OpenGammaIntelligence · Pre-Market

Edition · Thursday, July 16, 2026·Published 5h ago · pre-open·16 Jul 2026 13:58 UTC

NQNEGATIVE

Spot29294.00SessionINTRADAY

Dealer Regime

DEEP_NEG_0DTE_PUT_DOMINATED_LIVE_POST_OPEN_DROP

NetGEX -$2.3KRisk ELEVATED

Opening Type

OPEN DRIVE DN

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Accuracy Ledger2 logged · 2 scored50% hit rateFull ledger ↓

Desk Thesis · 2026-07-16

The NDXP native chain unfroze right at the cash open and immediately showed a flip to deep negative 0DTE gamma coincident with a sharp open-drive selloff (29645.25 to 29264.25); price is now testing the qqqProjected 0DTE call wall / STRONG cluster confluence (29376-29415) from below after a fresh, unconfirmed bounce off the session low. Negative gamma amplifies the next move rather than dampening it - the real downside magnet if the bounce fails is the 1DTE put-wall/cluster confluence at 28965-28971.

INTRADAY REFRESH ~13:50 UTC: the NDXP native chain unfroze right at the cash open (~13:35 UTC), resolving this morning's stale-since-10:31-UTC flag. NDX flipped from a stale +$1.01B 0DTE net GEX read to a live -$2.33B (put-dominated ~13.5:1) after an open-drive selloff (session low 29264.25, down from a 29645.25 premarket high - a ~381pt range). The best-evidenced level is now a STRONG 4-rail cluster at 29415.13, with a credible qqqProjected 0DTE call wall (29376.17) coinciding exactly; the real downside magnet is the 1DTE qqqProjected put wall / MODERATE cluster confluence at 28965-28971. A 2-minute positive-delta bounce off the session low is real but unconfirmed (cumulative delta still -2435); the now-deeply-negative gamma regime amplifies rather than dampens the next move.

Level Map

Confluence-ranked · distances from spot 29294.00

NDX

Level

Action · Distance

29469.28

GEX MAGNETNDX native 0DTE Gamma Neutral - ~337pts above current price, now a live read after the chain unfroze at the open

WATCH+0.60% · conf 2

29415.13

DOMINANT ANCHORSTRONG 4-rail confluence cluster (ndxNative+qqqProjected, dte 0/1/7/21) - best-evidenced level on the NQ board this update

WATCH+0.41% · conf 3

29376.17

CALL WALLqqqProjected 0DTE call wall, coincides exactly with a STRONG cluster - real resistance candidate just above current price

WATCH+0.28% · conf 3

SPOT

NQ29294.00

NDX29294.00

live anchor

28965.17

PUT FLOOR1DTE qqqProjected put wall, confluent with a MODERATE cluster (28970.78) - the real downside magnet zone if the bounce fails

WATCH-1.12% · conf 2

28941.39

VANNA MAGNETNDX native structuralActual vanna magnet, dominant - coincides closely with the downside put-wall/cluster zone

WATCH-1.20% · conf 1

28792.19

PUT FLOORStock GEX 7DTE (constituent-aggregate) - deep downside target if the put-wall zone fails with acceptance

WATCH-1.71% · conf 1

Level Reaction

Intraday tape · NQ · 2026-07-16

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Greek Pressure

Dealer directional forces · next session

VANNA

UP · 40

netVanna flipped from -100.4 (destabilizing, frozen) to +181.2 (stabilizing) right at the cash open - a genuine live sign-flip, notably the opposite direction from SPX's vanna flip (positive to negative) at the same moment.

CHARM

DOWN · 40

netCharmDaily fell sharply through the open (42,943 frozen premarket read -> 12,404 now) - real decay/unwind now that the chain is live, not a build.

GAMMA

DOWN · 80

0DTE net GEX flipped from a stale +$1.01B read to a live -$2.33B (put-dominated ~13.5:1) coincident with the open-drive selloff - the chain unfroze right at the open and immediately showed a deep negative-gamma regime. DEX also deepened from -73.4 (frozen premarket) to -1,064.2 (live), a large acceleration consistent with the flip.

