SPX
Close7,650.50
Flip7,647.01
Anchor7,700
Charm7,700
Defense7,7007,7507,525
Implied open ≈ 7,697.97 (via SPY) · 51 pts above 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: Monday, September 21, 2026Generated 8:15 AM ET · levels 8:00 AM ET pre-market, flow and news from Friday, September 18 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.
NDX
Close29,644.17
Flip29,657.50
Anchor29,770
Charm29,770
Defense29,55029,50029,600
SPYRegime shift
Close767.02
Flip763.17
Anchor767
Charm770
Defense767745768
QQQ
Close728.62
Flip722.31
Anchor730
Charm730
Defense725729735
RUT
Close2,860.40
Flip2,894.84
Anchor2,860
Charm2,800
Defense2,8652,8202,810
VIXRegime shift
Close14.80
Flip15.50
Anchor20
Charm20
Defense2014.522
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 21 - Sep 25, from the internal pattern-derived calendar.
MonSep 21
No scheduled US releases. The gamma map and flow drive the tape.
TueSep 22
No scheduled US releases.
WedSep 23
No scheduled US releases.
ThuSep 24
0830 - Initial Jobless Claims: Expected —; Prior —low
FriSep 25
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
07:27 ETChicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee Says Open To Rates Going Back Down If Convincing Evidence Shows Inflation Heading To 2%; Says Fed Has Inflation Problem, Not Employment Problem
07:36 ET‘Septemberphobia’ Could Give Way to a Big October Rally Despite Trump Uncertainty: Market Strategist Points to S&P 500’s Best Midterm Month
08:10 ETBill Ackman Endorses HHH Thesis as He Aims to Turn It Into a ‘Compounding Machine’ Over the Next 50 Years: ‘No One Is Paying Attention’
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.
MSTR163.48 +6.33%
RS percentile100 / 100
Net premium+$41.6M
Sweeps357
Flip / Anchor152.72 / 160
bullish flowShort ExpiryHigh-Value 0DTEcondition 219 tradessmall tradesLarge Tradesmomentum tradesinsider tradesAlgoEdge $357.1M
Signals 3/4
VST142.81 +1.29%
RS percentile68 / 100
Net premium+$2.4M
Sweeps10
Flip / Anchor140.87 / 150
bullish flowsmall tradesAlgoEdge $1.2M
Signals 3/4
JNJ270.00 +0.07%
RS percentile20 / 100
Net premium+$1.7M
Sweeps11
Flip / Anchor267.55 / 265
bullish flowmomentum tradessmall tradesAlgoEdge $0.8M
Signals 3/4
TMO652.10 +0.24%
RS percentile24 / 100
Net premium+$1.2M
Sweeps14
Flip / Anchor654.04 / 670
bullish flowsmall tradesAlgoEdge $0.7M
Signals 3/4
SQQQ36.63 -3.34%
RS percentile1 / 100
Net premium-$1.2M
Sweeps21
Flip / Anchor37.96 / 37
bearish flow
Signals 2/4
DIA520.42 +0.84%
RS percentile52 / 100
Net premium+$1.3M
Sweeps26
Flip / Anchor517.50 / 527
bullish flow
Signals 2/4
IBM231.41 +0.54%
RS percentile37 / 100
Net premium+$1.0M
Sweeps23
Flip / Anchor230.62 / 240
bullish flow
Signals 2/4
DELL581.99 +2.03%
RS percentile80 / 100
Net premium+$17.1M
Sweeps110
Flip / Anchor602.39 / 600
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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