Gunner/Trader96

If you trade gamma levels, know these 12 terms: Call Wall — heaviest call strike, dealer selling caps rallies Put Wall — heaviest put strike, dealer buying cushions dips Pin Magnet — hedging-neutral strike, pulls price near expiry Gamma Flip — line where dealers stop dampening, start amplifying GEX Cluster — stacked strikes, thick zone of hedging flow Positive Gamma — dealers fade moves, ranges hold, vol compressed Negative Gamma — dealers chase moves, trends run, vol expands Max Pain — strike where most premium expires worthless Vanna — delta shifts with IV, fires on vol crush Charm — delta decays with time, forces hedging into expiry OPEX — expiry unwind, levels lose their grip 0DTE — huge gamma, gone by the close

Most traders read flow. Almost nobody reads gamma. Knowing this will set you apart from 99% of traders.

Most traders use GEX levels without understanding the regime. That is dangerous. Remember the same support, resistance, call wall, or put wall can behave completely differently depending on whether dealers are long gamma or short gamma. Here is how to tell which market you are trading:

“positive gamma means range-bound” is the most misread line in gamma trading. last 2 days: big positive gamma. market grinded up all day anyway. Most traders would say GEX doesn’t work positive gamma controls how price moves, not where. stairs, not elevators. $SPX $SPY

WHAT JUST HAPPENED: Trump posted on Truth Social that the US-Iran 60-day ceasefire was locked in and a deal was "coming close." $SPY ripped from 725 → 745 in hours. This is HOW it happened: When geopolitical fear spikes, institutions buy puts en masse to hedge. Market makers SHORT $SPY to delta-hedge those puts. That synthetic selling pressure keeps a ceiling on price. One headline flips the fear narrative → Puts lose value rapidly → dealers UNWIND their short hedges → they BUY $SPY aggressively to stay neutral That forced buying CREATES the vertical move you saw. This wasn't organic. That was a gamma squeeze dealers as the accelerant, not the cause. THE CATALYST THAT TRIGGERED IT: Trump proclaimed on social media that a peace deal had been "largely negotiated" and the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened the single biggest inflation and energy risk variable for 2026. Markets had been conditioned to fade Trump's Iran optimism. He claimed on March 31 the war wouldn't last much longer, then April 7 a ceasefire. Stocks soared and oil plunged more than 16% on the news. Each ceasefire headline = dealers repricing vol = gamma fuel ignites. WHAT'S THE NEXT EXPLOSION? Here are your 3 live catalysts ranked by gamma potential: 🔴 1. Iran Deal SIGNED — Wildcard/Biggest A tentative memorandum of understanding is pending approvals from both leaderships, with key factors including verification mechanisms for enrichment limits and regional actors like Israel. A signed deal = oil collapses + real rates drop + every put hedge in the market becomes worthless overnight. That's your 30-handle $SPY move. 🟡 2. FOMC June 16-17 — Warsh's First Presser The rate decision itself is priced in. What traders are actually watching is the dot plot, Warsh's press conference tone, and whether the new projections push the first cut of 2026 into 2027 or leave a window open for September. Dovish dot plot = gamma ignition. Hawkish = vol repricing DOWN. High event risk = elevated options premium = squeeze potential either direction. Mitrade 🟢 3. $MU Earnings June 24 MU's next earnings release is expected June 24, 2026. Analysts expect EPS of $19.19 vs $12.20 last quarter, itself a $3.01 beat on estimates. $MU has beaten 3 straight quarters by massive margins. A 4th beat = memory supercycle confirmation = $NVDA $AMD $SNDK all gap up = $SPY gamma loop triggered through semis. coincodex THE PLAYBOOK: Dealers are still short gamma above 745. Any of these 3 catalysts = systematic unwind. Watch open interest at 750 / 760 strikes. That's where the next explosion lives. Don't get left behind. This is history.

GAMMA EXPOSURE tells you 3 things: ✅ Is the market pinned or trending? (Net GEX) ✅ Where is the biggest resistance? (+GEX) ✅ Where can volatility explode? (-GEX) Quick rule: 🟢 Positive GEX = Expect chop, smaller moves, mean reversion. 🔴 Negative GEX = Expect trends, momentum, bigger moves. 🧱 Near Max +GEX = Take profits faster. 💥 Near Max -GEX = Prepare for volatility and breakouts. Remember, now you'll know what the DEALERS are about to do before it happens for $SPY $SPX