Higher-Order

Second + third-order greeks

color

LATENT

97.260

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speed

LATENT

0.000

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vomma

LATENT

1739948.230

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zomma

LATENT

-0.010

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IV Intelligence

Quadrant · skew · term structure

Regime Quadrant

Not captured

ATM IVUnavailable

IV Percentile55

Skew Pctile55

Skew ShapeREVERSE_SMIRK

Expected Daily Move±1.04% / ±1.04%

Term Structure

Not captured

Term structure not captured for this sessionExpected: ivRegime.termStructure as array of IV fractions per tenor (front/mid/back).

Cross-Asset Confirmation / Component Confluence

PARTIAL · PARTIAL_ERROR · partial

Cross-asset confirmation was only partially available in this run. Keep the native futures map primary.

No usable ETF ratio levels or component zones were produced. This should reduce confidence in the overlay, not alter the native thesis by itself.

Secondary confirmation only. Native index and MCP levels remain primary. MCP-native individual stock Greek scans are unavailable; if component confluence is attached it was produced by the system-level Polygon overlay path and remains opt-in, secondary, and provisional rather than an executable native futures level. Component weights are static/proxy unless explicitly holdings-confirmed, beta may be defaulted to 1.0, and TOP_10 lists should not be treated as quantitatively ranked until liquidity plus holdings/beta calibration are implemented.

Native Levels Confirmed

0 matched levels

No direct native-level overlap was captured in this bounded cross-asset run.That weakens confirmation quality, but it does not replace the native futures map.

ETF Confirmation Levels

QQQ ratio-converted

No ETF ratio confirmations were retained.Missing ETF spot or source coverage can suppress this list on bounded runs.

Component Confluence Zones

Provisional only

No component confluence zones were retained.That can happen when contributor coverage is thin or the bounded runtime exits early.

Cautions

Quality-aware language

MCP-native individual stock Greek scans are unavailable. If component zones are attached, they come from the system-level Polygon overlay path and remain secondary/provisional to native index and MCP levels.
The overlay scan was partial because the runtime budget was hit or a source stage degraded. Treat absent confirmations as unknown, not bearish or bullish evidence.

Overlay Diagnostics

Runtime 16s

No converted levels or confluence zones were produced

LIGHTER_SELECTION_PATH: using static seed order for this overlay run to avoid a duplicate liquidity pre-scan before component resolution.
ETF_SOURCE: contracts:RATE_LIMITED
COMPONENT_SOURCE: Selected universe uses STATIC_SEED_FALLBACK and HOLDINGS_STALE until issuer/provider holdings adapters exist.
COMPONENT_SOURCE: Using static seed order for this run to avoid a duplicate liquidity pre-scan before component source resolution.
COMPONENT_SOURCE: NVDA: NVDA: contracts lookup via NVDA returned RATE_LIMITED (You've exceeded the maximum requests per minute, please wait or upgrade your subscription to continue. https://massive.com/pricing)
COMPONENT_SOURCE: AMD: AMD: contracts lookup via AMD returned RATE_LIMITED (You've exceeded the maximum requests per minute, please wait or upgrade your subscription to continue. https://massive.com/pricing)

LBF Status

Look-Below-And-Fail · conditions armed

NOT ARMED · 0/3 conditions

Tension Index

Accuracy Log

Outcomes · last 2 levels scored

Date	Symbol	Level	Predicted	Outcome	Notes
2026-04-20	NQ	DOMINANT ANCHOR@ 26831.00	FADE_AT	HELD	High print was 26827.00, four points shy of the 26831 anchor. The ceiling held and the contract closed back below at 26774.50.
2026-04-20	NQ	PUT FLOOR@ 26689.00	BUY_ON_TEST	ABSORBED	NQ broke below first support to 26593.75, but the move did not extend to 26499 structural support. The contract recovered and closed 26774.50, so the downside strike occurred but was ultimately absorbed.