XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDRClose $52.63EOD onlyThis page reflects XLF options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
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Flow Verdict
Watch next session: Monitor large put prints and follow-through price action; Watch spot vs MP and GEX changes around gamma flip level
Flow Summary
Net premium: -$6.6M bearish
P/C volume ratio: 1.47
P/C OI ratio: 1.34
Notable Prints
Read-through: long-dated tail protection
Read-through: near-term downside hedging
Read-through: bullish upside exposure
Read-through: short-dated downside guard
Read-through: meaningful near-term downside interest
Institutional Positioning
Call additions: Large short-dated put buys 51.5–56 (May–Jun); long-dated protective put tail at $25 (2027).
Put additions: Concentrated buying 51.5–56 strikes and deep OTM 26/25 puts; elevated put skew.
GEX/DEX consistency: Mixed: option flow leans bearish while GEX is net-positive (~+$80M) and DEX shows buybacks (~+155M shares), reducing pinning confidence.
OI clusters: OI concentration ~194k puts ~8% below spot; significant call OI at $60 July (~4.5k).
Hedging evidence: Multi-tenor hedging: short-dated defensive puts and long-dated protective tail consistent with institutional risk reduction.
Max pain context: Possible short-term pin toward max pain but low-to-moderate confidence given small spot distance (~0.6%) and offsetting GEX/DEX signals.
Signal vs Noise
Key Conclusions
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