Lab notes
From the research console
Dealer hedging without the PhD. Every note ends with a way to rehearse the idea risk-free.
2026-09-29
What Is Gamma Exposure, Actually?
Dealer hedging mechanics explained without a PhD — and why GEX predicts intraday chop vs. trend.
2026-09-29
Top 10 Gamma/GEX Tools, Ranked
The dealer-positioning toolkit — from free dashboards to institutional feeds.
2026-09-29
Trading the Gamma Flip Level
The single price where dealer flow reverses — and how to rehearse the setup before you size it.
2026-09-29
Paper Gamma-Squeeze Scenarios on Stock Picks
Rehearse breakouts and failed walls before live size.
2026-09-29
META Gamma Chatter: Call Volume vs Dealer Hedging
How to read late-September META call-volume narratives on a GEX board.
2026-09-29
7 Options Analytics Platforms for Gamma Traders
The platforms serious options traders actually pay for — ranked by data quality.
2026-09-29
5 Dealer-Flow Dashboards Worth the Subscription
The platforms that show where dealer hedging actually pushes price.
2026-09-28
Mapping SPY 750–772 Walls into This Week
Discussed dealer walls as a weekly risk map beside earnings.
2026-09-28
Post-Witching: When the Gamma Cushion Is Thinner
Expiry resets and fragility into earnings week.
2026-09-28
Nvidia Gamma Flows and the AI Complex Read-Across
MU's print is an AI-complex event — NVDA and SMH gamma structures will react to the same hedging flows.
2026-09-28
Call Walls, Put Walls, and Pin Risk
How concentrated open interest becomes a magnet — and when dealer hedges turn a wall into a launchpad.
2026-09-27
0DTE Hedging Flows Are Reshaping Intraday Gamma
Half of SPX volume is now same-day options — the intraday gamma dynamics nobody's modeled for.
2026-09-27
Volatility Regime Check: Where GEX Sits Heading Into Q4
Post-witching gamma cushions are thin and event risk is stacked — the regime read before Micron and jobs.
2026-09-27
Negative Gamma and Why Spot Accelerates
Short-gamma dealer books and feedback loops after expiry.
2026-09-26
Five Conditions That Precede a Gamma Squeeze
Concentrated calls, negative dealer GEX, short-dated gamma, thin float, and a catalyst — why one checkbox is never enough.
2026-09-26
Dealer Hedging Around Micron's Key Strikes
Where MU's open interest concentrates and how dealer hedging shapes the post-print tape.
2026-09-26
After CCL/KMX: Positioning Check, Not Squeeze Label
Tuesday consumer prints and how gamma boards should react.
2026-09-25
Post-Witching Gamma Cushion: What September OPEX Left
The September quarterly expiry cleared billions in dealer positioning. The cushion is thin — that's the setup.
2026-09-25
HBM Narrative Meets Micron: A GEX Lens
Wed AMC Micron as a gamma event for semis.
2026-09-24
0DTE Hedging Flows Without the Mystique
Same-day options and the strike magnet effect.
2026-09-23
SPY Walls Into Jobs Friday: The Gamma Map
Call/put walls for SPX into NFP — where dealer hedging shapes the post-report tape.
2026-09-23
Squeeze in the Names, Not the Tape
Quiet index gamma vs loud single-name call walls.
2026-09-22
Micron Wednesday: The GEX Setup Before the Print
MU's ~9% implied move meets dealer gamma positioning — how the options market is braced.
2026-09-22
Call Walls: Watch Without Chasing
A discipline note for GEX traders.