Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 27, 5:08 PM ET

AMAT max pain

Spot (delayed)$395.03
Max pain · Fri, Nov 6$435+10.1% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$32.8±8.3% by Fri, Nov 6
Put/Call OI0.999K puts / 9K calls
Call wall$480largest call OI
Put wall$395largest put OI
IV3057.6%30-day implied vol
Net GEX−$4.9Mper 1% move

Event risk before this expiration: FOMC decision Wed, Oct 28 · Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Oct 30$400+1.3%3d
Fri, Nov 6$435+10.1%10d
Fri, Nov 13$450+13.9%17d
Fri, Nov 20$450+13.9%24d
Fri, Nov 27$465+17.7%31d
Fri, Dec 4$420+6.3%38d
Fri, Dec 18$420+6.3%52d
Fri, Jan 15$370-6.3%80d
Fri, Feb 19$480+21.5%115d
Fri, Mar 19$490+24.0%143d
Fri, Apr 16$480+21.5%171d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot435280366452538624710$159M$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 — 435 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot4352803654054555055701K1K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)AMAT open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 6.

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, Nov 6

spot4352803654054555055702K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot280366452538624710180%48%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 62.2% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot280365405455505570+$1.8M−$1.8M
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, Nov 6

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.79-0.573650.00690.19-0.58-0.21
0.76-0.633700.00760.21-0.64-0.24
0.71-0.683750.00830.22-0.69-0.29
0.67-0.733800.00890.24-0.73-0.33
0.62-0.773850.00940.25-0.77-0.38
0.58-0.793900.00970.26-0.79-0.43
0.55-0.80392.50.00980.26-0.80-0.45
0.53-0.803950.00990.26-0.80-0.47
0.48-0.804000.00990.26-0.80-0.53
0.45-0.79402.50.00990.26-0.80-0.55
0.43-0.794050.00980.26-0.79-0.57
0.38-0.764100.00950.25-0.76-0.62
0.34-0.734150.00910.24-0.73-0.67
0.30-0.694200.00860.23-0.69-0.71
0.26-0.644250.00800.21-0.64-0.75

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 60 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot280365402.54505155904K0
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

spot8017028039552071017K17K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 225K call contracts, 328K 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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