defend. Same close. Same VIX. Opposite plan. The difference isn't the chart pattern. It isn't the news. It's who must trade when price moves. Here's the map, level by level → WHERE DEALERS ARE FORCED TO ACT: → 7,654, the flip line, the price where dealer gamma turns from negative to positive. Spot SPX equivalent 7,387 sits 266.7 points below it, so the entire priced day lives under the flip. That's not a calm market. That's a book that amplifies. → 7,436.5, the upper half-EM shelf, halfway to the top of the priced day. It is also the top of a confluence zone where 3 independent levels line up between 7,424.1 and 7,436.5. That's not resistance. That's where the first half of the day's budget is spent. → 7,317.3, the lower shelf. The modeled put wall, the strike with the biggest put open interest, sits at 7,274, only 43.6 points under it. That's not a floor. That's the last stop before short-gamma selling accelerates. → 7,825, the modeled call wall, the biggest call strike, sits 389.0 points above the upper shelf. That's not a target. That's out of reach for one session. → Regime FAST: VIX 25.64 is above 18.5 and gamma is negative. Moves stretch through levels instead of bouncing off them. THE THETA CLOCK: → 9:30 AM: the straddle (one call plus one put at the current price) is worth 118.8 SPX points, 1.00x the expected move. Theta is the value an option loses as time passes. → 11:30 AM: with price flat, 118.8 x 0.832 = 98.8 points remain. → 1:30 PM: 73.7 remain. Lunch with price flat burns 25.2 points, 25.5% of what was left. That's not a quiet lunch. That's the most expensive two hours to hold premium. → 3:00 PM: 46.6 remain. Long premium needs movement before this, not after. Now the part retail never computes. 7,376.86 x 0.2564 = 1,891.43 1,891.43 / 15.87 = 119.2 points for one session (15.87 is the square root of 252 trading days) 119.2 x 0.5 = 59.6 points to each half-EM shelf 119.2 x 2.236 = 266.5 points for the week 119.2 x 0.555 = 66.1 points that tend to print before 11:30 AM → Priced day: 7,257.7 to 7,496.0. → Shelves: 7,317.3 and 7,436.5. → Weekly corridor: 7,110.4 to 7,643.4, still below the 7,654 flip. → History: 85% of the last 60 sessions closed inside the priced band. The median move was 37.1 points, 0.47x the priced move. Three checks before 9:30 AM: → Is spot above or below 7,436.5 and 7,317.3 at the open? → Has VIX held above 18.5 overnight, keeping the regime FAST? → Is your risk sized for a 2.1R target? Risking 250 dollars for 525 means 32.3% of trades must work just to break even. Win 9 of 20 and you net +1,975 at a 45% hit rate. That is an illustration, not a track record. A shelf break WITH price holding beyond it into 11:30 AM is dealers forced to chase in a negative gamma book. A shelf break without it is the trap that hands 25.2 points of lunch decay to whoever sold you the straddle. The trader who skips the division walks in Monday seeing 7,377. The one who runs it sees 59.6 points to each shelf, a put wall 43.6 points past the lower one, and a flip nobody reaches. The chart shows you where price closed. The ledger shows you who is forced to move it next. Map these exact levels before every session. Before 9:30 AM Monday, which side of 7,317.3 is your stop on? The Vault posts this band, the halfway lines and the dealer walls before 9:30 AM. Every stop there is an SPX level in points, written before any idea. Every price line above gets drawn inside The Vault before 9:30 AM for SPX, SPY and /ES, 0DTE through weekly options (0DTE, 1DTE ... 4DTE). $397 once or $97 a month. The page in the reply under this post shows a real member week, the red day included. (opens on X)

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@azrael_options · Nov 7 · 51 likes

  • SPX
  • SPY
  • VIX
  • 0DTE
10,878
10Similar thing for GEX on $QQQ. Under $718 could see a move down to the MVC at $715 (contract with greatest absolute gamma exposure). Resistance is currently at $721. (opens on X)

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@AndrewHiesinger · Oct 20 · 26 likes

  • QQQ
10,606
11$EWY 180/200 12/18exp call debit spread 55k size $14M premium #flowseidon (opens on X)

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@kiantrades · Oct 27 · 13 likes

  • Other
  • Spread
9,010
12Vol Crush Monday? $SPX IV Rank topped out at nearly the exact same level as the Oct 22nd high around 32%. (opens on X)

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@AndrewHiesinger · Nov 2 · 30 likes

  • SPX
  • IV
8,558
13You guys believe me now about all the record call selling going on? 🤷‍♂️👇 @unusual_whales (opens on X)

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@TheBronxViking · Oct 29 · 17 likes

  • Flow
6,525
14$TEM SOME BULL FLOW AHEAD OF EARNINGS (opens on X)

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@WallStJesus · Oct 29 · 2 likes

  • TEM
  • Flow
6,426
15$STNG BUILDING SOME MOMENTUM OF LATE, SEEING SOME SWEEPER INTEREST THIS MORNING.. (opens on X)

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@WallStJesus · Oct 29 · 2 likes

  • STNG
  • Flow
6,378
16$VSAT RECENT BULL FLOW AHEAD OF NOV EARNINGS (opens on X)

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@WallStJesus · Oct 29 · 4 likes

