Pacer Lunt Large Cap Alternator ETF (ALTL) Gamma Exposure (GEX) & Greeks
Gamma exposure (GEX) analysis shows how options positioning creates dealer hedging pressure across strikes. Includes delta, vanna, charm, vomma, and vega exposure by strike price.
Pacer Lunt Large Cap Alternator ETF (ALTL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $103.9M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.90 to the broader market. This Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) targets large-capitalization companies, utilizing a specific strategy to mirror the performance of an underlying index. public since 2020-06-25.
Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $51.31
- Net Gamma
- $2.1K
- Net Delta
- -$33.0K
- Net Vega
- -$110
- Gamma Concentration
- 1.00
As of Jun 30, 2026, Pacer Lunt Large Cap Alternator ETF (ALTL) has positive net gamma exposure of $2.1K under the standard dealer-hedging convention. Net delta exposure is -$33.0K. Positive GEX means dealers are net long gamma: they buy into dips and sell into rallies, damping realized volatility and often causing price to pin near heavy open-interest strikes.
ALTL Strategy Sizing in the Current GEX Regime
Pacer Lunt Large Cap Alternator ETF is in a positive dealer-gamma regime ($2.1K). Net dealer delta of -$33.0K sets the size of the directional hedging flow that fires as spot moves. In this regime, mean-reverting strategies fit the regime: credit spreads, iron condors, covered calls near established ranges. Realized volatility tends to undershoot implied during positive-gamma stretches, supporting the short-vol structures. The gamma-flip level - the spot price at which net dealer gamma changes sign - is the most actionable anchor for sizing: through-flip moves trigger qualitatively different hedging behavior than within-regime moves, so risk-defined structures sized to the current spot may not stay sized correctly if a flip is near.
Reading the ALTL gamma exposure profile
The per-strike GEX bars above show where dealer hedging will fire as spot moves through each strike. Net dealer gamma is positive at $2.1K, so as spot moves dealers sell rallies and buy dips, mechanically dampening realized volatility. Net dealer delta of -$33.0K sets the size of the directional hedging flow that fires as spot moves: a 1% move in ALTL triggers approximately $330 of dollar hedging. Net vega of -$110 measures how dealer P&L scales with implied-volatility shifts - a 1-point IV move shifts dealer book value by approximately that amount per vol point. Gamma concentration ratio is 1.00, a measure of how clustered dealer gamma is around the current spot - higher concentration means more violent hedging when spot crosses key strikes.
ALTL GEX regime and trading style
In the current positive-gamma regime, Pacer Lunt Large Cap Alternator ETF realized volatility tends to undershoot implied, supporting short-vol structures: credit spreads near established ranges, covered calls, iron condors with wings just outside the dealer-supported band. Risk: a regime flip into negative gamma typically arrives with a spot drop through a gamma-flip strike, after which the same structures get hit by accelerating moves. The current expected move of 6.45% is the anchor for sizing wings - structures with wings at ±1σ collect ~68% probability of staying inside the band.
How dealer hedging on ALTL feeds spot tape
Dealer hedging is mechanical, not opinionated - the flow is the inverse of options buyer/seller positioning. Long-gamma dealers sell into rallies and buy into dips, narrowing intraday ranges. That is the mechanism behind the "pin to max pain" pattern. The gamma-flip strike is the most actionable single number on this page: cross it and the entire hedging regime inverts. Through-flip moves typically come with regime-change in realized volatility, not just direction.
Practical caveats for trading ALTL GEX
Dealer-gamma exposure is a model output, not a measured quantity. The figures here use the standard assumption that customers buy options and dealers are short the inventory, hedged delta-neutral. Reality has more texture: dealers occasionally net long inventory after option-overwriter ETF flows or systematic vol-target strategy rolls, in which case the sign of the regime inverts from what the GEX page implies. Cross-check with the IV-rank context on the volatility page: high-IV-rank regimes tend to coincide with negative gamma even when the headline number prints positive, because realized vol is already running hot enough to make hedging flows reactive rather than damping. When the implied move sits above 4% (6.45% here), the entire gamma profile compresses into the near-expiration tenors and the longer-dated GEX number becomes less actionable. Treat the gamma sign as a probability tilt, not a deterministic prediction.
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Frequently asked ALTL gamma exposure (gex) & greeks questions
- What is the current ALTL gamma exposure (GEX)?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Pacer Lunt Large Cap Alternator ETF (ALTL) net gamma exposure is positive at $2.1K under the standard dealer-hedging convention. Net dealer delta exposure is -$33.0K. GEX aggregates the gamma sitting on dealer books across all listed strikes and expirations.
- Is ALTL in positive or negative dealer gamma right now?
- ALTL is currently in positive dealer gamma. Dealers net long gamma buy underlying weakness and sell into rallies to maintain delta-neutrality, which dampens realized volatility and tends to pin price near heavy open-interest strikes.
- What does ALTL GEX tell options traders?
- GEX is a regime indicator: positive-gamma regimes favor mean-reverting strategies (premium-selling near established ranges); negative-gamma regimes favor momentum and breakout strategies. The same options-strategy structure can be appropriate or inappropriate depending on the dealer-gamma regime, so reading the sign and magnitude of net GEX before sizing positions is standard practice.