Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 9, 8:23 PM ET

BMNR max pain

Spot (delayed)$18.59
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 9, 8:23 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 13$20
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceMax pain from Cboe open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 9, 8:23 PM ET
HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2026-11-13 expiration, over 42 strikes carrying 89,859 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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+7.6% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$1.58
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 9, 8:23 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-13 expiration = 1.58 USD, 8.5% of 18.59 spot.
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±8.5% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.99
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 9, 8:23 PM ET
How44,783 put contracts / 45,076 call contracts = 0.99 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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45K puts / 45K calls
Call wall$20
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 9, 8:23 PM ET
How20.00 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$17.5
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 9, 8:23 PM ET
How17.50 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
IV3080.8%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 9, 8:23 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX−$850K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 9, 8:23 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

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13$20+7.6%3d
Fri, Nov 20$21+13.0%10d
Fri, Nov 27$20+7.6%17d
Fri, Dec 4$22+18.3%24d
Fri, Dec 11one strike decides31d
Fri, Dec 18one strike decides38d
Fri, Jan 15one strike decides66d
Fri, Feb 19$20+7.6%101d
Fri, Mar 19$20+7.6%129d
Fri, May 21$21+13.0%192d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot20121721263035$53M$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 13

spot20121720.52427.5317K7K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)BMNR 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

spot20915.51922.52629.55K5K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot121721263035301%74%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 101.4% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot121720.52427.531+$478K−$478K
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
0.95-0.03150.04030.00-0.03-0.05
0.93-0.0415.50.05570.00-0.04-0.07
0.90-0.05160.07590.00-0.05-0.10
0.86-0.0616.50.10120.00-0.06-0.14
0.81-0.07170.13080.01-0.07-0.20
0.73-0.0917.50.16210.01-0.09-0.27
0.65-0.10180.19030.01-0.10-0.35
0.55-0.1018.50.20870.01-0.10-0.46
0.44-0.10190.21160.01-0.10-0.56
0.34-0.0919.50.19820.01-0.09-0.66
0.25-0.08200.17260.01-0.08-0.75
0.18-0.0620.50.14200.01-0.06-0.82
0.13-0.05210.11210.00-0.05-0.87
0.10-0.0421.50.08630.00-0.04-0.91
0.07-0.03220.06560.00-0.03-0.94

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 42 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot31319.524.529.53626K0
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

spot31521273350121K121K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 1.2M call contracts, 512K 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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