Opening Confirmation · Thursday, May 28, 2026 · Market Closed

Bias largely confirmed: SPY holds 750 put wall and probes call zone, but QQQ outperformance denies bearish structure thesis

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Opening Confirmation — Scorecard
CONFIRMED

SPY holds above the 750.0 put wall at the open and tests 752.0 call wall by mid-morning.

SPY opened at 750.275, held above the 750.0 put wall, and traded as high as 753.95 by 10:30 ET, clearing the 752.0 level entirely.

DENIED

QQQ underperforms SPY — its LH/LL price structure and 32% trend confidence cap any call wall breakout attempt.

QQQ is up +0.022% vs SPY +0.014% at 10:30 ET, outperforming rather than lagging, with a session high of 732.81 showing no capping behavior.

PARTIAL

IWM sustains above its 290.0 put wall, consistent with its bullish trend bias and 100% recent directional accuracy.

IWM opened at 289.81 and dipped to a session low of 287.98 before recovering to 289.86 — it briefly violated the 290.0 put wall before clawing back, so support held on a closing basis but was not sustained cleanly throughout the morning.

CONFIRMED

VIX remains below 17.00 — positive gamma regime holds and intraday realized moves stay contained near GEX walls.

VIX is trading at 15.95, down -4.43% on the session, well below the 17.00 threshold, confirming the positive gamma / low-realized-vol environment.

GAMMA BRIEF AI Generated 2026-05-28

SPY and VIX theses hit cleanly this morning, but QQQ flipped the script by outperforming — bulls are in control with 750 as the floor and 755 as the key breakout gate for the rest of the session.

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