  • VSAT
  • Flow
5,864
17• Negative gamma regime persists. • Price rotating between a gamma switch and max pain. • Put gamma concentrated just below today's close. • Closing odds: 25% below 7650, 35% above 7700. • Hedging: a 1% drop forces about $21.5B of market-maker selling; a 1% rally forces about $3.8B of buying. (opens on X)

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@TailThatWagsDog · Oct 26 · 50 likes

4,715
18IBM earnings today If IBM has perfect earnings - it goes to $225 (-8.2% from now) If IBM has more than perfect earnings - it goes to $260 (6% - at the IV cut-off). If IBM has less than perfect earnings - $205 (-16%). Implied move - 6%, so to make money with $IBM, one has to predict a move bigger than $260 (opens on X)

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@stockdatamarket · Oct 21 · 14 likes

  • Other
  • IV
4,480
19Nobody tells beginners this about the overnight ledger. $SPX closed at 7,377, and a live VIX of 25.64 prices a 119.2-point Monday, bigger than 98% of the last 60 sessions. About 66 of those points tend to print before 11:30 AM. They see "a calm close parked near the highs." A tiny group of vol desks sees a short-gamma dealer book that has to chase whatever the open does. Dealers are the market makers on the other side of your options. Gamma is how fast an option's delta (its share-equivalent exposure) changes as price moves. Net GEX, the total dollar gamma dealers hold, is estimated at -1.65B from SPY open interest (contracts still open). Negative means dealers must sell as SPX falls and buy as it rises to stay hedged. The average retail trader reads a red open as a dip to buy. A desk reads it as the first leg of forced selling. Same close. Same weekend. Completely opposite Monday. The difference isn't the pattern. It isn't the indicator. It's who is forced to hedge, and in which direction. Here's the ledger, level by level → WHERE DEALERS ARE FORCED TO ACT: → 7,436.5, the upper half-EM shelf (half the expected move above the close). Above it, dealers buy strength to stay hedged. That's not a breakout. That's forced buying. → 7,317.3, the lower shelf, 59.6 points under the close. Below it, the same book sells weakness. That's not panic. That's a hedge being run. → 7,274, the put wall (largest put strike, SPY 725 converted at a 10.0326 ratio), only 43.6 points under the lower shelf. That's not a floor that must hold. That's the last big strike before the 7,258 edge of the priced range. → 7,654, the flip line, where dealer gamma would turn positive. Spot sits 267.5 points below it, so dealers stay short gamma across the entire 7,258 to 7,496 range. Regime: FAST, because VIX is above 18.5 and gamma is negative. → 7,825, the call wall (SPY 780), 389 points above the upper shelf. That's not a target. That's out of reach for one session. THE MONDAY THETA CLOCK: → 9:30 AM: the at-the-money straddle (buying the call and put at the current price) costs 93.8 SPX points, about 9,375 dollars, 0.79x the expected move. → 11:30 AM: with price flat, it's modeled at 78.0. Theta, the value lost to time, has taken 15.8 points. → 1:30 PM: 58.1. Lunch alone burns 19.9 points, 25.5% of what was left. That's not a slow tape. That's a bill. → 3:00 PM: 36.8. Holding premium into the close means betting the move hasn't happened yet. THREE CHECKS BEFORE 9:30 AM: → Where does SPX open against 7,374 to 7,379? Three independent levels line up there, centered at 7,376. An open inside it means no side has the hedge flow yet. → Is the regime still FAST? Confirm VIX is above 18.5 before trusting any shelf break. → What's on the calendar? This ledger lists no event, so confirm nothing prints at 8:30 or 10:00 AM before you size. Now the part retail never computes. 7,376.86 x 0.2564 = 1,891.43 1,891.43 / 15.87 = 119.2 points (15.87 is the square root of 252 trading days) 119.2 x 0.5 = 59.6 points 119.2 x 2.236 = 266.5 points for the week 119.2 x 0.555 = 66.1 points before 11:30 AM → Daily range: 7,257.7 to 7,496.0 → Shelves: 7,317.3 and 7,436.5 → Weekly corridor: 7,110.4 to 7,643.4. The flip at 7,654 sits outside even that, so dealers stay short gamma all week unless the book changes. → Base rate: 85% of the last 60 sessions closed inside the priced band, with a median move of 37.1 points, 0.47x what was priced. Friday used only 0.18x. A shelf break WITH VIX holding above 18.5 and price leaving the 7,376 zone is dealers being forced to chase. A shelf break without it is the trap that has you buying a straddle at 9:30 and paying 19.9 points of lunch decay. The beginner sees a quiet 7,377 close. The desk sees 119.2 points of priced movement sitting on a book that must amplify it. The close shows you where price stopped. The ledger shows you who has to move it next. Map these exact levels before every session, not after the first candle. Before 9:30 AM Monday, which shelf, 7,317 or 7,436, is your stop sitting on the wrong side of? The Vault posts this band, the halfway lines and the dealer walls before 9:30 AM. Every stop there is an SPX level in points, written before any idea. This is the math The Vault writes every morning for SPX, SPY and /ES before 9:30 AM: every price line, with the price that proves it wrong right next to it. A seat is $397 once or $97 a month. The link is in the reply under this post. (opens on X)

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@azrael_options · Nov 6 · 26 likes

