ProShares - Large Cap Core Plus (CSM) 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.
ProShares - Large Cap Core Plus (CSM) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $500.5M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.00 to the broader market. The fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should track the performance of the index. public since 2009-07-14.
Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $84.43
- Net Gamma
- $0
- Net Delta
- $0
- Net Vega
- $0
As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - Large Cap Core Plus (CSM) has positive net gamma exposure of $0 under the standard dealer-hedging convention. Net delta exposure is $0. 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.
CSM Strategy Sizing in the Current GEX Regime
ProShares - Large Cap Core Plus is in a positive dealer-gamma regime ($0). Net dealer delta of $0 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.
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Frequently asked CSM gamma exposure (gex) & greeks questions
- What is the current CSM gamma exposure (GEX)?
- As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - Large Cap Core Plus (CSM) net gamma exposure is positive at $0 under the standard dealer-hedging convention. Net dealer delta exposure is $0. GEX aggregates the gamma sitting on dealer books across all listed strikes and expirations.
- Is CSM in positive or negative dealer gamma right now?
- CSM 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 CSM 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.