Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Aug 18, 2:10 AM ET

BBIO max pain

Spot (delayed)$80
Max pain · Fri, Nov 20$65-18.8% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$15.3±19.1% by Fri, Nov 20
Put/Call OI0.451K puts / 3K calls
Call wall$65largest call OI
Put wall$75largest put OI
IV3040.2%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$159Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $37.5

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 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Aug 21$70-12.5%3d
Fri, Sep 18$75-6.3%31d
Fri, Nov 20$65-18.8%94d
Fri, Jan 15$62.5-21.9%150d
Fri, Feb 19$45-43.8%185d
Fri, Mar 19$42.5-46.9%213d
Fri, May 21$42.5-46.9%276d
Fri, Aug 20$42.5-46.9%367d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot6535526986103120$14M$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 — 65 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot653547.56577.590105793793
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)BBIO open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 20.

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 20

spot653547.56577.59010522
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot3552698610312093%41%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 47.5% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spotflip 37.53547.56577.590105+$39K$39K
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 20

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.84-0.0262.50.01060.10-0.03-0.15
0.81-0.03650.01230.11-0.03-0.18
0.78-0.0367.50.01400.12-0.03-0.21
0.74-0.03700.01570.13-0.03-0.25
0.69-0.0372.50.01730.14-0.04-0.30
0.65-0.04750.01860.15-0.04-0.35
0.60-0.0477.50.01970.16-0.04-0.40
0.55-0.04800.02040.16-0.04-0.45
0.50-0.0482.50.02060.16-0.04-0.50
0.45-0.04850.02050.16-0.04-0.55
0.40-0.0487.50.02010.16-0.04-0.60
0.35-0.04900.01930.15-0.04-0.64
0.32-0.0492.50.01840.14-0.03-0.68
0.28-0.03950.01730.14-0.03-0.72
0.24-0.0397.50.01610.13-0.03-0.76

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 29 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot3547.567.58092.51102K0
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

spot12.532.552.572.592.51258K8K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 20K call contracts, 22K 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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