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Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Jul 31, 11:18 PM ET

FETH max pain

Spot (delayed)$18.55
Max pain · Fri, Nov 20$18-3.0% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$4.63±24.9% by Fri, Nov 20
Put/Call OI0.25865 puts / 3K calls
Call wall$40largest call OI
Put wall$16largest put OI
IV3049.1%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$9Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $40

Event risk before this expiration: Jobs report Fri, Aug 7 · CPI release Wed, Aug 12 · Jobs report Fri, Sep 4 · CPI release Fri, Sep 11 · FOMC decision Wed, Sep 16 · Jobs report Fri, Oct 2 · CPI release Wed, Oct 14 · 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, Aug 21$19+2.4%20d
Fri, Sep 18$18-3.0%48d
Fri, Nov 20$18-3.0%111d
Fri, Dec 18$22+18.6%139d
Fri, Jan 15$16-13.7%167d
Fri, Mar 19$18-3.0%230d
Fri, Jan 21$15-19.1%538d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot18101826344250$5M$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 — 18 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot1810172228332K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)FETH open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 20.

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 20

spot18101722283311
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot101826344250106%50%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 55.7% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spotflip 401017222833+$9K$9K
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 20

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.95-0.00100.01240.01-0.00-0.05
0.94-0.00110.01670.01-0.00-0.07
0.92-0.01120.02200.02-0.01-0.09
0.81-0.01150.04430.03-0.01-0.20
0.76-0.01160.05300.03-0.01-0.25
0.69-0.01170.06120.04-0.01-0.31
0.63-0.01180.06800.04-0.01-0.38
0.56-0.01190.07240.04-0.01-0.46
0.48-0.01200.07380.04-0.01-0.53
0.42-0.01210.07250.04-0.01-0.60
0.36-0.01220.06900.04-0.01-0.67
0.30-0.01230.06410.04-0.01-0.72
0.22-0.01250.05300.03-0.01-0.81
0.19-0.01260.04760.03-0.01-0.84
0.17-0.01270.04270.03-0.01-0.87

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 25 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot1020263238502K0
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

spot516253443525K5K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 24K call contracts, 3K 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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