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May 22, 2026

Market-Maker GEX

Where Dealer Hedging Pins the Tape, and Where It Breaks.

The Market-Maker GEX tool maps where options dealers are forced to hedge. Gamma exposure is the net options gamma dealers hold, the positioning that quietly pushes price toward some levels and lets it run from others. The tool tracks the daily gamma regime, plots the call and put walls by strike, and breaks the exposure out by expiration, so you can see where the tape is likely pinned and where it is primed to break.

Most traders watch price and volume and never see the hand on the other side of the trade. But dealers who are long gamma sell rallies and buy dips, damping every move, while dealers who are short gamma do the opposite and amplify it. The decision-relevant question is not just where price is, it is which way dealer hedging is leaning right now, because that flow decides whether a level holds or gives way.

Gamma is not a single number and a wall is not a guarantee: what it means depends on the sign of net gamma, where the big strikes sit relative to spot, and which expiration carries the weight. Positive net gamma favors mean reversion and quiet ranges, while negative gamma favors trends and breakouts, and the days net gamma flips through zero have historically marked the most volatile stretches. The tool shows all three layers at once so you read the regime in context rather than from a single strike.

What the Tool Shows You

A daily gamma regime tracker, the call and put walls by strike, the gamma flip point, and exposure broken out by expiration, for any liquid US ticker.

Regime

Daily Gamma Regime

Net dealer gamma over time: positive suppresses volatility, negative amplifies it.

Walls

Gamma Walls by Strike

The call and put strikes carrying the most dealer gamma, the levels price tends to respect.

Flip

Gamma Flip Point

Days when net gamma crosses zero have historically marked elevated-volatility stretches.

Expiry

Exposure by Expiry

Gamma broken out by expiration, so you see which date is anchoring the tape.

Read

Suppression vs Amplification

Positive gamma favors mean-reverting ranges; negative gamma favors trends and breakouts.

Scope

Any Liquid Ticker

Pull dealer gamma positioning for any liquid US name, refreshed daily.

How Traders are using the Market-Maker GEX Tool

1

Read the gamma regime

Check whether net dealer gamma is positive (volatility suppressed, ranges) or negative (volatility amplified, trends).

2

Find the walls

See the call and put strikes with the most gamma. These are the levels dealer hedging tends to defend.

3

Watch the flip

Note how close net gamma is to zero. A flip through zero has historically preceded the most volatile stretches.

4

Check the expiry stack

Break exposure out by expiration to see which date is anchoring the tape and when that anchor rolls off.

See where dealer gamma is pinning the tape today

Open the Market-Maker GEX Tool

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