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Beyond Gamma Exposure

How the regimes Gamma Exposure doesn't see cause the sharpest losses in markets.

By the CrossVol Derivatives Desk.
First Edition · May 2026 · 320 pages · 9 chapters.

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ASIN: B0H2QSF3X1 · Paperback & Kindle

Most traders read markets through one lens: Gamma Exposure. It works in stationary regimes — and breaks the moment the regime breaks. This book gives you the three lenses GEX-purists don't watch, and the five dated dislocations since August 2024 that prove why you need them.

The four lenses

LENS 01
Gamma

Where dealers stand. Where the spot magnetism comes from. The lens most retail watches — and the one that misses OTC structured flows.

LENS 02
Vega

Who is short volatility. Where an unwind begins. Three of five dislocations since August 2024 started here.

LENS 03
Risk Reversal

25-delta skew across equities, FX, commodities — the cross-asset language of regime change that price action lags by days.

LENS 04
Term Structure & Physical

VIX curve, lease rates, calendar spreads, inventories. The slowest-moving lens — and the most reliable warning when it stops moving.

Five dated war stories

Each dislocation rebuilt through the four lenses, with the timestamped public X calls from the CrossVol desk — verifiable, anyone, any time.

DATE DISLOCATION LENS THAT SAW IT
5 Aug 2024 VIX +180% intraday (yen carry unwind) Vega + VVIX/VIX
27 Jan 2025 DeepSeek R1 — NVDA −17% session Vega + Term Structure
8 Apr 2025 Trump tariffs sell-off Risk Reversal + Term Structure
5 Feb 2026 Silver flash collapse Physical + Term Structure
H2 2025 Dispersion call — long single-name, short index Risk Reversal + Vega

What's inside — 9 chapters

1
Why Gamma Isn't Enough

The structural blind spot of the dealer-positioning lens and why it broke five times since August 2024.

2
Lens 1 — Gamma Exposure, Done Right

The correct read of GEX as one tool, not the tool. Flip-zones, walls, charm decay — and what they can't tell you.

3
Lens 2 — Vega and the Short-Vol Crowd

Income funds, autocalls, ETP flows. The Vega map that catches dislocations before they reach the tape.

4
Lens 3 — Risk Reversal Across Assets

25-delta skew as the cross-asset language of regime change. Equity / FX / Commodities decoded.

5
Lens 4 — Term Structure & Physical

VIX curve, lease rates, inventories, calendar spreads. The slowest signal — and the most reliable.

6
Five Dated War Stories

Each of the five dislocations rebuilt through the four lenses, with the timestamped public X calls from the desk.

7
Sizing & Risk

How to size a 4-lens trade. Stop logic. Theta budgets. Vega caps. What blew up the income funds in 2024.

8
Cross-Asset Confluence

When 3 of 4 lenses agree across SPX, EURUSD, gold, copper, US10Y — the trade is no longer a guess.

9
The Trader's Daily Journal

The same workflow the CrossVol desk runs internally — pre-market, EU handoff, US open, close. With templates.

The desk

Written by the CrossVol Derivatives Desk — the team behind the framework. Years of buy-side and sell-side derivatives experience aggregated into one operational read on volatility regimes.

The CrossVol terminal at crossvol.com is the operational expression of the framework this book lays out — the same routine, run live, across 44 underlyings.

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