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Options Gamma Levels

S&P 500 Options Gamma Levels

Call Wall, Put Wall and Zero Gamma for S&P 500, estimated from listed options and converted to the US500 price.

Call Wall

7,723.55

Previous 7,723.74

Zero Gamma

7,741.70

Previous 7,798.96

Put Wall

7,522.94

Previous 7,523.12

Negative gamma

Price closed below Zero Gamma. Dealer hedging tends to amplify moves.

Reference close7,544.00

AI daily brief

Price sits below all three Zero Gamma levels, and net Gamma is near the negative extreme of the past 23 days, so one-sided moves can extend.

The full brief is in Arka Terminal.→

Sample data. Live levels update after every US session.

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Model estimates of where dealer hedging concentrates. Not trading signals.

The last 24 sessions

Daily levels for expiries within 30 days, against the reference close.

  • Call Wall
  • Zero Gamma
  • Put Wall
  • Reference close
7,491.827,590.397,688.967,787.527,886.096 Oct13 Oct20 Oct27 Oct3 Nov7,723.687,741.707,522.94

Sessions in the sample

24

Closes above Zero Gamma

6 of 23

Average Put Wall to Call Wall width

2.3% of price

In Arka Terminal

Options gamma levels, mapped to your chart

  • Key levels

    Call Wall, Put Wall, Max Gamma and Zero Gamma on the chart, with their distance from price and their change from the previous session. The free plan shows the three main levels for every symbol

  • Gamma profile and heatmap

    Net gamma by price right of the latest candle, with each session's distribution and the walls' history behind the candles

  • Expected moves

    30-day implied volatility and where it sits in its range, plus the range options imply for each upcoming session

  • AI daily brief

    Updated after every US session, and Arka Copilot takes the gamma levels into account when it answers

Reading the levels

What each figure measures.

Call Wall

The strike above price carrying the largest call gamma.

Put Wall

The strike below price carrying the largest put gamma.

Zero Gamma

The price at which net dealer gamma changes sign.

Regime

Above Zero Gamma, dealer hedging tends to dampen moves. Below it, hedging tends to amplify them.

Expiry range

Levels are computed within 7 days, within 30 days and across all expiries. These pages show within 30 days.

Price conversion

Levels are converted from the options market to the chart price of each symbol.

Reference close

The session close converted to the same chart price, for comparison with the levels.

Update

Once a day, after the US session closes.

Session history

SessionCall WallZero GammaPut WallReference close
7,723.68——7,566.70
7,723.557,741.707,522.947,544.00
7,723.747,798.967,523.127,580.50
7,726.227,749.817,676.057,719.80
7,827.277,765.367,526.227,750.10
7,826.557,766.717,525.537,722.80
7,723.947,764.487,573.487,677.50
7,723.407,774.227,522.807,622.80
7,725.707,779.027,625.377,665.10
7,827.047,777.447,626.357,757.70

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