SPX Dealer Levels: June 18, 2026
On Thursday, June 18, 2026, SPX opened at 7,420.10 and closed at 7,500.58, a session range of 90.79 points (1.22%). The mid-session dealer positioning snapshot showed call wall 7500, put wall 7475, zero gamma 7378, max pain 7500.
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
7,420.10
High
7,510.89
Low
7,420.10
Close
7,500.58
Net dealer gamma read positive at the snapshot, a backdrop in which dealer hedging flows tend to dampen intraday swings. VIX opened at 16.98 and finished at 16.4.
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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