  • SPX
  • SPY
  • VIX
  • Spread
4,084
20My least favourite condor fix Rolling up the untested side of an iron condor is probably one of my least favourite ways to adjust it. Say the market's rallied towards your call spread. One fix is to buy back the put spread and sell a new one higher up, closer to spot, to collect a bit more premium. The problem for me is the move usually builds through the life of the trade. So by the time you roll up, the extra premium you get just doesn't feel attractive enough. And you've moved your short puts closer, so if the market sells off back through them you could be in trouble. That doesn't mean it's a bad idea. It can work. My instinct is just to not generally want to do it that way. And to be honest, I'm preaching discipline here, but there've been times I've let one of these snowball because I was stubborn, or I wasn't watching it closely enough and the market gapped. You will make mistakes. You just have to make sure you learn from them. (opens on X)

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@options_insight · Oct 21 · 10 likes

  • Other
  • Spread
4,001
21I don't know. To me ... this is just so pretty. Preloaded with short gamma ... the market falls precisely to the 7650 put strike ... and guess what happens? STC (previously overwritten) Calls. [hedges] BTO Calls. STC (previously held) Puts. [hedges] STO Puts. And that concludes the business for the morning. Up next ... the afternoon, ahead of a weekend. Have a nice weekend, folks. Outta-here. (opens on X)

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@TailThatWagsDog · Oct 23 · 37 likes

3,893
22Todays top flow (opens on X)

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@BzilaTrades · Oct 20 · 5 likes

  • Flow
2,983
23$SPY could reclaim 740 albeit negative GEX at that level. However, if daily net GEX reduces tomorrow, SPY could move even lower (opens on X)

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@Limitlesss1 · Nov 6 · 8 likes

  • SPY
  • Flow
2,586
24Wed Oct 21 | 10:00 AM Central Update: Long QQQ position Our posted entry long QQQ at 718.41 is now at 723.17 (+0.66%). We bought 1.6 points under 720. If QQQ falls back below 720, it’s back where hedging adds to declines, and the 710–711 floor is about 1.1% under our entry. Sooooo .... this ain't no walk in the park. I'm following QQQ options flows near-term and across multiple intermediate range expiries. I created a scaled down version of a more detailed report for you guys.👇 This is sentiment ... as of yesterday's close ... looking forward to today +3DTE and Nov - Dec '26 / Jan '27 regulars: https://precious-khapse-181e42.netlify.app/ In short, the position is in profit inside the zone where hedging is neutral. Above, it is capped by positive gamma from about 725 to 735. Below, the cushion is roughly 2.5 points to the 720 pivot, under which hedging starts adding to declines. (opens on X)

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@TailThatWagsDog · Oct 21 · 19 likes

2,578
25Big spike in Net Call Premium on $NFLX on 10/16. That's CERTAINLY unusual. Honestly, that flow is too significant to ignore when considering puts. The heat map is also showing high open interest above price, which could act as a magnet. Daily GEX and GEX by strike aren't confirming the bullish thesis, so there's conflicting data. But those net calls from 10/16 deserve attention. If you're playing Netflix, I'm leaning calls. 📈 (opens on X)

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@Limitlesss1 · Oct 20 · 3 likes

  • NFLX
  • Flow
2,372
26$AAPL reverses higher at the @menthorqpro HVL and rallies as traders buy calls and sell puts, and market makers buy AAPL stock to hedge delta exposure. Aggressive buyers fuel the move higher. Setups and order flow shown on @bookmap_pro chart. Market maker hedging flow shown by @spotgamma HIRO. (opens on X)

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@dougpless · Oct 27 · 10 likes

  • AAPL
  • Flow
2,194
27$SPX 0dte update Flow is selling hard: −$1.38B in premium, calls sold for $849M and puts bought for $531M. IV is easing (VIX 20.8), and falling IV is the bid here, so the selling is getting absorbed. The line is 7602. Over it, Tuesday’s options turn positive gamma, which slows moves toward the 7627 board switch. 7700 is the stack above: calls on Wednesday, Friday and the November monthly. Under it, everything is negative gamma. 7575 is the hot strike into the close, and 7550 is the first floor. A slide to 7520 forces about $51B of selling, 7500 about $75B. Range 40 (7556-7589) / Down 30 / Up 30. (opens on X)

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@GammaGirlLab · Nov 3 · 24 likes

  • SPX
  • 0DTE
1,800
28At least the CSP scanner finally dropped $EWZ. $OBE the lone name today. (opens on X)

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@PatternProfits · Oct 26 · 6 likes

  • EWZ
  • OBE
  • Put
1,753
29GC overnight: hours pinned under 4050, then a push through and a hold on the retest. Now 4072 with 4080 overhead. Levels drawn in Amped. https://voltickamped.com #GEX (opens on X)

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@BzilaTrades · Oct 27 · 1 like

1,751
30$NQ also into the Put Wall noted earlier at 29283. If it's going to firm up, this is a potential spot. 👀 (opens on X)

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@PatternProfits · Oct 22 · 7 likes

  • NQ
  • Put
1,705
31$ES new AM high. Not the case for $NQ to this point. SMT potential here. Also, $ES has upper IM (7708) and a call wall (7711.25) to be mindful of between here and PDH. (opens on X)

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@PatternProfits · Oct 26 · 2 likes

