Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 10:09 PM ET

BUD max pain

Spot (delayed)$86.05
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:09 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 13$82
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceMax pain from Cboe open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:09 PM ET
HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2026-11-13 expiration, over 27 strikes carrying 1,874 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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-4.7% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$1.45
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:09 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-13 expiration = 1.45 USD, 1.7% of 86.05 spot.
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±1.7% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.60
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:09 PM ET
How701 put contracts / 1,173 call contracts = 0.60 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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701 puts / 1K calls
Call wall$86
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:09 PM ET
How86.00 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$82
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:09 PM ET
How82.00 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
IV3024.6%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:09 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$887K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 10:09 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 ≈ $60

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13$82-4.7%3d
Fri, Nov 20$82-4.7%10d
Fri, Nov 27$82-4.7%17d
Fri, Dec 4too thin24d
Fri, Dec 11too thin31d
Fri, Dec 18$80-7.0%38d
Fri, Jan 15one strike decides66d
Fri, Mar 19$82.5-4.1%129d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot82455565768696$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 — 82 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot82456876818695704704
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)BUD 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

spot826265718588921313
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot78828589929691%26%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 23.1% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spotflip 60456876818695+$931K−$931K
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
0.96-0.05790.02090.01-0.05-0.04
0.94-0.06800.02780.01-0.06-0.06
0.93-0.07810.03770.01-0.07-0.07
0.90-0.09820.05220.01-0.09-0.10
0.86-0.11830.07400.02-0.11-0.14
0.79-0.13840.10590.02-0.13-0.20
0.69-0.15850.14740.03-0.15-0.31
0.53-0.16860.17860.03-0.16-0.47
0.36-0.15870.16540.03-0.15-0.64
0.23-0.13880.12430.02-0.13-0.77
0.15-0.10890.08750.02-0.10-0.85
0.11-0.08900.06170.01-0.08-0.89
0.03-0.04950.01510.01-0.03-0.97
0.02-0.03960.01210.01-0.03-0.98

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 14 strikes around the money — all 27 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot4572.58084881001K0
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

spot2552.567.57786957K7K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 57K call contracts, 44K 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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