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CIEN gamma levels

From the closing options book · October 19, 2026

CIEN closed at 344.20 on October 19, 2026. Its call wall was 350, put wall 280, the Apex (the strike with the most dealer gamma) 280. Net dealer gamma was negative, so hedging tends to amplify moves.

344.20
Close
280
Apex
350
Call wall
280
Put wall
—
Gamma flip

These are the October 19, 2026 closing levels. Members see CIEN's board live all session, with the odds of reaching each level.

CIEN gamma levelsWALL BANDCall wall350Close344.20Put wall280
CIEN closing levels — October 19, 2026. Drawn to scale.

CIEN's closing options book on October 19, 2026 carried −$3.0 million of net dealer gamma spread across 5 expirations and 257 contracts. The sign is negative, so hedging runs with the move rather than against it.

The heaviest call-side strike sits at 350 and the heaviest put-side strike at 280, a band 20% wide. CIEN has averaged 6.29% between its high and its low over the last 89 sessions, which makes the full width of that band about 3.2 average sessions of travel. It closed hugging the call wall.

CIEN closed at 344.20 — 1.7% below the call wall and 19% above the put wall. The call side is the nearer of the two at 1.7% away, which is the only reason it is worth watching more closely than the other. Most levels drawn on a chart are never reached at all, and the distance is what separates them.

CIEN's apex — the strike carrying the most gamma in absolute terms — is 280, the same strike as its put wall. When those stack on one level the book is concentrated rather than spread, and that single strike is doing most of the work.

Across the last 10 recorded sessions its call wall has moved almost every session, and its put wall has moved almost every session. Walls that stay put and walls that migrate every session are different objects.

What CIEN's walls are — and aren't

CIEN's book has been recorded on 89 sessions. Its average daily range over that stretch was 6.29% of price. Walls are where dealer hedging is heaviest — positive gamma absorbs moves, negative gamma amplifies them. They are not bounce points, and across our grading they contained price no better than a same-width band around the prior close.

CIEN levels, last 10 sessions

SessionCloseApexCall wallPut wall
Oct 19344.20280350280
Oct 16332.73280397.5280
Oct 15356.52330397.5330
Oct 14359.60330425330
Oct 13400.40417.5425417.5
Oct 12405.01400400417.5
Oct 9449.77450450435
Oct 8425.93420440420
Oct 7446.45440440420
Oct 6443.65400400375

Common questions

What is CIEN's call wall right now?

CIEN's heaviest call-side gamma strike is 350, measured from the closing options book on October 19, 2026. That is 1.7% above where it closed, against an average daily range of 6.29%.

Where is CIEN's put wall?

The heaviest put-side strike is 280, 19% below the October 19, 2026 close. Together with the 350 call wall it brackets a band 20% wide.

What is CIEN's gamma flip level?

CIEN does not have a well-defined gamma flip in the current book.

Do CIEN's gamma walls act as support and resistance?

Not reliably. Walls mark where dealer hedging is heaviest — positive gamma absorbs moves, negative gamma amplifies them — but levels are not bounce points, and across our grading walls contained price no better than a same-width band around the prior close (CIEN's book has been recorded on 89 sessions).

Are these CIEN levels live?

No. This page is built from the closing options book and rebuilt each night, so it describes October 19, 2026. Walls build and dissolve through a session — the live intraday board is inside FlowMonkey, and a free 15-minute delayed SPY board is public at flowmonkey.net/spy-gamma-heatmap.

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Levels are measured from the closing options book and rebuilt nightly. Gamma is an estimate of dealer hedging pressure, not a forecast of direction. Not investment advice.