  • ES
  • NQ
  • Call
1,399
32$QQQ Wed Nov 4 map (pre-market) QQQ is trading ~692 pre-market, up from Tuesday’s 685.28 close. That puts the open right on Wednesday’s gamma switch at 692. The whole-board switch is far above at 718, so the full book is negative gamma and moves get amplified. 🔻 Downside is the reactive side 690: pivot 684-685: floor Lose it: 680.78, then the 680 shelf, the biggest put level this week Then 675 and 670 🔺 Upside is cushioned 693-700 firms up through the day 700-701: cap. Not a fade under the switch. A clear opens 702.73, then 705 and 710 Options price about ±10 pts for today. ADP is at 8:15 and ISM Services at 10:00. Odds into the close: 40% range 686.72-697.50 30% above 697.50 30% below 686.72 (opens on X)

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@GammaGirlLab · Nov 4 · 13 likes

  • QQQ
  • Flow
1,253
33$SPX 0DTE, 10:06 ET update Still negative gamma below ~7508, so moves feed themselves. Cap 7500, with the gamma switch right on top of it at ~7508. Clear 7500-7510 and the next steps are 7550, then 7600. Above the switch, moves start to calm. Floor 7400. Lose it and the first stop is 7350, then 7300. A test of 7400 is not a buy. Options price about ±82 points into the close. Odds: 40% holds 7384-7469 · 30% closes below · 30% closes above. VIX is down 12%, and the put skew is easing but still steep. (opens on X)

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@GammaGirlLab · Nov 6 · 10 likes

  • SPX
  • 0DTE
1,234
34$RDDT We flagged this one to our Premium members before earnings. Heavy short gamma around $120 and we said it looked like it was heading lower after ER. It’s now trading roughly 17% lower after hours. The point isn’t just finding winners. It’s knowing which setups to stay away from. That’s half the education. Join our exclusive community 👇 https://whop.com/options-flow-boss (opens on X)

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@OptionsFlowBoss · Oct 29 · 1 like

  • RDDT
903
35Market Maker Gamma Profile 🧩 after slicing thru negative gamma this morning, the profile settles into a positive gamma regime. 7750-55 is a ceiling with vanna stacked up, waiting for a move in volatility. break above 7755 & look at 7770-80 as the next stop. down below, lose 7720 & we'll be thinking about 7700-7690 & 7675 with a thick floor at 7650. all expiry 1st pic, 0dte 2nd pic $spy $spx (opens on X)

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@realjc · Oct 27 · 10 likes

  • SPX
  • SPY
  • 0DTE
891
36$PODD UNUSUAL BULLISH POSITIONING DETECTED (opens on X)

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@OptionsFlowBoss · Oct 29 · 0 likes

  • PODD
  • Flow
864
3729/OCT/2026 Here is a snapshot of some of the unusual bullish options volume activity halfway through today's session: $JFIN 30x $WEC 8x $BHYP 21x $GOGO 12x $GEN 2x $RH 2x $MRK 2x (opens on X)

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@OptionsFlowBoss · Oct 29 · 1 like

