Morning Brief

2026-09-18 / Pre-Market / Sources: Schwab, Yahoo / As of: 2026-09-18T08:15:36-04:00
Schwab Token: 1.9d old - healthy

Macro Snapshot

SPY
760.64
-0.01%
QQQ
718.16
+0.17%
IWM
284.51
-0.32%
$SPX
7637.76
0.00%
$VIX
15.53
+0.58%

Cross-Asset

20Y Bonds
81.58
-0.24%
Gold
400.85
+0.63%
Oil
154.87
-0.28%
BTC
$78042
+2.14%

Sector Heatmap

SectorLastChangeBar
XLK Technology $188.27+0.11%
XLC Communication Services $112.64+0.26%
XLY Consumer Discretionary $111.69+0.27%
XLP Consumer Staples $83.30-0.23%
XLE Energy $64.18-0.47%
XLF Financials $55.65-0.41%
XLV Health Care $167.97-0.50%
XLI Industrials $168.60-0.24%
XLB Materials $50.52-0.37%
XLRE Real Estate $42.84-0.23%
XLU Utilities $41.61-0.19%

Pre-Market Movers

SymbolLastGap%Vol% Off High
MSTR$136.00+2.84%1,017,91762.8%
HOOD$112.29+2.26%787,32227.0%
GOOGL$354.54+2.08%1,521,39713.2%
META$692.90+1.55%472,66012.4%
COIN$176.66+1.55%465,10356.1%

GEX Walls

SPY current quote: 760.64 / SPX ~7637. Chain reference: 762.60. Approximation only.

Main Pin
SPY 760
SPX ~7631
GEX 4.89B
Call Wall
SPY 765
SPX ~7681
GEX 1.22B
Put Wall
SPY 760
SPX ~7631
GEX -2.83B

Negative-to-positive GEX flip: SPY 761 / SPX ~7641

Key Levels

Prior High
$763.57
Prior Low
$759.96
Prior Close
$762.60
52w High
$779.37

Economic Calendar (Today)

Time (ET)EventImpactForecastPrevious
09:15Capacity Utilization RateLow76.4%76.3%
09:15Industrial Production m/mLow0.3%0.2%
09:30FOMC Member Bowman SpeaksLow
10:00CB Leading Index m/mLow0.1%0.2%
11:45FOMC Member Schmid SpeaksLow

Bot Contest Standings

#BotAccountReturnAs Of
1stGLM$16,852-0.87%2026-09-15T15:54:18-04:00
2ndMiMo-Pro$16,798-1.19%2026-09-16T09:46:25-04:00
3rdGEX-Trader$16,227-4.55%2026-09-16T08:34:53-04:00