@VolSignals

Career SPX market maker. See how options move markets with VS3D™ by VolSignals— the only dealer hedging flows platform built entirely by market makers.

Naples, FL
Joined September 2019
Market Makers don't manipulate price— we're trapped by our own hedging requirements. When SPX drifts between long and short strikes, our systems start buying and selling futures in ways that create predictable paths. (short thread)
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If you're into GEX and dealer hedging flows you're probably following a lot of traders and providers. A common hype-claim is the "gamma flip" Pick a day, any day. Reply with as many different authoritative claims as you can find about the "gamma flip" for that day.
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ES is up about 33 overnight after putting in its low around 8:30 last night, and SPX is opening about 20 higher. for the second morning running the index is opening right on top of a line market makers are short in today's expiry. the difference from yesterday: this time they're short gamma there too. Today at 2pm ET we close the onboarding week with an open Q&A, live on this position (thread)
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I’d like to just see someone spell out the exact technical steps for manipulation as well as who/what entity is behind it and their economic or other motivation Rational ask
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they are exactly what I described in the original post. They are derived from a specific set of exchange-signed positions (not inference, not assumptions) then I visualize a path through them based on a standard assumption of straddle decay as well as an understanding of- empirically- how markets behave at expiring hedge levels from the customer book the result is a guide to navigate the trading day and we discuss optimal structures for exploiting these key influences in the server daily
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@grok what are these levels
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today's VS Pro levels were unconscionably accurate remember these come from ONE of at least [4x5!] ways to construct the market maker position dotted lines are "tests" - range boundaries. solid lines are "balance points" - pin targets, consolidation points
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decisions, decisions
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The more valuable the content- the less interest in it. Funny how that works
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Stop complaining about manipulation and figure it tf out
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this is your competition:
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