2026-07-16 S&P 500 & Nasdaq GEX Recap — Why It Moved
Post-close GEX recap
2026-07-16 · S&P 500 & Nasdaq GEX Recap
S&P 500 (SPX / ES)
Regime: unknown
Open
7,605
Close
7,577
High
7,614
Low
7,548
Session change
-0.36%
AI narrative generation failed; refer to the event timeline
2026-07-16 S&P 500 E-mini Futures (ES) / SPX Index Options recap narrative auto-generation failed. 86 key events identified; refer to the event timeline below plus the level performance table for your own interpretation. The AI narrative will be retried on the next scheduled run.
Put Wall @ 7,567 — 8 touches, was broken through but reclaimed, strength weakened
❌HVL @ 7,589 — 15 touches and broken through without reclaim, invalidated
—0Γ @ 7,589 — Not touched intraday; reference price for the day 7589.27 (shift -24.09)
❌+Γ OI @ 7,612 — 11 touches and broken through without reclaim, invalidated
❌-Γ OI @ 7,577 — 8 touches and broken through without reclaim, invalidated
Nasdaq-100 (NDX / NQ)
Regime: unknown
Open
29,510
Close
29,228
High
29,527
Low
29,079
Session change
-0.96%
AI narrative generation failed; refer to the event timeline
2026-07-16 NASDAQ-100 E-mini Futures (NQ) / NDX Index Options recap narrative auto-generation failed. 80 key events identified; refer to the event timeline below + level performance table for your own interpretation. AI narrative will be retried on the next scheduled run.
❌HVL @ 29,370 — 2 touches and broken through without reclaim, failed
—0Γ @ 29,370 — Not touched intraday; reference price for the day 29369.59 (shift -283.64)
⚠️+Γ OI @ 29,507 — 5 touches, no significant reversal reaction
❌-Γ OI @ 29,267 — 16 touches and broken through without reclaim, failed
VIX Volatility
Regime: unknown
Open
16.04
Close
16.58
High
17.23
Low
15.77
Session change
+3.37%
AI narrative generation failed; refer to the event timeline
2026-07-16 CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) recap narrative auto-generation failed. 57 key events identified; refer to the event timeline below + the level performance table for your own interpretation. The AI narrative will be retried on the next scheduled run.
Key-level performance
—Call Wall @ 18.00 — Not touched intraday; reference price for the day 18.00 (shift +2.00)