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IWM — structural market context

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Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 21. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $276.48 (Oct 21) vs $275.78 (Oct 20): +0.25%.

Volume

0.61× its 20-session average (26.2M) on Oct 21.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Estimated Gamma Exposure (0–45 DTE)

−$1.41B on Oct 20, 3:55 pm ET; −$1.17B on Oct 21, 3:50 pm ET.

Sign of the net estimate: negative before, negative after.

Gamma flip 283.36 → 281.95 · Call wall 278 → 280 · Put wall 270 → 270

Short interest

Short interest 91.0M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 98.1M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 10 days with fails, largest 4.0M shares on Sep 15.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 8 days with fails, largest 3.2M shares on Sep 11.

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IWM: what the public data shows

Each row is the latest public record we hold for IWM, with its own date and source. Figures are descriptive and delayed by their source.

DataLatest recordAs ofSource
Short interest→ Short Interest & FTD tracker91.0M shares short · 3.7 days to cover · −7.3% vs 2026-09-152026-09-30FINRA
Fails-to-deliver→ Short Interest & FTD tracker204K shares failed to deliver on 2026-09-302026-09-30SEC fails-to-deliver files
Gamma exposure (estimated)→ Gamma ExposureNet GEX −$1.38B per 1% move · gamma flip $281.262026-10-22 09:00 ETComputed by TradeAI News from the options chain · estimate
Short interest→ Short Interest & FTD tracker
Latest record
91.0M shares short · 3.7 days to cover · −7.3% vs 2026-09-15
As of
2026-09-30
Source
FINRA
Fails-to-deliver→ Short Interest & FTD tracker
Latest record
204K shares failed to deliver on 2026-09-30
As of
2026-09-30
Source
SEC fails-to-deliver files
Gamma exposure (estimated)→ Gamma Exposure
Latest record
Net GEX −$1.38B per 1% move · gamma flip $281.26
As of
2026-10-22 09:00 ET
Source
Computed by TradeAI News from the options chain · estimate

IWM short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
91.0M
% OF FLOAT
—
DAYS TO COVER
3.7
CHANGE VS PRIOR
-7.3%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (22d ago)

IWM fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-30 · 22d204K$279.01
2026-09-28 · 24d54K$281.97
2026-09-25 · 27d19K$281.66

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

IWM gamma exposure levels

SPOT
$276.21
GAMMA FLIP
$281.26
CALL WALL
$280
PUT WALL
$270

Computed gamma exposure: Black-Scholes gamma from bid-ask implied volatility, OCC open interest from two trading sessions earlier (T-2 sessions). Snapshotted every 5 minutes in market hours. Structure, not direction. · as of 2026-10-22

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