Volatility Regime Check: Where GEX Sits Heading Into Q4

The quarterly gamma regime check heading into October:

• Post-September OPEX: the big quarterly hedges expired — dealer gamma cushions are at their thinnest in the cycle
• Stacked catalysts: Micron Wednesday, jobs Friday — two vol events in one week with minimal cushion between them
• The regime read: thin gamma + real catalysts = moves carry further than mid-cycle weeks. The mean-reversion dampeners that chop normal weeks are weaker now.

For options traders: this is the week where "the market was quiet yesterday" is not a model. Post-witching thinness + event density is the setup where intraday ranges expand.

Map the current strike structure on the heatmap, then run the week on Stock Picks.