SPX
Close7,585.73
Flip7,660.73
Anchor7,625
Charm7,700
Defense7,5007,5507,600
IMPLIED OPEN ≈ 7,612.55 (via SPY) · 48.2 pts below flip
DAILY /ECHO BRIEF
The DailyEcho Brief.
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, September 16, 2026Generated 8:15 AM ET · levels 8:00 AM ET pre-market, flow and news from Tuesday, September 15 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
Close28,937.84
Flip28,937.50
Anchor29,100
Charm29,100
Defense28,70028,90029,130
SPY
Close760.16
Flip760.99
Anchor765
Charm750
Defense745740760
QQQRegime shift
Close708.68
Flip705.47
Anchor707
Charm700
Defense690720695
RUT
Close2,870.29
Flip2,904.91
Anchor2,920
Charm2,800
Defense2,8502,9102,865
VIX
Close16.76
Flip18.44
Anchor16.5
Charm20
Defense16.52018
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 Sep 16–Sep 18, from the internal pattern-derived calendar.
WEDSep 16
1400 - FOMC Rate Decision + SEP: Expected —; Prior —high
THUSep 17
0830 - Initial Jobless Claims: Expected —; Prior —low
FRISep 18
No scheduled US releases.
On deck beyond this week
WED Sep 30 0830 - PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures): Expected —; Prior —medium
FRI Oct 2 0830 - Nonfarm Payrolls: Expected —; Prior —high
TUE Oct 13 0830 - CPI (Consumer Price Index): Expected —; Prior —high
WED Oct 14 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
07:19 ETTop 4 Stocks to Buy Now Regardless of Fed Rate Hikes, According to InfraCap Investment Chief Jay Hatfield
07:24 ETBond Yields Are Surging Around the World — But China Is Bucking the Trend: ‘The Economy Is in Its Own World’
07:30 ETBlackRock’s Rick Rieder Turns Cautious on US Stocks, Warns $40 Trillion Debt Is Becoming a ‘Compounding…Problem’
Macro releases and policy headlines published since the prior close, data prints first. Single-name news is covered in the watchlist below.
8 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.
SMH549.00 +1.33%
RS percentile83 / 100
Net premium-$41.5M
Sweeps131
Flip / Anchor546.01 / 550
bearish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $11.4M
Signals 4/4
NewsBeyond Nvidia: Why Software Stocks Just Crushed Semiconductors in a Historic 25-Year Shift
MU937.00 +1.06%
RS percentile78 / 100
Net premium+$29.1M
Sweeps266
Flip / Anchor925.36 / 940
bullish flowcondition 219 tradesAlgoEdge $0.3M
Signals 4/4
News'This Selloff Makes Zero Sense': An Analysis from WallStreetBets
TLT81.05 +0.41%
RS percentile54 / 100
Net premium+$10.2M
Sweeps88
Flip / Anchor80.74 / 81
bullish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $29.0M
Signals 4/4
NewsPeter Schiff: Don’t Buy the Fed’s Tough Talk on Tight Money
DIA523.02 +0.40%
RS percentile53 / 100
Net premium-$2.9M
Sweeps29
Flip / Anchor518.65 / 510
bearish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $1.5M
Signals 4/4
NewsTrump Team Rejects Fuel Export Bans, Vows 'All-Time High' Oil Production as Brent Crosses $108
LRCX276.45 +2.20%
RS percentile95 / 100
Net premium-$10.2M
Sweeps58
Flip / Anchor276.53 / 280
bearish flowsmall tradesAlgoEdge $0.9M
Signals 3/4
USO158.41 -2.11%
RS percentile1 / 100
Net premium+$2.0M
Sweeps81
Flip / Anchor159.40 / 154
bullish flow
Signals 3/4
NewsOil Crisis Worsens, Diesel Hits Record High: Here's How to Trade It
SOXL106.83 +4.70%
RS percentile100 / 100
Net premium-$2.9M
Sweeps28
Flip / Anchor106.50 / 106
bearish flow
Signals 2/4
ASML1,638.02 +2.94%
RS percentile99 / 100
Net premium+$1.1M
Sweeps38
Flip / Anchor1,635.20 / 1,670
bullish flow
Signals 2/4
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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