  • JFIN
  • WEC
  • BHYP
  • GOGO
  • GEN
  • RH
  • MRK
  • Flow
854
38📊 PRE-MARKET OUTLOOK & KEY LEVELS — Wednesday, October 21, 2026 (8:35 AM Eastern/NYSE) ⚖️ BIFURCATED TAPE: $SPY / $SPX PINNED, $QQQ IS THE SHORT. $SPY and $SPXW both read NEUTRAL (score −2), with the price action leaning bearish but bullish options flow and dark pool buying holding it up. $QQQ is the standout: High conviction bearish, all timeframes aligned. Pre-market is green ($SPY +0.26% to ~$771.05, $QQQ +0.63% to ~$722), pushing right into resistance. Breadth is weak at 19.3, with 12 High-conviction bears vs 6 bulls. Tech is getting hit while defensives and energy hold the bid. Regime scores are off Tuesday's close, so let the first 10–15 minutes confirm. 🗓️ MACRO: Light US calendar with no major 8:30 AM ET release. EIA crude inventories at 10:30 AM ET and a 20-year bond auction at 1:00 PM ET. ⚖️ $SPXW / $SPX — Score −2 | NEUTRAL | Tight pin 0DTE max pain $7,717 sits almost exactly on Tuesday's $7,716 close. Positioning is the strongest vote today, and max pain gravity is real. 🧲 Magnet: Max pain $7,717 | Prev close $7,716 🎯 ACTION: Treat $7,717 as the pin. No clean directional edge on SPX, so size down and only trade a decisive move away from the pin. 🚨 CAUTION: Wednesday 0DTE pin risk is high. Chop around the close level is the base case until flow picks a side. ⚖️ $SPY — Score −2 | NEUTRAL | Bearish internals 5m −20 / 15m −59 / 1H −31 lean bearish, but options flow +80 and a maxed-out dark pool score dragged it back to neutral. Smart money was buying into the weakness. Session average flipped to +29 vs last week's −18, but intraday structure didn't confirm it. 🔴 Resistance: Pre-market / session high $771.97 🟢 Support / Magnets: Value area high $770.10 | Max pain $770.00 | Prev close $769.05 | POC $768.71 | Value area low $766.56 | Tuesday's open $765.87 🎯 ACTION: $770 is the gravity level. Holding $770.10 keeps the bid; a rejection at $771.97 favors a drift back to $770 and the $768.71 POC. 🚨 CAUTION: Lose $766.56 and the structure weakens toward $765.87. This is a chop zone, so don't force size. 🐻 $QQQ — Score −61.5 | BEARISH | High conviction | All timeframes aligned 5m −80 / 15m −74 / 1H −52, no divergence. Options flow −80, dark pool −100. Session average flipped from +17 to −9.5, a hard regime change. The only dissent is a 12.6-point call-side IV skew and mixed EMAs. 🔴 Resistance: Pre-market high $723.99 | Value area high $721.68 🟢 Support / Magnets: POC $718.47 | Prev close $717.63 | Max pain $717.00 | Value area low $716.40 | Tuesday's open $715.27 🎯 ACTION: The pre-market rip into $723.99 is the fade zone. Rejection there targets $718.47, then $717. 🚨 CAUTION: A sustained hold above $725 invalidates the short. Don't fight it if tech squeezes through. 🧭 GAME PLAN 📌 The clean edge is short tech/$QQQ and long defensives/energy. 🧲 $SPY / $SPX is a chop zone. $770 and $7,717 are the magnets, so size down on index trades. 🐻 Weakest pocket: semis ($AMD −65.9, $AVGO −55.9). 🛡️ Rotation bid: healthcare ($AZN) and energy ($CVX). 🔥 HIGH-CONVICTION TRADE IDEAS (Tuesday's regimes carried into today's open; verify in the first 10–15 minutes) 1) $QQQ — Short / put debit spread | Score −61.5 | Best setup of the day All timeframes aligned, options flow and dark pool both bearish, dark pool clustered around $718.47. The pre-market pop into resistance is the entry the regime says to fade. ✅ Setup: Rejection at $723–$724 at the open, or a failed break above $724. Put debit spread or short call spread, short-dated. Targets $718.47 POC, then $717 max pain. 📌 Pivot: $723.99 pre-market high ❌ Invalidation: Sustained hold above $725. 2) $AMD — Short | Score −65.9 | Highest bear score on the board 5m −89 / 15m −78 / 1H −60, no divergence, options flow −80, dark pool bearish at $542. $AVGO (−55.9, dark pool −100 at $340.08, invalid above $341) is the same trade if you want a second semi. ✅ Setup: Short a failed bounce at the dark-pool level near the open. Let $QQQ direction carry it. 📌 Pivot: $542 dark-pool level ❌ Invalidation: Clean reclaim of $542 with volume. 3) $AZN — Long | Score +69.2 | Best bull on the board 5m +69 / 15m +56 / 1H +82, options flow +80, dark pool bullish at $168.73. Every signal agrees, with healthcare rotation supporting the bid. ✅ Setup: Long while it holds above the dark-pool anchor at the open; ride the defensive rotation. 📌 Pivot: $168.73 dark-pool level ❌ Invalidation: Breakdown below $168. 4) $CVX — Long | Score +60.2 | Energy rotation play 5m +71 / 15m +89 / 1H +79, a textbook stack, with dark pool bullish at $224.85. Energy is catching a bid while tech sells. ✅ Setup: Open above the dark-pool level and buy the pull back to it. Watch $QQQ for the broader tape. 📌 Pivot: $224.85 dark-pool level ❌ Invalidation: Breakdown below $224. EZRA → https://ezpztrading.com/ezpz-ai/ezra/message/a832298d-3208-4a71-bb41-ed4c752c5c4b/ Field Map → https://ezpztrading.com/market-data/options/traders-fieldmap/ (opens on X)

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@TajVincent · Oct 21 · 17 likes

  • SPY
  • SPX
  • QQQ
  • Flow
579
39SPX Volatility Snapshot, IV Term Structure 🌊 easy to see the US Election implied volatility priced into the term. post-election, a sharp IV drop followed by a slow leaker into end of month. that's options pricing-in less volatility in the further future compared to the next couple days. a backwardated term indicating there is currently a wider range of possibility than is being considered a few weeks from now. $spy $spx (opens on X)

