SPX
Close7,744.06
Flip7,745.78
Anchor7,700
Charm7,700
Defense7,6507,8107,825
Implied open ≈ 7,756.46 (via SPY) · 10.7 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: Friday, October 16, 2026Generated 8:15 AM ET · levels 8:00 AM ET pre-market, flow and news from Thursday, October 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.
NDX
Close29,935.59
Flip29,920.33
Anchor30,000
Charm30,100
Defense30,10029,90029,925
SPY
Close772.77
Flip772.70
Anchor775
Charm765
Defense765760780
QQQ
Close727.18
Flip728.57
Anchor723
Charm740
Defense720700725
RUT
Close2,767.27
Flip2,774.49
Anchor2,750
Charm2,740
Defense2,7402,7602,720
VIX
Close16.08
Flip17.36
Anchor16
Charm20
Defense2015.515
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 Oct 16 - Oct 16, from the internal pattern-derived calendar.
FriOct 16
No scheduled US releases. The gamma map and flow drive the tape.
On deck beyond this week
Wed Oct 28 1400 - FOMC Rate Decision: Expected —; Prior —high
Thu Oct 29 0830 - PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures): Expected —; Prior —medium
Fri Nov 6 0830 - Nonfarm Payrolls: Expected —; Prior —high
Tue Nov 10 0830 - CPI (Consumer Price Index): Expected —; Prior —high
Expected / Prior shown as — : consensus figures land when the calendar feed is connected.
Morning macro tape · overnight and pre-market
07:09 ETPeter Schiff Pushes Back on Kevin Hassett's Strong-Economy and Consumer Spending Claims: ‘They're Borrowing Because They're Broke’
07:18 ETDan Ives Says Apple-Meta AI Partnership Could Help Unlock $75 Per Share in AI Value for AAPL Stock — 'Start of What Could Be Just a Massive Collaboration'
08:09 ETS&P 500 Could Hit 9,000 Without Iran War: Why Kobeissi Letter Sees a ‘Historic Opportunity’ for a ‘Violent Rally’
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.
NFLX70.30 -3.21%
RS percentile2 / 100
Net premium+$5.4M
Sweeps28
Flip / Anchor70.92 / 70
bullish flowLarge Tradessmall tradesShort ExpiryAlgoEdge $22.2M
Signals 4/4
News Peter Rice Named Netflix Chief Content Officer
ETN401.00 -0.32%
RS percentile33 / 100
Net premium+$1.7M
Sweeps18
Flip / Anchor417.53 / 400
bullish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $35.0M
Signals 4/4
News Trump’s Power Grid Emergency Puts This AI Infrastructure ETFs in the Spotlight
MSTR147.50 -2.48%
RS percentile4 / 100
Net premium+$6.4M
Sweeps60
Flip / Anchor150.35 / 155
bullish flowinsider tradesmomentum tradesLarge Tradessmall tradesAlgoEdge $4.4M
Signals 4/4
News Bitcoin Is Due North, Says James Thorne—Investment Strategist Says 'We're Early....We're Going to…
CLSK9.23 -1.28%
RS percentile13 / 100
Net premium-$3.3M
Sweeps7
Flip / Anchor9.06 / 10
bearish flowsmall tradesAlgoEdge $0.7M
Signals 3/4
XLP87.16 +0.54%
RS percentile81 / 100
Net premium-$1.1M
Sweeps24
Flip / Anchor87.19 / 88
bearish flowLarge Tradessmall tradesAlgoEdge $9.6M
Signals 3/4
AAOI84.20 +0.55%
RS percentile82 / 100
Net premium+$0.8M
Sweeps30
Flip / Anchor83.50 / 90
bullish flowLarge TradesShort ExpiryAlgoEdge $30.2M
Signals 3/4
News Applied Optoelectronics Announces Date of Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call
ETHA55.96 +0.87%
RS percentile91 / 100
Net premium-$0.5M
Sweeps14
Flip / Anchor55.15 / 56
bearish flow
Signals 1/4
JD27.17 -0.98%
RS percentile18 / 100
Net premium+$0.3M
Sweeps5
Flip / Anchor27.37 / 27
bullish flow
Signals 1/4
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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