Morning Brief

2026-08-20 / Pre-Market / Sources: Schwab, Yahoo / As of: 2026-08-20T08:36:00-04:00
Schwab Token: 4.4d old - healthy

Macro Snapshot

SPY
764.36
-0.61%
QQQ
709.60
-0.91%
IWM
299.14
-0.86%
$SPX
7707.98
0.00%
$VIX
16.05
+7.79%

Cross-Asset

20Y Bonds
82.07
-1.14%
Gold
408.37
-1.32%
Oil
135.97
+3.87%
BTC
$71695
+3.51%

Sector Heatmap

SectorLastChangeBar
XLK Technology $182.20-0.78%
XLC Communication Services $111.320.00%
XLY Consumer Discretionary $117.02-1.32%
XLP Consumer Staples $85.47-1.24%
XLE Energy $64.45+1.37%
XLF Financials $57.31-0.30%
XLV Health Care $174.47-0.69%
XLI Industrials $180.90-0.58%
XLB Materials $52.12-0.76%
XLRE Real Estate $44.83-0.36%
XLU Utilities $43.85-0.39%

Pre-Market Movers

SymbolLastGap%Vol% Off High
MSTR$113.61+8.98%4,931,23468.9%
WMT$106.60-6.74%7,107,70621.1%
COIN$167.82+4.76%1,059,17858.3%
HOOD$98.52+2.87%1,172,18836.0%
SOFI$18.79+2.01%1,490,55842.6%
XOM$167.97+1.94%499,1644.8%
TSLA$344.44-1.90%831,54931.0%
HD$338.00-1.83%17,51220.8%
ARM$244.89-1.78%76,77445.9%
AMD$460.54-1.26%340,70521.2%
SMCI$36.16-1.15%584,69938.5%
AMZN$263.00-1.07%469,9638.4%

GEX Walls

SPY current quote: 764.36 / SPX ~7661. Chain reference: 769.06. Approximation only.

Main Pin
SPY 770
SPX ~7717
GEX 0.86B
Call Wall
SPY 770
SPX ~7717
GEX 0.43B
Put Wall
SPY 760
SPX ~7617
GEX -0.17B

Negative-to-positive GEX flip: SPY 770 / SPX ~7717

Key Levels

Prior High
$772.47
Prior Low
$768.10
Prior Close
$769.06
52w High
$779.37

Economic Calendar (Today)

Time (ET)EventImpactForecastPrevious
08:30Philly Fed Manufacturing IndexMedium24.141.4
08:30Unemployment ClaimsMedium210K209K
10:00CB Leading Index m/mLow0.1%-0.2%
10:30Natural Gas StorageLow15B36B

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