SPX sessions closed in positive gamma, with the net-gamma percentile 80 and above, on VIX settlement days
40 sessions · the archive filtered by the dealer book · all sessions · the calendar
40 of 1,122 sessions match. Of them 100% closed above the flip (archive 56%) and the mean open-to-close move was 0.59% (archive 0.59%).
Every row is a finished SPX session and links to its page, where the same numbers stand with the day's events and a free minute-by-minute replay. The filters are the closing measurements those pages print: the zero-gamma flip against the close and the open, the net-gamma percentile, how often the flip was crossed, and the calendar event the day carried. The shares above are counts over the matched days next to the same counts over the whole archive; a share that matches the archive is a base rate, not a pattern.
| Session | Close | Move | Flip | vs flip | Pctl | Cross | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | 7,572.15 | +0.02% | 7,560.4 | +11.8 | 80 | 22 | PPI, VIX settlement, EIA, Fed |
| 2026-07-08 | 7,482.92 | +0.34% | 7,466.2 | +16.7 | 90 | 9 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2026-05-06 | 7,365.20 | +0.85% | 7,334.9 | +30.3 | 95 | 0 | VIX settlement, EIA |
| 2026-04-15 | 7,023.14 | +0.66% | 6,992.3 | +30.9 | 85 | 0 | VIX settlement, EIA, Fed |
| 2026-04-08 | 6,782.20 | -0.06% | 6,771.5 | +10.7 | 85 | 14 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2026-03-11 | 6,775.15 | -0.24% | 6,767.3 | +7.8 | 100 | 26 | CPI, VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2026-02-25 | 6,946.55 | +0.31% | 6,935.9 | +10.7 | 85 | 0 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2025-12-24 | 6,932.00 | +0.35% | 6,916.6 | +15.4 | 95 | 0 | Claims, VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2025-08-06 | 6,344.97 | +0.63% | 6,335.0 | +10.0 | 85 | 7 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2025-04-30 | 5,563.40 | +1.58% | 5,500.0 | +63.4 | 85 | 4 | PCE, GDP, Refunding, VIX settlement, EIA |
| 2025-02-19 | 6,144.07 | +0.47% | 6,127.6 | +16.5 | 95 | 6 | Housing, VIX settlement, Auctions |
| 2025-02-05 | 6,061.34 | +0.59% | 6,040.2 | +21.1 | 95 | 8 | Refunding, VIX settlement, ISM, EIA, Fed |
| 2025-01-15 | 5,950.07 | +0.50% | 5,941.0 | +9.0 | 95 | 6 | CPI, VIX settlement, EIA, Fed |
| 2024-12-24 | 6,037.27 | +0.92% | 6,006.1 | +31.2 | 95 | 0 | VIX settlement, Auctions |
| 2024-12-04 | 6,086.15 | +0.32% | 6,073.4 | +12.7 | 89 | 6 | Housing, VIX settlement, ISM, EIA |
| 2024-11-06 | 5,929.60 | +0.55% | 5,910.0 | +19.6 | 100 | 10 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2024-10-09 | 5,793.82 | +0.81% | 5,773.6 | +20.2 | 80 | 1 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2024-08-14 | 5,455.06 | +0.19% | 5,443.1 | +11.9 | 100 | 4 | CPI, VIX settlement, EIA |
| 2024-07-03 | 5,534.72 | +0.42% | 5,516.7 | +18.1 | 100 | 0 | Housing, Claims, VIX settlement, ISM, EIA |
| 2024-05-15 | 5,308.82 | +0.72% | 5,290.2 | +18.6 | 90 | 2 | CPI, Retail sales, VIX settlement, Fed, EIA |
| 2024-05-08 | 5,187.87 | +0.33% | 5,183.4 | +4.5 | 80 | 8 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2024-04-24 | 5,072.77 | -0.13% | 5,068.2 | +4.6 | 80 | 18 | Housing, VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2024-02-27 | 5,079.15 | +0.08% | 5,070.1 | +9.1 | 90 | 8 | Housing, VIX settlement, Confidence, Auctions |
| 2024-02-14 | 5,001.10 | +0.39% | 4,977.6 | +23.5 | 90 | 14 | PPI, VIX settlement, EIA |
| 2024-02-07 | 4,994.87 | +0.35% | 4,989.1 | +5.8 | 95 | 6 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2024-01-17 | 4,739.26 | +0.12% | 4,730.5 | +8.7 | 90 | 31 | Retail sales, VIX settlement, Auctions |
| 2024-01-10 | 4,782.60 | +0.47% | 4,768.9 | +13.7 | 95 | 4 | NFP, VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2023-12-27 | 4,781.84 | +0.16% | 4,774.7 | +7.1 | 80 | 32 | VIX settlement, Auctions |
| 2023-10-04 | 4,263.76 | +0.57% | 4,243.4 | +20.4 | 95 | 28 | Housing, VIX settlement, ISM, EIA |
| 2023-09-27 | 4,274.12 | -0.34% | 4,269.4 | +4.7 | 80 | 13 | Housing, VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2023-09-06 | 4,465.57 | -0.42% | 4,463.6 | +1.9 | 80 | 19 | VIX settlement, ISM |
| 2023-04-05 | 4,090.55 | -0.10% | 4,084.8 | +5.8 | 85 | 9 | VIX settlement, ISM, EIA |
| 2023-02-15 | 4,146.10 | +0.84% | 4,129.5 | +16.7 | 90 | 19 | Retail sales, VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2023-01-11 | 3,969.25 | +0.77% | 3,948.0 | +21.3 | 95 | 6 | VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2022-10-05 | 3,780.25 | +0.84% | 3,765.4 | +14.8 | 95 | 12 | VIX settlement, ISM, EIA |
| 2022-09-28 | 3,719.20 | +1.76% | 3,699.3 | +19.9 | 85 | 12 | VIX settlement, Fed, EIA, Auctions |
| 2022-09-07 | 3,979.57 | +1.90% | 3,951.2 | +28.4 | 95 | 8 | VIX settlement |
| 2022-08-10 | 4,208.70 | +0.32% | 4,198.1 | +10.6 | 85 | 14 | CPI, VIX settlement, EIA, Auctions |
| 2022-07-06 | 3,844.71 | +0.30% | 3,835.7 | +9.0 | 80 | 30 | VIX settlement, ISM, JOLTS |
| 2022-05-04 | 4,300.15 | +2.88% | 4,207.1 | +93.1 | 100 | 11 | Refunding, VIX settlement, ISM, EIA, FOMC |
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