HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2027-04-16 expiration, over 22 strikes carrying 9,186 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 5, 5:17 PM ET
How5,673 put contracts / 3,513 call contracts = 1.61 for the 2027-04-16 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 5, 5:17 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2027-04-16 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.
Event risk before this expiration: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 — 47 — is the max pain price.
Open interest by strike · Fri, Apr 16
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)BP open contracts per strike for Fri, Apr 16.
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, Apr 16
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).
Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Apr 16
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 31.6% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.
Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Apr 16
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, Apr 16
Call Δ
Call Θ
Strike
Γ
Vega
Put Θ
Put Δ
0.81
-0.01
38
0.0294
0.08
-0.01
-0.21
0.77
-0.01
39
0.0324
0.09
-0.01
-0.24
0.73
-0.01
40
0.0352
0.10
-0.01
-0.28
0.70
-0.01
41
0.0378
0.10
-0.01
-0.32
0.66
-0.01
42
0.0399
0.11
-0.01
-0.36
0.61
-0.01
43
0.0416
0.11
-0.01
-0.40
0.57
-0.01
44
0.0428
0.11
-0.01
-0.44
0.53
-0.01
45
0.0434
0.12
-0.01
-0.49
0.49
-0.01
46
0.0436
0.12
-0.01
-0.53
0.45
-0.01
47
0.0432
0.12
-0.01
-0.57
0.41
-0.01
48
0.0423
0.11
-0.01
-0.61
0.37
-0.01
49
0.0411
0.11
-0.01
-0.65
0.33
-0.01
50
0.0395
0.11
-0.01
-0.68
0.25
-0.01
52.5
0.0346
0.09
-0.01
-0.76
0.19
-0.01
55
0.0292
0.08
-0.01
-0.83
Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 22 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 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.