Weekly Pulse – Week of Jun 8-12, 2026 – Free-source build
Sideways regime held; net call premium 2.2x put across 5 sessions; no single-name positioning carried through the week.
How to read this Pulse
KPI strip → Sector tape → Concentration (top single-name net premium) → This Week’s Tell → Dark-pool prints (FINRA T-14) → What changed → Next session catalysts → Data quality + methodology + disclaimer. The KPI strip carries the headline reads; the rest is the structure beneath them.
Key Level
SPY $742
Watch gamma flipCall Premium
$41.33B
vs Put $18.76BP/C Volume
0.66
ratioSector TapeClose · net options premium
| ETF · Sector | Day % | Call prem | Put prem | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY S&P 500 (broad market) | +0.00% | $1.53B | $1.25B | $281.0M |
| XLB Materials | +0.00% | $546.2K | $117.3K | $428.9K |
| XLC Communication Services | +0.00% | $129.0K | $212.4K | -$83.4K |
| XLE Energy | +0.00% | $11.0M | $4.1M | $6.9M |
| XLF Financials | +0.00% | $11.8M | $9.0M | $2.8M |
| XLI Industrials | +0.00% | $1.5M | $2.1M | -$663.8K |
| XLK Technology | +0.00% | $4.9M | $976.0K | $3.9M |
| XLP Consumer Staples | +0.00% | $693.5K | $657.0K | $36.5K |
| XLRE Real Estate | +0.00% | $76.6K | $3.7K | $72.9K |
| XLU Utilities | +0.00% | $2.8M | $1.1M | $1.7M |
| XLV Health Care | +0.00% | $3.7M | $494.0K | $3.2M |
| XLY Consumer Discretionary | +0.00% | $1.0M | $114.3K | $914.4K |
ConcentrationTop single-name net premium
Tech anchors
- TSLA+$3.6M
- QQQ+$1.6M
- META+$708.7K
- AMZN+$691.9K
- GOOGL-$465.4K
Non-tech anchors
- SPXW-$7.9M
- SPY-$6.3M
- IWM-$6.0M
- ROKU+$1.4M
- TLT+$948.5K
This Week’s TellStandout single-name positioning
Quiet Tape
No standout single-name positioning today.
Flow distributed evenly across index products. No single ticker accumulated the kind of one-sided ask-side imbalance or concentrated dark-pool absorption that draws institutional attention. Tape stayed in observation mode.
Dark-Pool TellsFINRA OTC ATS · T-14 lag
| Ticker | Total premium | Mega-prints (≥100K) | Print count |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | $4.03B | 19 | 500 |
| AVGO | $2.46B | 8 | 500 |
| NVDA | $1.53B | 11 | 500 |
| IWM | $1.11B | 6 | 500 |
| QQQ | $935.2M | 2 | 500 |
| AMZN | $741.6M | 5 | 500 |
| AAPL | $736.1M | 6 | 500 |
| GOOGL | $674.2M | 4 | 500 |
| TSLA | $571.5M | 1 | 500 |
| MSFT | $472.7M | 3 | 500 |
FINRA ATS publishes with a T-14 lag — the off-exchange tape here reflects institutional activity two weeks ago, not the current session.
Cross-Sector Insider HeatmapSEC Form 4 net flow – last 5 sessions
Heaviest selling in Technology.
What ChangedSession deltas
- ▲ Week call-premium total $41.33B vs put $18.76B = 2.2x call-heavy.
- ▲ Materials (XLB) closed Fri at $52.18 (+0.00%).
- ● Five-session window covered: 2026-06-08 through 2026-06-12.
Next Session CatalystsEyes on the tape
NVDA earnings · expected May 20-21 after close
FOMC May minutes · May 21-22
Existing/New Home Sales · retail bellwether prints mid-week
Sector heatmap · Concentration · Dark pool · By-the-numbers
Data Quality & MethodologyOpen by design
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