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@realjc · Nov 2 · 3 likes

  • SPX
  • IV
506
40📊 PRE-MARKET OUTLOOK & KEY LEVELS — Friday, October 23, 2026 (8:30 AM Eastern/NYSE) ⚠️ CAUTIOUS, SPLIT TAPE. No clean index edge this morning. $SPY (+8) and $SPXW (−10) are NEUTRAL, while $QQQ is the clear laggard at BEARISH (−39). The high-conviction leaderboard is split 9 bearish vs 7 bullish (average −8). Thursday flipped the regime hard: closing daily averages were $SPXW −43, $SPY −36, $QQQ −54 after a strongly bullish Wednesday (+38 / +58 / +48), and it has NOT recovered overnight. All three carry timeframe divergence (5m leaning up, 1H decidedly negative), so an early bounce attempt may fade. Play the single names, not the indices. 🗓️ MACRO: No 8:30 data today. S&P Global flash PMIs at 9:45 AM ET (manufacturing 55.5 expected vs 55.9 prior, services 58 vs 58.8). Final Michigan sentiment at 10:00 AM ET (46.3 expected vs 48.1 prior; 1-yr inflation expectations 4.7% expected). 🧲 $SPXW / $SPX — Score −10 | NEUTRAL | 0DTE pin Thursday's $7,665 close sits right on max pain ($7,666) and the 1-day gamma flip ($7,665). About as clean a Friday expiry pin as you'll see. 🔴 Resistance: Daily VWAP $7,668 | 4-day gamma flip $7,670 | 5-day gamma flip $7,690 🟢 Support: 5-day put wall $7,650 | 4-day put wall $7,620 🎯 ACTION: Mean-revert inside $7,650–$7,690. Above the $7,668 VWAP gamma works for bulls; below $7,650 put hedging accelerates. 🚨 CAUTION: A break of either edge turns this directional. Lose $7,650 and there's air to $7,620. ⚖️ $SPY — Score +8 | NEUTRAL | Timeframe divergence Pre-market ~$761.36 (−0.34%), sitting right on Thursday's VAL after closing there. Below the 5 EMA ($768) and 20 EMA ($770). 🔴 Resistance: Session open (Thu) $766.37 | 50 EMA ~$765 | Pre-market high $764.95 | Max pain $764.00 | VAH $763.76 | POC $763.66 🟢 Support: VAL $761.46 | Pre-market low $761.14 🎯 ACTION: $761.14–$761.46 is the line in the sand. Hold it and a bounce toward $764–$766 is on the table. 🚨 CAUTION: Lose it on the open and SPY can fill down toward $756–$758. 🐻 $QQQ — Score −39 | BEARISH | Conflicted Pre-market ~$703.42 after a 3% after-hours drop. EMAs ($717 / $726 / $729) stacked well above price. IV Rank 81.3, so the tape is scared and premium is expensive. 🔴 Resistance: Max pain $705.00 | 5-day gamma flip $706.00 | Daily VWAP $707.27 | Pre-market / session high $708.14 🟢 Support: 1-day & 4-day gamma flip $704.00 | Pre-market low $702.84 | $700 | $696 🎯 ACTION: Below the $704 gamma flip is a bearish setup. A reclaim of $704–$705 is the first sign of stabilization. 🚨 CAUTION: Under $704 opens $700, then $696 (ATR $11.79, full down day ~$691). Signals are conflicted (bullish IV skew vs bearish regime and dark pool), so size down on shorts. 🧭 GAME PLAN ⏳ Respect the timeframe divergence. Treat any early index pop with skepticism until the 1H turns. 🧲 $SPXW is pinned at $7,666 into 0DTE. Range trade it, don't swing it. 📌 $SPY $761 and $QQQ $704 decide the open. 🔥 The real edge is in single names: long $V and $MA, short $MSFT and $AMAT. 🔥 HIGH-CONVICTION TRADE IDEAS (High conviction, no timeframe divergence, dark pool confirming the regime; verify in the first 15 minutes) 1) $V — Long | Score +71 | Cleanest long on the board 5m +80 / 15m +64 / 1H +83, all aligned. Options flow bullish, dark pool printing bullish at $410.62. ✅ Setup: Buy pullbacks into the $410–$411 dark pool zone. 📌 Pivot: $410.62 dark pool level ❌ Invalidation: A sustained break below $410. 2) $MA — Long | Score +68 | Moves with V 5m +69 / 15m +75 / 1H +68, perfectly aligned. Dark pool confirming bullish at $630.74. ✅ Setup: Buy the dip toward the $630.74 dark pool level. 📌 Pivot: $630.74 ❌ Invalidation: Acceptance below $630. 3) $MSFT — Short | Score −70 | Strongest mega-cap bear signal 5m −51 / 15m −69 / 1H −93. Options flow and dark pool both bearish. Tech is getting hit and MSFT is the cleanest expression of it. ✅ Setup: Short rallies into $524–$525. 📌 Pivot: $524.35 dark pool level ❌ Invalidation: A reclaim and hold above $525. 4) $AMAT — Short | Score −71 | Highest-scoring short 5m −65 / 15m −78 / 1H −85. Flow and dark pool bearish at $381. Semis are weak across the board ($INTC −63, $MU −56). ✅ Setup: Short failed bounces into the $381 dark pool level. 📌 Pivot: $381 ❌ Invalidation: A reclaim and hold above $381. 5) $TSLA — Short | Score −52 | Defined risk only 5m −58 / 15m −72 / 1H −79, all aligned. Dark pool bearish at $377.47. IV is elevated into Mag 7 earnings, so use spreads over naked puts. ✅ Setup: Short rallies into the $377.47 dark pool level. 📌 Pivot: $377.47 ❌ Invalidation: A reclaim and hold above $377.47. EZRA → https://ezpztrading.com/ezpz-ai/ezra/message/4177d1c7-b822-44eb-862d-4e2bde38f990/ Field Map → https://ezpztrading.com/market-data/options/traders-fieldmap/ Not financial advice (opens on X)

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@TajVincent · Oct 23 · 7 likes

  • SPX
  • SPY
  • QQQ
  • MSFT
  • TSLA
  • Other
  • 0DTE
496
41$ECHO 6k jan 105 calls could $SPCX buy the rest of them (opens on X)

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@JFDunfee10 · Oct 28 · 2 likes

  • ECHO
  • SPCX
  • Call
494
42$TSLA reverses higher and rallies as traders buy calls, and market makers buy TSLA stock to hedge delta exposure. Aggressive buyers fuel the move higher. Setups and order flow shown on @bookmap_pro chart. Market maker hedging flow shown by @spotgamma HIRO. (opens on X)

