SPX
Close7,677.28
Flip7,676.63
Anchor7,600
Charm7,725
Defense7,6557,7257,800
Implied open ≈ 7,673.43 (via SPY) · 3.2 pts below flip
DAILY /Echo Brief
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The regime board, the week's economic schedule, and the mechanically selected watchlist - every level pulled from the same DealerEdge, OptionFlow, and AlgoEdge records members see live in the terminal.
Edition: Wednesday, August 26, 2026Generated 8:15 AM ET · levels 8:00 AM ET pre-market, flow and news from Tuesday, August 25 close
Where each index closed the regime map.
GEX Rating (1-5 volatility regime, not a directional call), Flip Point, Anchor, Charm anchor, and defense levels from the 8:00 AM ET pre-market snapshot.
NDXRegime shift
Close29,209.23
Flip29,208.18
Anchor29,430
Charm29,430
Defense29,10029,45029,025
SPYRegime shift
Close765.53
Flip765.97
Anchor760
Charm760
Defense765755780
QQQRegime shift
Close709.59
Flip710.28
Anchor700
Charm716
Defense705680730
RUTRegime shift
Close3,010.02
Flip2,985.50
Anchor2,960
Charm2,940
Defense2,9703,0002,920
VIX
Close15.67
Flip16.50
Anchor16
Charm16
Defense15.51520
Rating bands: 4-5 positive-gamma / stabilizing · 3 transitional · 1-2 negative-gamma / amplifying. Delta shows the move vs the prior session's rating.
The week's scheduled releases.
US macro schedule for Aug 26 - Aug 28, from the internal pattern-derived calendar.
WedAug 26
No scheduled US releases. The gamma map and flow drive the tape.
ThuAug 27
0830 - Initial Jobless Claims: Expected —; Prior —low
FriAug 28
No scheduled US releases.
On deck beyond this week
Mon Aug 31 0830 - PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures): Expected —; Prior —medium
Fri Sep 4 0830 - Nonfarm Payrolls: Expected —; Prior —high
Tue Sep 8 0830 - CPI (Consumer Price Index): Expected —; Prior —high
Wed Sep 9 0830 - PPI (Producer Price Index): Expected —; Prior —medium
Expected / Prior shown as — : consensus figures land when the calendar feed is connected.
Morning macro tape · overnight and pre-market
06:05 ETGoldman Says No September Hike — Can Today’s Data Change That Thesis?
07:14 ETBill Gates Sounds a Chilling AI Warning: Millions of Jobs Could Disappear, Wealth Could Pile Up at the Top and Robots May Need to Be Taxed
07:55 ETTrump's Canada Trade War Is 'So Much Harder to Resolve': Top Economist Explains Why Mark Carney Won't Back Down
Macro releases and policy headlines published since the prior close, data prints first. Single-name news is covered in the watchlist below.
4 names the screens surfaced.
RS percentile is ranked within the 300-ticker DealerEdge universe. Net premium is options net call−put premium for the session, in $M. Price, rating, anchor and flip are pre-market; net premium, algo signals and headlines are from the prior session.
INTU323.00 -9.58%
RS percentile0 / 100
Net premium+$2.9M
Sweeps29
Flip / Anchor332.50 / 325
bullish flowsmall tradesAlgoEdge $1.2M
Signals 4/4
News INTU FINAL DEADLINE: ROSEN, A LONGSTANDING FIRM, Encourages Intuit Inc. Investors with Losses in Excess of $1…
NOW123.92 -2.54%
RS percentile4 / 100
Net premium+$1.4M
Sweeps12
Flip / Anchor126.43 / 130
bullish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $1.3M
Signals 3/4
KSS16.50 -6.86%
RS percentile0 / 100
Net premium-$0.2M
Sweeps10
Flip / Anchor17.83 / 16
bearish flowsmall tradesAlgoEdge $0.3M
Signals 3/4
News Kohl's Names Arianne Parisi Chief Customer Officer
ZM94.70 -6.02%
RS percentile1 / 100
Net premium-$0.0M
Sweeps14
Flip / Anchor100.23 / 110
bullish flow
Signals 2/4
News Zoom's Soft Q3 Guidance Overshadows Q2 Double Beat
Selection methodology: names are selected mechanically (regime shifts confirmed by flow, signals, strength and news), never hand-picked. The signals count shows how many of the four confirmations fired.
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