Event risk before this expiration: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.
■ 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 — 350 — is the max pain price.
Open interest by strike · Fri, Dec 18
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)AMD open contracts per strike for Fri, Dec 18.
Open-interest change · 2026-10-21 → 2026-10-22
Net contracts opened (up, green) or closed (down, red) per strike since the previous snapshot: where the walls are building and where they’re unwinding. Only strikes observed on both days are compared. Biggest moves: 1120 +578 · 480 +490 · 490 +145 · 530 +143
Volume by strike · Fri, Dec 18
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).
Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Dec 18
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 57.1% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.
Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Dec 18
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 Δ
Call Θ
Strike
Γ
Vega
Put Θ
Put Δ
0.83
-0.22
420
0.0021
0.51
-0.26
-0.17
0.78
-0.27
440
0.0025
0.60
-0.30
-0.22
0.75
-0.29
450
0.0027
0.64
-0.32
-0.25
0.72
-0.32
460
0.0029
0.68
-0.34
-0.28
0.65
-0.35
480
0.0032
0.74
-0.37
-0.35
0.62
-0.36
490
0.0033
0.77
-0.38
-0.38
0.59
-0.37
500
0.0034
0.78
-0.38
-0.42
0.55
-0.38
510
0.0034
0.80
-0.39
-0.45
0.52
-0.38
520
0.0035
0.80
-0.39
-0.49
0.48
-0.38
530
0.0035
0.80
-0.38
-0.52
0.42
-0.38
550
0.0034
0.79
-0.37
-0.59
0.27
-0.32
600
0.0030
0.67
-0.29
-0.74
0.25
-0.30
610
0.0028
0.64
-0.28
-0.76
0.23
-0.29
620
0.0027
0.60
-0.26
-0.79
0.20
-0.27
630
0.0025
0.57
-0.24
-0.81
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
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.
Max pain history — nearest expiry vs price
— max pain (nearest expiry)- - delayed closeOne point per snapshot day since 2026-07-28; unobserved days are gaps, not guesses.
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.