Markets: right now, options and against history

Where the market stands right now, how options traders are positioned and how today compares with history, for SPY and the stocks the site tracks.

Live Now (Markets desk)

Live Now is a data page on the Markets desk of Glassbox Auditing. SPY tracks the 500 largest US companies, so its intraday move is the quickest read on how the whole market is trading; the session levels on the chart are the prices traders watch for a break or a bounce.

Last updated: 6 Nov 2026.

What is on this page today?

SPY moved +0.26% on Friday 6 Nov, the us morning block the most (+0.69%) — Each block's move from its first bar to its last: pre-market +0.01% · us morning +0.69% · us afternoon -0.61% · after hours +0.16% · typical move per block over 60 days: pre-market 0.22% · us morning 0.33% · us… (NYSE Arca, 6 Nov 2026)

Where does the data come from?

Items on this page come from NYSE Arca. Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.

What does this page lead to?

Fear Gauge (VIX) (Briefing): The VIX is priced from S&P 500 index options, so a falling SPY tends to come with a rising VIX the same day as traders pay more for protection. (moves the other way; same day; economy scale) Source: Cboe VIX index data (daily history and delayed quotes).
Kalshi (Markets): Kalshi lists contracts on where the S&P 500 ends the hour, the day and the year; their prices reprice as SPY moves, so the crowd's range shifts with the live price. (moves the same way; minutes; economy scale) Source: Kalshi prediction markets.
Dealer Gamma (Options): As SPY moves across strikes with large open interest, the hedging dealers are assumed to do changes from leaning against moves to leaning with them, depending on which side of the zero-gamma level the price sits. (either way, depending on the cause; same day; economy scale) Source: Dealer gamma computed by the terminal (Black-Scholes greeks from closing mids; dealers assumed long calls and short puts).
Stock by Stock (Markets): SPY holds the S&P 500 by market value, so its move each day is driven mostly by its largest holdings; Stock by Stock shows each of them against its own history. (moves the same way; same day; company scale) Source: State Street, SPY daily holdings.
SPY (Options): The day's option trades open or close SPY contracts; the next morning's open interest on Options/SPY shows which bets stayed open and where the ceilings and floors moved. (either way, depending on the cause; next morning; economy scale) Source: Robinhood options market data (OPRA).
Risk Monitor (Briefing): A sharp SPY fall usually lifts the VIX and can invert its curve, two of the Risk Monitor's stock-market gauges, so a large down day tends to move its Stocks row toward Watch or Stressed. (moves the other way; same day; economy scale) Source: Cboe VIX index data (daily history and delayed quotes).
Credit & Housing (Macro): On risk-off days money tends to move from stocks into Treasuries, pulling yields down, and mortgage rates follow the 10-year yield; when inflation is the worry, stocks and bond prices can fall together instead. (either way, depending on the cause; days to weeks; economy scale) Source: FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).

What feeds this page?

AI Supply Chain (AI): The largest AI chip and cloud companies are a large share of SPY by weight, so their moves carry much of the index's daily move. (moves the same way; same day; economy scale) Source: State Street, SPY daily holdings.
Finance (Global Intelligence): Overnight moves in Asian and European indexes tend to set the tone for SPY's open, since global funds trade the same companies and risks across time zones. (moves the same way; same day; global scale) Source: Yahoo Finance prices.
Stock by Stock (Markets): The largest stocks carry the most weight in SPY, so a big move in one of them moves the index and what Live Now shows. (moves the same way; same day; economy scale) Source: State Street, SPY daily holdings.
SPY (Options): Strikes with the largest open interest are where hedging flows concentrate, so near expiration SPY's price often slows or settles near them; Live Now shows the price against those levels. (either way, depending on the cause; same day; economy scale) Source: Robinhood options market data (OPRA).
Big Tech Map (Options): The Big Tech names are the largest weights in SPY, so a group-wide lean in their options is in effect a lean on a large slice of the index. (moves the same way; same day; economy scale) Source: State Street, SPY daily holdings.
Dealer Gamma (Options): Which side of the zero-gamma level SPY trades on is the usual regime line: above it the assumed hedging leans against moves, below it with them; Live Now shows where the price sits. (either way, depending on the cause; same day; economy scale) Source: Dealer gamma computed by the terminal (Black-Scholes greeks from closing mids; dealers assumed long calls and short puts).
Wall Scanner (Options): When SPY itself sits near a wall, the hedging around that strike bears on the whole market's day, which Live Now shows as it trades. (either way, depending on the cause; same day; economy scale) Source: Dealer gamma computed by the terminal (Black-Scholes greeks from closing mids; dealers assumed long calls and short puts).