Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 25, 2:46 AM ET

FIVN max pain

Spot (delayed)$37.7
Max pain · Fri, Nov 20$35-7.2% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$7.4±19.6% by Fri, Nov 20
Put/Call OI0.26829 puts / 3K calls
Call wall$42.5largest call OI
Put wall$35largest put OI
IV3081.9%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$118Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $42.5

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, Nov 20$35-7.2%26d
Fri, Dec 18$25-33.7%54d
Fri, Jan 15$20-46.9%82d
Fri, Apr 16$30-20.4%173d
Fri, Dec 17$17.5-53.6%418d
Fri, Jan 21$7.5-80.1%453d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot35202734414855$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 — 35 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot352027.53542.5501K1K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)FIVN 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

spot352027.53542.550372372
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot202734414855157%76%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 89.3% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spotflip 42.52027.53542.550+$80K−$80K
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
0.99-0.01200.00270.00-0.01-0.01
0.98-0.0122.50.00510.01-0.01-0.02
0.96-0.01250.00930.01-0.01-0.04
0.92-0.0227.50.01600.01-0.02-0.08
0.86-0.04300.02480.02-0.04-0.14
0.78-0.0532.50.03410.03-0.05-0.23
0.67-0.06350.04150.04-0.06-0.33
0.56-0.0637.50.04540.04-0.06-0.44
0.45-0.06400.04520.04-0.06-0.55
0.35-0.0642.50.04200.04-0.06-0.65
0.27-0.05450.03690.03-0.05-0.74
0.20-0.0447.50.03110.03-0.04-0.81
0.15-0.04500.02540.02-0.04-0.86
0.08-0.02550.01570.01-0.02-0.93

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

spot2.512.522.532.542.552.59K0
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

spot2.512.522.532.542.552.510K10K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 32K call contracts, 11K 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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