Levels · 2026 · August · 4
NQ and gold GEX levels for August 4, 2026
The option-positioning levels that were on the desk before the New York open on , for Nasdaq-100 and gold futures, kept exactly as they were computed.
01 / The pre-open run
What the chain said before the open
Read at 08:00 New York time, before the cash open. The fourth column is the part no page about the current session can carry: what each level did against the previous session in the archive.
Nasdaq-100 futures · NQ · one tick = 0.25 points per tick
| Level | Price | Distance from the contract | Change from the previous archived session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract at the run | 29,242.80NQ index points | —this is the reference price | +831.80index points since the previous archived run |
| Call wall | 29,317.10NQ index points | +74.30index points · 297 ticks · 0.25 points per tick | +410.10index points · 1,640 ticks |
| Gamma flip | 28,933.10NQ index points | −309.70index points · 1,239 ticks · 0.25 points per tick | +1,146.10index points · 4,584 ticks |
| Put wall | 27,252.50NQ index points | −1,990.30index points · 7,961 ticks · 0.25 points per tick | −2.50index points · 10 ticks |
| Peak gamma strike | 29,317.10NQ index points | +74.30index points · 297 ticks · 0.25 points per tick | +2,062.10index points · 8,248 ticks |
| Max pain | —no usable strike in this run | —no distance without both prices | —no earlier session archived |
| Regime | Positive gammastate of dealer hedging, not a direction | —a state, not a distance | Unchangedsame as the previous archived session |
Derived from listed QQQ option positioning · all levels within the plausible band
Gold futures · GC · one tick = 0.10 dollars per tick
| Level | Price | Distance from the contract | Change from the previous archived session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract at the run | 4,134.20US dollars per ounce | —this is the reference price | —no earlier session archived |
| Call wall | 4,449.40US dollars per ounce | +315.20dollars per ounce · 3,152 ticks · 0.10 dollars per tick | —no earlier session archived |
| Gamma flip | 4,110.30US dollars per ounce | −23.90dollars per ounce · 239 ticks · 0.10 dollars per tick | —no earlier session archived |
| Put wall | 3,893.30US dollars per ounce | −240.90dollars per ounce · 2,409 ticks · 0.10 dollars per tick | —no earlier session archived |
| Peak gamma strike | 3,893.30US dollars per ounce | −240.90dollars per ounce · 2,409 ticks · 0.10 dollars per tick | —no earlier session archived |
| Max pain | —no usable strike in this run | —no distance without both prices | —no earlier session archived |
| Regime | Positive gammastate of dealer hedging, not a direction | —a state, not a distance | —no earlier session archived |
Derived from listed GLD option positioning · all levels within the plausible band
02 / Later runs
The same session, read again at 11:00 and 14:00
Positioning moves during a session; these are the later reads of the same chain
| Contract and run | Gamma flip | Call wall | Put wall |
|---|---|---|---|
| NQ · 11:00 ET | 28,755.70NQ index points | 29,718.30NQ index points | 27,241.80NQ index points |
| NQ · 14:00 ET | 28,831.60NQ index points | 30,155.60NQ index points | 27,264.00NQ index points |
| GC · 11:00 ET | 4,082.50US dollars per ounce | 4,419.50US dollars per ounce | 3,867.10US dollars per ounce |
| GC · 14:00 ET | 4,089.30US dollars per ounce | 4,425.90US dollars per ounce | 3,872.70US dollars per ounce |
Three runs, three timestamps taken from the data files themselves. None of them was recorded while the session was open to the reader.
03 / The episode
What was said that morning
No episode was recorded for this session. The episodes that do exist are on the market prep page.
04 / Provenance
Where these numbers came from
Every level on this page is a strike of a listed option chain, converted to the futures contract with the ratio between the two at the moment of the run. The mechanism, and what it cannot do, is on the page that explains these levels. What the archive holds, which sessions are missing from it and why, is on the record. If you want the method the zones come from, it is how I learned to grade a zone.
- Nasdaq-100 futures
- ratio 41.292 NQ index points per 1.00 US dollar of QQQ; the fund's print was not archived for this session; put/call not archived for this session; net gamma exposure not archived for this session.
- Gold futures
- ratio 11.124 US dollars per ounce per 1.00 US dollar of GLD; the fund's print was not archived for this session; put/call not archived for this session; net gamma exposure not archived for this session.
- Archived from
- The run of , kept as computed and not revised since.
- What is missing, and why
- Until 16 September 2026 the pipeline overwrote its own files every run, so the sessions before that date survive only through the morning log, which recorded the four levels, the ratio and the contract price and nothing else. The missing fields are named as missing rather than estimated.
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