Levels · 2026 · September · 2
NQ and gold GEX levels for September 2, 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 | 29,026.20NQ index points | —this is the reference price | −183.30index points since the previous archived run |
| Call wall | 30,025.70NQ index points | +999.50index points · 3,998 ticks · 0.25 points per tick | −3.20index points · 13 ticks |
| Gamma flip | 29,299.80NQ index points | +273.60index points · 1,094 ticks · 0.25 points per tick | −112.10index points · 448 ticks |
| Put wall | 28,791.80NQ index points | −234.40index points · 938 ticks · 0.25 points per tick | −3.10index points · 12 ticks |
| Peak gamma strike | 28,791.80NQ index points | −234.40index points · 938 ticks · 0.25 points per tick | −3.10index points · 12 ticks |
| Max pain | —no usable strike in this run | —no distance without both prices | —no earlier session archived |
| Regime | Negative 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 | 4,372.40US dollars per ounce | —this is the reference price | −61.60dollars per ounce since the previous archived run |
| Call wall | 4,745.50US dollars per ounce | +373.10dollars per ounce · 3,731 ticks · 0.10 dollars per tick | +20.30dollars per ounce · 203 ticks |
| Gamma flip | 4,234.30US dollars per ounce | −138.10dollars per ounce · 1,381 ticks · 0.10 dollars per tick | +35.90dollars per ounce · 359 ticks |
| Put wall | 4,304.10US dollars per ounce | −68.30dollars per ounce · 683 ticks · 0.10 dollars per tick | −113.40dollars per ounce · 1,134 ticks |
| Peak gamma strike | 4,745.50US dollars per ounce | +373.10dollars per ounce · 3,731 ticks · 0.10 dollars per tick | +20.30dollars per ounce · 203 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 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 | 29,337.70NQ index points | 30,061.20NQ index points | 28,825.80NQ index points |
| NQ · 14:00 ET | 29,334.70NQ index points | 30,054.30NQ index points | 28,819.20NQ index points |
| GC · 11:00 ET | 4,235.10US dollars per ounce | 4,743.90US dollars per ounce | 3,695.90US dollars per ounce |
| GC · 14:00 ET | 4,232.30US dollars per ounce | 4,745.70US dollars per ounce | 3,697.30US 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
The two-minute market prep recorded for this session is NQ Gamma Map — September 02, 2026, 1:38 long, on YouTube. Nothing plays on this page: it is a link, not an embed. The full list is 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 the seven-module course.
- Nasdaq-100 futures
- ratio 41.131 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 11.036 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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