When market maker positioning begins to shift, quiet markets can quickly transform into powerful trending environments. On April 9th, SpotGamma’s TRACE heatmap and HIRO indicator identified a changing setup unfold in the S&P 500. After opening in a positive gamma environment and trading in a narrow range, a large negative gamma zone emerged around SPX […]
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ES Futures Rocket At The Opening And SpotGamma Nails The Top for 1-Day High
On April 22, 2025, S&P 500 futures (ES) launched higher out of the gate in a powerful bullish opening drive, and SpotGamma tools offered a clear roadmap before the move began. TRACE signaled a high-volatility environment, with a low Stability Index and elevated Gamma sensitivity, while HIRO showed early bullish flow that confirmed market maker […]
Playing Friday’s Move Lower in ES Futures
This is a guest post from professional trader David Blake. Friday saw a decent down day for a change and all being well we’ll see more like this in the weeks ahead. I wanted to share how useful again the spotgamma unicorn levels were to me on trades during Friday RTH allowing me to trade […]
Gamma Level Resistance – A Visualization
Today provided an excellent example of key resistance at an important options level in the SPX/ES. As you can see the market had a consistent bid from the open right into our 3387 SPX level (yellow arrow, left). The market spend much of the afternoon up against that resistance area, and finally rejected it towards […]