Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 7:17 PM ET

FPS max pain

Spot (delayed)$21.64
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:17 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 27Not shownone strike decides it
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$4.88
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:17 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-27 expiration = 4.88 USD, 22.5% of 21.64 spot.
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±22.5% by Fri, Nov 27
Put/Call OI1.55
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:17 PM ET
How980 put contracts / 634 call contracts = 1.55 for the 2026-11-27 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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980 puts / 634 calls
Call wall$25
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:17 PM ET
How25.00 for the 2026-11-27 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$25
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:17 PM ET
How25.00 for the 2026-11-27 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV30117.1%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:17 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX−$8K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:17 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2026-11-27 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

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 13.9% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13$20.5-5.3%3d
Fri, Nov 20$27.5+27.1%10d
Fri, Nov 27one strike decides17d
Fri, Dec 4$23+6.3%24d
Fri, Dec 11$23+6.3%31d
Fri, Dec 18one strike decides38d
Fri, Jan 15$32.5+50.2%66d
Fri, Feb 19one strike decides101d
Fri, May 21one strike decides192d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 13.9% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spot12.51621242934590590
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)FPS open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 27.

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 27

spot1314.520.521.525272020
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spot131722273136193%123%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 132.6% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spot12.51621242934+$12K−$12K
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 27

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.90-0.04150.02550.01-0.04-0.10
0.86-0.04160.03220.01-0.04-0.14
0.82-0.05170.03920.01-0.05-0.18
0.77-0.06180.04610.01-0.06-0.23
0.71-0.07190.05240.02-0.07-0.28
0.65-0.07200.05770.02-0.07-0.34
0.59-0.07210.06140.02-0.07-0.41
0.53-0.07220.06340.02-0.07-0.47
0.50-0.0722.50.06380.02-0.07-0.50
0.47-0.07230.06370.02-0.07-0.53
0.44-0.0723.50.06330.02-0.07-0.56
0.41-0.07240.06250.02-0.07-0.59
0.35-0.07250.05990.02-0.07-0.64
0.30-0.06260.05640.02-0.06-0.69
0.26-0.06270.05220.01-0.06-0.74

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 28 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot1220.525.53137.57510K0
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

spot2.515.52228.53547.517K17K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 133K call contracts, 62K 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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