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@dougpless · Oct 20 · 3 likes

  • TSLA
  • Flow
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43📊 PRE-MARKET OUTLOOK & KEY LEVELS — Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (8:30 AM Eastern/NYSE) 🔴 BEARISH BIAS INTO THE OPEN. All three read bearish off yesterday's close, and every high-conviction name on the board is a short. $SPXW is the cleanest signal. $SPY and $QQQ carry noise, with call-side IV skew and a bullish dark pool lean on $QQQ pushing back. Note: flow and breadth data are overnight reads and sharpen after the 9:30 AM ET open. 🗓️ MACRO: US midterm Election Day (NYSE open, regular hours). No 8:30 AM ET release. JOLTS Job Openings (Sep) at 10:00 AM ET (7.10M expected, prior 7.079M) and Factory Orders at 10:00 AM ET (1.2% expected, prior 0.1%). RCM/TIPP Optimism came in at 48.5 vs 46.2 expected. 🧲 $SPXW / $SPX — Score −64 | High conviction | 57.6% Bearish 5m −86, 15m −89, 1H −83. All aligned, no divergence. Yesterday's average −55 vs +2.7 last week, so this is a fresh deterioration, not an entrenched trend. 🎯 1-Day gamma flip 7,545 and max pain 7,543, right at spot. 🔴 Resistance: Prev-day VWAP / Daily pivot 7,582 | 2-Day gamma flip 7,580 | 3-Day flip 7,600 🟢 Support: Pivot S1 7,525 | 2-Day put wall 7,520 | 3-Day put wall 7,475 (flush target) 🎯 ACTION: Below 7,545, bears stay in control. A push back above 7,580 flips the narrative. ⚖️ $SPY — Score −54 | Mixed conviction | 45% Bearish Prev close $752.10, pre-market ~$753.30. Dark pool 71% bearish ($13.9M bear vs $5.7M bull on the last 100 prints), but a 16.9pt call-side IV skew is the dissenting voice. ATR(14) $8.05. 🔴 Resistance: 1H bearish FVG top $753.11 | PM high $753.60 | VAL $754.57 | Daily pivot / VWAP $755.85 🟢 Support: 1-Day gamma flip $752 | Yesterday's low $751.64 | PM low $749.38 (below = acceleration) 🎯 ACTION: Pre-market is compressing in the $753–$753.60 cluster (max pain / 2-Day flip at $753). The break from $753 sets up the early trade. 🐻 $QQQ — Score −47 | Mixed conviction | 37.4% Bearish Full bear EMA stack (EMA5 $699, EMA20 $717, EMA50 $721). Pre-market $686.46. But dark pool is 65% bullish ($8.3M bull vs $4.4M bear), a real tension flag. ATR(14) $13.17. 🔴 Resistance: PM high $686.78 | Daily/Weekly/Monthly VWAP $686.95 | 2-Day gamma flip $687 🟢 Support: 2-Day put wall $685 | VAL $684.94 | 61.8% 52W retracement $683.69 | Pivot S1 $683.08 🚨 CAUTION: $685–$687 is the battleground on the open. Bears need to hold it down; bulls need to reclaim $687+. 🧭 GAME PLAN 👀 Wait 10–15 minutes after the 9:30 AM ET open. JOLTS hits at 10:00 AM ET and Election Day can add chop. 📌 Pivots: $SPXW 7,545 | $SPY $753 | $QQQ $687. ⚖️ Index signals are conflicted on $SPY and $QQQ. Keep index puts smaller than the single-name shorts below. 🎯 Cleanest edge is in the single names, where regime, flow and dark pool all line up. 🔥 HIGH-CONVICTION TRADE IDEAS (all bearish, no timeframe divergence, dark pool confirming) 1) $GOOGL — Short | Score −70 | Best of the bunch 5m/15m/1H all bearish (−79 / −78 / −61). Options flow −80, dark pool bearish. Regime, flow and dark pool all point the same way. ✅ Setup: Short a failed retest of $283.40, or a clean breakdown below it. 📌 Pivot: $283.40 dark pool level ❌ Invalidation: Reclaims and holds above $283.40. 2) $GS — Short | Score −70 | Financials hit 1H is the dominant force at −94, options flow −40, dark pool bearish. Strong institutional pressure. ✅ Setup: Short bounces into $910–$911 with the 1H structure driving the thesis. 📌 Pivot: $910.50 dark pool level ❌ Invalidation: Pushes through $911 and holds. 3) $PANW / $CRWD — Short | Scores −68 / −67 | Cybersecurity pair Both high conviction, options flow −80, dark pool bearish, 1H near −94. Near-identical setups, so pick whichever has tighter spreads at the open. ✅ Setup: Short a failed bounce into the dark pool level. 📌 Pivot: $PANW $362.50 | $CRWD $249.54 ❌ Invalidation: Reclaims and holds above its pivot. 4) $MU — Short | Score −60 | Semis under pressure Options flow −80, dark pool bearish. This is the semis read, so watch it alongside $QQQ. ✅ Setup: Short a bounce into $868 or a break of yesterday's low. 📌 Pivot: $868 dark pool level ❌ Invalidation: Reclaims and holds above $868. EZRA → https://ezpztrading.com/ezpz-ai/ezra/message/6b363b0e-db89-42a0-af42-c177dc175538/ Field Map → https://ezpztrading.com/market-data/options/traders-fieldmap/ Not financial advice (opens on X)

