Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 2, 5:59 PM ET

BBWI max pain

Spot (delayed)$23.35
Max pain · Fri, Nov 6$20-14.3% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$1.25±5.4% by Fri, Nov 6
Put/Call OI0.42376 puts / 898 calls
Call wall$22largest call OI
Put wall$16.5largest put OI
IV3064.4%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$54Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $19

Event risk before this expiration: 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, Nov 6$20-14.3%4d
Fri, Nov 13$21-10.0%11d
Fri, Nov 20$17.5-25.0%18d
Fri, Nov 27$19-18.6%25d
Fri, Dec 4$20-14.3%32d
Fri, Dec 11$18-22.9%39d
Fri, Dec 18$20-14.3%46d
Fri, Jan 15$20-14.3%74d
Fri, Feb 19$20-14.3%109d
Fri, Mar 19$20-14.3%137d
Fri, May 21$20-14.3%200d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot2061014182226$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 — 20 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot206151820.52326466466
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)BBWI 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

spot206151820.523263939
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot161820212325241%59%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 62.7% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spotflip 19111518202224+$41K−$41K
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
0.97-0.01200.03450.00-0.01-0.03
0.95-0.0220.50.05240.00-0.02-0.05
0.93-0.03210.07900.00-0.03-0.07
0.88-0.0421.50.11670.01-0.04-0.12
0.82-0.05220.16460.01-0.05-0.18
0.73-0.0722.50.21470.01-0.07-0.28
0.61-0.07230.25140.01-0.08-0.39
0.48-0.0823.50.26020.01-0.08-0.52
0.36-0.07240.23980.01-0.07-0.65
0.26-0.0624.50.20140.01-0.06-0.75
0.18-0.05250.15840.01-0.05-0.83
0.08-0.03260.08760.00-0.03-0.92

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 12 strikes around the money — all 26 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot61719.52224.532.54K0
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

spot2.51217.52226.53510K10K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 51K call contracts, 27K 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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