Pre Market · Monday, May 11, 2026 · Market Closed

SPY pinned at 740 call wall as TSLA 0DTE sweeps signal explosive intraday intent

SPY 739.21 -0.01%
QQQ 713.36 +0.01%
IWM 285.36 -0.04%
NVDA 219.46 -0.11%
TSLA 445.10 +0.20%
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MSFT 412.68 +0.21%
GLD 434.65 -0.70%
SLV 77.98 -1.16%
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GAMMA BRIEF AI Generated 2026-05-12

The overnight tape is quiet, but the options market is screaming. TSLA absorbed over $875M in 0DTE call premium across five strikes — the 425 strike alone saw a 30.9x vol/OI ratio — a level of directional aggression that does not go unnoticed heading into the open. This is not noise. Someone is betting on a violent upside move in TSLA today, and the ripple effects on broader sentiment deserve your full attention.

Meanwhile, SPY is coiled directly beneath its 740 call wall with Net GEX sitting at a hefty $7B positive. That gamma positioning acts like a gravitational ceiling — dealers are short gamma above 740 and long gamma below it, creating a magnetic pull toward the wall but a potential slingshot if it breaks. The 737 put wall is your downside anchor. Today's early tape will tell you everything about whether the bulls have enough fuel to crack the ceiling or whether we grind and fade back toward pin.

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GEX Walls — Options Positioning
SPY BEARISH
Call Wall 740
Put Wall 737
Max Pain 714
Net GEX +$7.0B
QQQ NEUTRAL
Call Wall 715
Put Wall 710
Max Pain 660
Net GEX +$2.7B
IWM NEUTRAL
Call Wall 290
Put Wall 275
Max Pain 271
Net GEX +$0.3B
ⓘ Trend Bias vs Directional Call
The badge shows momentum bias — where price sits relative to VWAP and moving averages right now. The brief's directional call weighs GEX structure, options flow, and macro signals, and may point the opposite direction when a rally runs into a call wall or flow turns bearish.
GEX walls are a snapshot from brief generation — not a live feed.
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GEX walls are price levels where dealers hedge aggressively. Price tends to gravitate toward Max Pain and stall near walls.

Key Themes
TSLA 0DTE call sweep ($875M+) — intraday squeeze riskSPY gamma pinned at 740 call wallIran/yield risk offsetting AI melt-up narrativeIWM lagging — small cap divergence from large cap leadership
Directional Calls
SPY NEUTRAL
QQQ BULLISH
IWM BEARISH

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