Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Aug 18, 1:37 AM ET

ADNT max pain

Spot (delayed)$20.1
Max pain · Fri, Dec 18$17.5-12.9% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$4.6±22.9% by Fri, Dec 18
Put/Call OI1.031K puts / 1K calls
Call wall$30largest call OI
Put wall$15largest put OI
IV3048.4%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$2Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $10

Event risk before this expiration: Jobs report Fri, Sep 4 · CPI release Fri, Sep 11 · FOMC decision Wed, Sep 16 · Jobs report Fri, Oct 2 · CPI release Wed, Oct 14 · FOMC decision Wed, Oct 28 · Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 · CPI release Tue, Nov 10 · Jobs report Fri, Dec 4 · FOMC decision Wed, Dec 9 · CPI release Thu, Dec 10 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Aug 21$17.5-12.9%3d
Fri, Sep 18$20-0.5%31d
Fri, Oct 16$20-0.5%59d
Fri, Dec 18$17.5-12.9%122d
Fri, Jan 15$17.5-12.9%150d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot17.581319243035$1M$0
■ put-side pain■ call-side painTotal payout option writers would owe at each settle price (both sides, all open interest, ×100 shares) — low settles hurt put writers, high settles hurt call writers. The minimum — 17.5 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Dec 18

spot17.57.515202535912912
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)ADNT open contracts per strike for Fri, Dec 18.

Open-interest change — building vs unwinding

Needs two observed snapshot days for this expiration — the comparison appears automatically once the next weekday snapshot lands. We diff real observations only; nothing is estimated.

Volume by strike · Fri, Dec 18

spot17.57.51520253511
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Dec 18

spot8131924303596%43%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 49.9% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Dec 18

spotflip 107.515202535+$12K$12K
Net dealer gamma per strike, in dollars per 1% move, assuming the standard convention (dealers long calls, short puts) — an assumption, not an observation. Above the amber flip level hedging tends to dampen moves; below it, to amplify them.

Greeks by strike · Fri, Dec 18

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.96-0.007.50.00570.01-0.00-0.03
0.95-0.00100.00980.01-0.00-0.05
0.85-0.01150.03280.03-0.01-0.14
0.73-0.0117.50.05090.04-0.01-0.26
0.58-0.01200.06290.04-0.01-0.42
0.43-0.0122.50.06360.05-0.01-0.58
0.30-0.01250.05620.04-0.01-0.71
0.14-0.01300.03480.03-0.01-0.88
0.06-0.00350.01870.01-0.00-0.97

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot1517.52022.525304K0
Call open interest per strike, stacked across the checked expirations — each color is one expiry. Strikes are pruned to the liquid center of each chain.

All expirations combined — total open interest

spot2.51017.525404K4K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 7K call contracts, 4K put contracts open.

Reading this honestly

Max pain is arithmetic, not prophecy: the settle price that would minimize what option writers pay out at expiration, computed from open interest alone. Prices sometimes gravitate toward heavy strikes into expiry — dealer hedging is a real flow — but the evidence that max pain predicts settlement better than chance is mixed, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Use it as a map of where positioning is stacked, next to the fundamentals and the earnings calendar, not as a target.

Data: Cboe delayed public feed (~15 minutes), refreshed here about every 15 minutes. Open interest itself updates once daily, before the open. Educational information, not investment advice.

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