SPX
Close7,712.57
Flip7,755.49
Anchor7,700
Charm7,800
Defense7,6507,7257,750
Implied open ≈ 7,731.56 (via SPY) · 23.9 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, October 21, 2026Generated 8:15 AM ET · levels 8:00 AM ET pre-market, flow and news from Tuesday, October 20 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
Close29,490.28
Flip29,515.83
Anchor29,530
Charm29,300
Defense29,50029,30029,400
SPYRegime shift
Close770.59
Flip769.72
Anchor773
Charm773
Defense765750780
QQQ
Close721.84
Flip720.99
Anchor725
Charm710
Defense710715711
RUT
Close2,773.42
Flip2,773.56
Anchor2,795
Charm2,795
Defense2,7002,6802,730
VIX
Close17.34
Flip17.89
Anchor17
Charm17
Defense1616.520
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 21 - Oct 23, from the internal pattern-derived calendar.
WedOct 21
No scheduled US releases. The gamma map and flow drive the tape.
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
06:03 ETStock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 Futures Gains as Iran Prolongs US Talks Ahead of Midterms — NFLX, SPCX, SMCI in Focus
06:59 ETUS Electricity Prices Are ‘Skyrocketing,’ Says Kobeissi Letter as AI Boom Drives Demand, Marjorie Taylor Greene Questions AI Companies’ Promises of Thousands in ‘Free’ Monthly Payments
08:07 ETNVDA, CRWV, NBIS and Crypto Miners Surge After Elon Musk Says Cloud Providers 'Don't Have Any' AI Compute
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.
SKHY145.00 +3.58%
RS percentile92 / 100
Net premium+$2.5M
Sweeps39
Flip / Anchor142.26 / 145
bullish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $14.9M
Signals 4/4
News SK Hynix Drops 30% During China Competition, Solidigm IPO Doubts
BE232.49 +4.35%
RS percentile95 / 100
Net premium-$5.3M
Sweeps68
Flip / Anchor232.21 / 260
bearish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $2.1M
Signals 4/4
News Bloom Energy Stock Slides: What's Going On?
IREN27.68 +4.16%
RS percentile95 / 100
Net premium+$2.6M
Sweeps77
Flip / Anchor26.66 / 28
bullish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $3.0M
Signals 4/4
News What's Going On With IREN Stock Tuesday?
STX699.00 +3.49%
RS percentile91 / 100
Net premium+$10.3M
Sweeps68
Flip / Anchor677.57 / 700
bullish flow
Signals 3/4
News Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on Seagate Technology Hldgs, Raises Price Target to $1200
AAOI80.48 +4.98%
RS percentile97 / 100
Net premium-$4.5M
Sweeps32
Flip / Anchor76.15 / 80
bearish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $3.6M
Signals 3/4
NET297.00 +1.66%
RS percentile73 / 100
Net premium+$3.5M
Sweeps27
Flip / Anchor292.65 / 305
bullish flow
Signals 3/4
News More than 10 Million Developers Are Building on Cloudflare
MU922.50 +2.85%
RS percentile85 / 100
Net premium-$1.8M
Sweeps283
Flip / Anchor904.73 / 950
bearish flow
Signals 3/4
News Micron Stock Moves Higher: What's Going On?
HUT72.02 +4.14%
RS percentile94 / 100
Net premium+$0.9M
Sweeps15
Flip / Anchor70.49 / 76
bullish flowLarge TradesAlgoEdge $3.0M
Signals 3/4
News Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Hut 8, Lowers Price Target to $123
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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