How to Read the ChartGEX Dashboard in 5 Minutes

You don't need a quant background to use ChartGEX. This guide walks you through every key panel, explains what the colors and numbers mean, and gives you a repeatable process for reading the dashboard before each trading session.

Start Here: The Gamma Regime Panel

This is the single most important thing to check. It tells you whether the market is in positive gamma (mean-reverting, calm) or negative gamma (trending, volatile) mode.

• Positive gamma (green): Dealers are dampening moves. Fade extremes, trust support/resistance, trade range-bound strategies.
• Negative gamma (red): Dealers are amplifying moves. Respect momentum, use wider stops, don't fight the trend.

This one reading changes your entire approach for the session. Check it first, every time.

The Key Levels Bar

Across the top of the dashboard, you'll see the session's critical price levels:

• Gamma Flip — The price where gamma switches from positive to negative. Above = calm. Below = wild. This is your regime boundary.
• Call Wall — The strike with the highest call gamma. Acts as a ceiling. Price tends to stall or reverse here.
• Put Wall — The strike with the highest put gamma. Acts as a floor. Price tends to bounce here.
• Max Pain — The price where options holders lose the most. Price gravitates here into expiration.
• Spot GEX — The dollar-equivalent gamma exposure per 1% move. Higher = stronger dealer influence.

These levels replace guesswork support/resistance with data-driven structural levels backed by billions in open interest.