Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 26, 10:02 AM ET

ENVX max pain

Spot (delayed)$2.78
Max pain · Fri, Nov 13$2.5-10.1% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$0.67±23.9% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.23764 puts / 3K calls
Call wall$3largest call OI
Put wall$2.5largest put OI
IV30110.6%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$9Kper 1% move

Event risk before this expiration: 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, Oct 30$2.5-10.1%4d
Fri, Nov 6$2.5-10.1%11d
Fri, Nov 13$2.5-10.1%18d
Fri, Nov 20$4+43.9%25d
Fri, Nov 27$2-28.1%32d
Fri, Dec 4$3.5+25.9%39d
Fri, Dec 18$2-28.1%53d
Fri, Jan 15$4+43.9%81d
Fri, Apr 16$3+7.9%172d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot2.5223445$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 — 2.5 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot2.51.52.53.54.52K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)ENVX 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

spot2.51.52.53.54.5432432
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot223445260%80%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 116.3% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot2345+$7K−$7K
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
0.95-0.001.50.08910.00-0.00-0.05
0.87-0.0120.22290.00-0.01-0.13
0.70-0.012.50.45220.00-0.01-0.30
0.43-0.0130.53920.00-0.01-0.56
0.25-0.013.50.40320.00-0.01-0.75
0.16-0.0140.27510.00-0.01-0.84
0.11-0.004.50.19360.00-0.00-0.89
0.08-0.0050.14250.00-0.00-0.92

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot0.523.556.514K0
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

spot0.535.59142534K34K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 245K call contracts, 83K 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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