Zero gamma (gamma flip)

The price at which estimated net dealer gamma changes sign.

How to read it

Above it, dealer hedging tends to damp moves; below it, to amplify them.

How to use it

A level where the market's behavior may change: calmer above, jumpier below.

Limitations

Inherits every assumption of gamma exposure.

In Kereon

Options. Net gamma exposure recomputed at 61 prices across ±15% of the current one, holding each contract's IV fixed; the crossing nearest the price, interpolated between the two points either side. None when the curve never crosses inside that band.

Also called: zero gamma, gamma flip, flip.

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