Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET

APO max pain

Spot (delayed)$122.74
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 13$118
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceMax pain from Cboe open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET
HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2026-11-13 expiration, over 43 strikes carrying 3,345 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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-3.9% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$4.13
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-13 expiration = 4.13 USD, 3.4% of 122.74 spot.
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±3.4% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.45
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET
How1,033 put contracts / 2,312 call contracts = 0.45 for the 2026-11-13 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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1K puts / 2K calls
Call wall$125
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET
How125.00 for the 2026-11-13 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest call OI
Put wall$115
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET
How115.00 for the 2026-11-13 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV3036.1%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$1.5M
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:10 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2026-11-13 expiration: (call gamma × call OI minus put gamma × put OI) × 100 × spot² × 1%, summed. Calls count as positive and puts as negative, a convention about who holds the other side, not a measurement.
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per 1% move · flip ≈ $125

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13$118-3.9%2d
Fri, Nov 20$120-2.2%9d
Fri, Nov 27$116-5.5%16d
Fri, Dec 4$119-3.0%23d
Fri, Dec 11$115-6.3%30d
Fri, Dec 18$120-2.2%37d
Fri, Jan 15$130+5.9%65d
Fri, Feb 19$120-2.2%100d
Fri, Mar 19$125+1.8%128d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot1188898109119130140$3M$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 — 118 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot118881021101181261351K1K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)APO open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 13.

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 13

spot1187090118124127489489
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot8898109119130140184%37%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 46.2% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spotflip 125101107114120126132+$1.1M−$1.1M
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 13

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.88-0.181160.03300.02-0.19-0.12
0.85-0.221170.04000.03-0.22-0.15
0.81-0.261180.04760.03-0.26-0.19
0.76-0.301190.05560.04-0.30-0.24
0.70-0.331200.06370.04-0.33-0.30
0.64-0.351210.07080.04-0.35-0.36
0.57-0.371220.07580.04-0.37-0.43
0.49-0.371230.07770.04-0.37-0.51
0.41-0.361240.07610.04-0.36-0.59
0.34-0.341250.07130.04-0.34-0.66
0.28-0.301260.06450.04-0.30-0.73
0.22-0.261270.05660.03-0.26-0.78
0.17-0.221280.04830.03-0.22-0.83
0.13-0.171290.04010.02-0.18-0.87
0.10-0.141300.03230.02-0.14-0.91

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 43 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot751071151231311552K0
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

spot509410812213619033K33K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 177K call contracts, 184K 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.

Max pain, walls and gamma print only when an expiration holds at least 100 open contracts across 5 strikes, and max pain also needs to stay within 5% of spot when its single heaviest strike is removed. Below that the expiration reads as thin rather than printing a level one trade could move.

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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