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@TajVincent · Nov 3 · 3 likes

  • SPX
  • SPY
  • QQQ
  • Flow
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44$SPY / $ES: #GEX + Volume. This is hard to read as we have multiple Gamma Islands. Largest negative gamma on Periscope is at 7660 for $SPX. (opens on X)

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@RiskyInvesting · Nov 2 · 0 likes

  • SPX
  • SPY
  • ES
  • Flow
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45ill admit it gex levels have been ran over lately. multiple upside volts taken out left and right. Not knowing which one finally has the sell off.. Dont just look at hindsight charts these platforms post. Use gex as confluence. Learn the markets. Print money (opens on X)

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@BzilaTrades · Oct 21 · 1 like

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46$SPY / $ES: #GEX + Volume. If the 10min RTH 200EMA flips from support to resistance, then I can see a potential dump towards 7650 as there is a huge stack of negative gamma below. (opens on X)

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@RiskyInvesting · Oct 27 · 1 like

  • SPY
  • ES
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47$SPY / $ES: #GEX + Volume. Negative Gamma regime with LTF RTH flipping to #bearish. Market Tide and SPY Net Flow are also #bearish. (opens on X)

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@RiskyInvesting · Oct 29 · 0 likes

  • SPY
  • ES
  • Flow
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48$MSFT and $GOOGL both report today after the close, and the options market already set the bar oct 30 at-the-money straddle as of 9:32 AM CT (cboe): msft about $26.70 on a $530 stock. roughly 5% either way googl about $18.70 on a $324 stock. roughly 5.8% either way and that same friday expiry also has to absorb the fed at 1 PM CT today positioning leans calls. msft oct 30 open interest about 151K calls vs 76K puts, biggest single strike the $555 call, about 5% above here. googl about 147K calls vs 97K puts the question isnt whether they beat. its whether either one moves more than the 5-6% thats already priced. a beat inside the straddle is a loss for whoever bought it what would prove me wrong: msft closes friday more than 5% from $530, or googl more than 5.8% from $324 #DYOR #NotFinancialAdvice Watch Earning Preview: https://youtu.be/m9J4SmBXphY (opens on X)

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@stockincubator · Oct 28 · 1 like

  • MSFT
  • GOOGL
  • IV
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49$CRWV 30P exp 11/20 Volume: 41,840 vs OI: 1,242 (33.7x) Premium: ~$941K Someone sold puts this deep OTM at 140% IV to essentially print premium on a name the market is pricing like it could go to zero. Collecting nearly a million in theta decay betting CRWV stays above 30 while the crowd panics. (opens on X)

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@mars_labs · Oct 20 · 1 like

  • Other
  • Put
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50$SPY Monday: opened +$4.46. Closed -$3.57. An $8 reversal in one session, more than the move options priced for the day. Dealer gamma: -$6.6B at the open, -$10.6B at the close. VIX +11% to 21.5. IV Rank +11 points in a day. Midterms tomorrow. The market isn't waiting. (opens on X)

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@GammaFlowSPY · Nov 2 · 1 like

  • SPY
  • VIX
  • Flow
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51$SPY desk note, Nov 2 open Dealer gamma -$6.6B, up from -$10.2B Friday. Still short. Spot $6.71 under the flip ($766.89), sitting on max pain ($760). VIX futures: November above December. The market is paying for Friday's jobs report before Monday is over. (opens on X)

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@GammaFlowSPY · Nov 2 · 1 like

  • SPY
  • VIX
  • IV
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52$IREN $PLTR $AMD $MELI $AAPL the options market already priced this week. nov 6 straddles at friday's close, cboe data as of 12:40 PM CT sunday: - $IREN about 17.8%, reports thu - $PLTR about 13.3%, mon after close - $AMD about 9.9%, tue after close - $MELI about 8.0%, wed after close - $AAPL about 4.7%, mon after close and the october jobs report lands fri at 7:30 AM CT the question isnt who beats, its who beats by enough. pltr has to move 13% just for a straddle buyer to break even what would prove me wrong: 2 or more of these 5 move more than their straddle by friday. then the options were cheap, not rich not financial advice (opens on X)

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@stockincubator · Nov 1 · 1 like

  • PLTR
  • AMD
  • AAPL
  • Other
  • IV
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53$NVO. .Moderately bullish activity in Novo Nordisk with shares up 0.24%Moderately bullish activity in Novo Nordisk (NVO), with shares up 10c, or 0.24%, near $39.15. Options volume relatively light with 26k contracts traded and calls leading puts for a put/call ratio of 0.83, compared to a typical level near 0.85. Implied volatility (IV30) is higher by 0.2 points near 39.54,and below the 52wk median, suggesting an expected daily move of $0.97. Put-call skew steepened, indicating increased demand for downside protection.Looking ahead: Novo Nordisk (NVO) will report earnings before the open on 2026-11-04.Option markets are pricing in a 50% probability of a move greater than 7.03% or $2.75. (opens on X)

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@JFDunfee10 · Oct 26 · 1 like

  • NVO
  • IV
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