SPX
Close7,659.44
Flip7,763.07
Anchor7,650
Charm7,550
Defense7,6007,7007,550
Implied open ≈ 7,697.85 (via SPY) · 65.2 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: Monday, October 19, 2026Generated 8:15 AM ET · levels 8:00 AM ET pre-market, flow and news from Friday, October 16 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
Close29,187.55
Flip29,109.67
Anchor29,100
Charm29,100
Defense29,00029,15029,180
SPY
Close766.62
Flip767.55
Anchor770
Charm771
Defense760745765
QQQ
Close718.00
Flip719.09
Anchor710
Charm710
Defense690710705
RUT
Close2,721.37
Flip2,754.53
Anchor2,685
Charm2,685
Defense2,6902,7302,720
VIX
Close18.85
Flip19.52
Anchor18
Charm25
Defense172225
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 19 - Oct 23, from the internal pattern-derived calendar.
MonOct 19
No scheduled US releases. The gamma map and flow drive the tape.
TueOct 20
No scheduled US releases.
WedOct 21
No scheduled US releases.
ThuOct 22
0830 - Initial Jobless Claims: Expected —; Prior —low
FriOct 23
No scheduled US releases.
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
06:32 ETBill Ackman Warns Tax on 'Paper Wealth' and Government Waste Could ‘Destroy a Country’: ‘Incentives Drive All Human Behavior’
07:36 ETTop Economist Warns US Is Headed for a ‘Fiscal Reckoning’ as $1.99 Trillion Deficit Pushes Interest Payments Above Defense Spending
07:44 ETRo Khanna Blames Wealth Inequality for Youth Protests in Europe, Pushes Back on JD Vance: ‘America’s Next New Deal’
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.
SMCI32.78 +3.64%
RS percentile89 / 100
Net premium-$1.6M
Sweeps64
Flip / Anchor32.04 / 33.5
bearish flowsmall tradesLarge Tradesmomentum tradesAlgoEdge $6.5M
Signals 3/4
AMD546.00 +3.16%
RS percentile85 / 100
Net premium+$23.6M
Sweeps135
Flip / Anchor545.55 / 535
bullish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $22.6M
Signals 3/4
AMZN253.33 +1.28%
RS percentile65 / 100
Net premium+$14.6M
Sweeps98
Flip / Anchor250.69 / 255
bullish flowLarge Tradessmall tradesHigh-Value 0DTEAlgoEdge $6.4M
Signals 3/4
MSTR139.01 +1.84%
RS percentile73 / 100
Net premium+$14.4M
Sweeps146
Flip / Anchor138.21 / 148
bullish flowsmall tradesLarge Tradesmomentum tradesHigh-Value 0DTEShort ExpiryAlgoEdge $63.5M
Signals 3/4
CRWV65.35 +6.49%
RS percentile99 / 100
Net premium-$13.3M
Sweeps142
Flip / Anchor62.65 / 70
bearish flowLarge Tradessmall tradesmomentum tradesAlgoEdge $8.8M
Signals 3/4
CORZ14.00 +3.74%
RS percentile90 / 100
Net premium-$11.2M
Sweeps12
Flip / Anchor14.18 / 12
bearish flowsmall tradesLarge TradesAlgoEdge $12.4M
Signals 3/4
SKHY142.45 +4.07%
RS percentile91 / 100
Net premium-$8.8M
Sweeps104
Flip / Anchor138.63 / 145
bearish flowLarge Tradessmall tradesAlgoEdge $33.5M
Signals 3/4
GOOGL341.81 +0.28%
RS percentile43 / 100
Net premium+$7.4M
Sweeps65
Flip / Anchor342.97 / 345
bullish flowmomentum tradesShort Expirysmall tradesHigh-Value 0DTELarge TradesAlgoEdge $10.9M
Signals 3/4
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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