Morning Brief - 2026-08-17

Degraded brief
Bot standings stale: file updated_at is older than 96 hours
Bot standings stale: mimo as_of is older than 96 hours
Bot standings stale: glm as_of is older than 96 hours
Bot standings stale: gex as_of is older than 96 hours

Macro Snapshot

SPY

777.23

+0.11%

QQQ

734.32

+0.44%

IWM

304.62

-0.15%

$SPX

7785.76

0.00%

$VIX

14.93

+4.77%

Cross-Asset

20Y Bonds

81.89

-0.19%

Gold

403.17

+0.42%

Oil

126.55

-0.04%

BTC

$63579

+1.21%

Sector Heatmap

Sector	Last	Change
XLK Technology	$191.28	+0.67%
XLC Communication Services	$112.92	-0.02%
XLY Consumer Discretionary	$118.14	-0.05%
XLP Consumer Staples	$86.09	0.00%
XLE Energy	$61.80	-0.18%
XLF Financials	$58.08	-0.14%
XLV Health Care	$166.99	-0.23%
XLI Industrials	$186.26	-0.13%
XLB Materials	$52.41	-0.25%
XLRE Real Estate	$45.20	-0.15%
XLU Utilities	$44.20	-0.25%

Pre-Market Movers

Symbol	Last	Gap%	Vol	% Off High
SOFI	$18.69	+2.18%	901,153	42.9%
ARM	$284.00	+1.63%	76,273	37.3%
SMCI	$39.29	-1.38%	1,946,065	33.2%
MSTR	$94.30	+1.35%	494,353	75.2%
AMZN	$266.19	+1.35%	744,138	7.3%

GEX Walls

SPY current quote: 777.23 / SPX ~7795. Chain reference: 776.34. Approximation only.

Main Pin

SPY 777

SPX ~7792

GEX 1.16B

Call Wall

SPY 780

SPX ~7822

GEX 0.63B

Put Wall

SPY 776

SPX ~7782

GEX -0.83B

Negative-to-positive GEX flip: SPY 777 / SPX ~7792

Key Levels

Prior High

$778.80

Prior Low

$775.43

Prior Close

$776.34

52w High

$779.37

Economic Calendar (Today)

Time (ET)	Event	Impact	Forecast	Previous
08:30	Empire State Manufacturing Index	Low	10.6	15.6
10:00	NAHB Housing Market Index	Low	33	34
16:00	TIC Long-Term Purchases	Low	151.4B	232.7B

Bot Contest Standings

#	Bot	Account	Return	As Of
1st	MiMo-Pro	$17,000	0.00%	2026-08-11T08:00:00-04:00
2nd	GLM	$17,000	0.00%	2026-08-11T08:00:00-04:00
3rd	GEX-Trader	$17,000	0.00%	2026-08-11T08:00:00-04:00