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QQQ 0DTE: GEX Snapshot Close vs the Midday Card
The midday −$222.07M card expired. It is not the cash close. GEX snapshot 13:01:20 PT (Data Refresh Paused) is the last Cos-verified QQQ 0DTE book on the desk: spot 716.68, net GEX +68.20M, HVL 716, C1 717.
Cash close is the close
QQQ cash close 716.76 (+0.05%). Day range 713.16–717.58. After-hours 716.84–716.94. US cash is closed. After-hours is open. Do not read an expired midday card as the cash close.
GEX snapshot · 13:01:20 PT · Data Refresh Paused
GEX snapshot, 13:01:20 PT, Data Refresh Paused: spot 716.68, net GEX +68.20M, HVL 716, C1 717. That is the final QQQ snapshot Cos will print for Aug 31. We do not invent a later GEX print.
SPX 7683.95, net GEX −233.79M, HVL 7705. NQ 29509 vs ES 7701. Same desk, same close. A QQQ midday card that expired is not a rewrite of either book.
Midday −$222.07M expired. GEX snapshot 13:01:20 PT is the last QQQ 0DTE card. Not a ticket.
The same close is in The $4.243 billion print was $0. This note exists so the 0DTE book is not buried under the repo rumor.