SPX Dealer Levels: April 24, 2026
On Friday, April 24, 2026, SPX opened at 7,108.40 and closed at 7,165.08, a session range of 60.19 points (0.85%). The mid-session dealer positioning snapshot showed call wall 7160, put wall 7150, zero gamma 7075, max pain 7045.
Dealer positioning levels
Strike carrying the session's heaviest call-side dealer gamma. Rallies often slow into this area.
Strike carrying the heaviest put-side dealer gamma. Declines often slow near this area.
Level where net dealer gamma flips sign, separating the dampened regime above from the amplified regime below.
Expiry strike at which the total settlement value of same-day SPX options would be smallest.
Session statistics
Open
7,108.40
High
7,168.59
Low
7,108.40
Close
7,165.08
Net dealer gamma read positive at the snapshot, a backdrop in which dealer hedging flows tend to dampen intraday swings. VIX opened at 18.94 and finished at 18.71.
Levels are computed from that session's SPX option-chain snapshots and reflect a mid-session reading. Prices are session-observed values, not official settlement prints. Archive pages are static records of what the dealer book showed that day. Method details on the methodology page.
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