Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 27, 2:40 AM ET

FSLY max pain

Spot (delayed)$25.7
Max pain · Fri, Nov 6$25-2.7% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$5.48±21.3% by Fri, Nov 6
Put/Call OI0.482K puts / 4K calls
Call wall$25largest call OI
Put wall$21largest put OI
IV30113.3%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$79Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $15

Event risk before this expiration: FOMC decision Wed, Oct 28 · Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Oct 30$24-6.6%4d
Fri, Nov 6$25-2.7%11d
Fri, Nov 13$25-2.7%18d
Fri, Nov 20$25-2.7%25d
Fri, Nov 27$22-14.4%32d
Fri, Dec 4$24-6.6%39d
Fri, Dec 18$22.5-12.4%53d
Fri, Jan 15$15-41.6%81d
Fri, Mar 19$25-2.7%144d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot25141924303540$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 — 25 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot251418.523273137730730
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)FSLY open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 6.

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 6

spot251418.523273137179179
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot141924303540255%118%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 154.7% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spotflip 151418.523273137+$23K−$23K
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 6

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.76-0.10220.04520.01-0.10-0.24
0.73-0.1022.50.04780.01-0.10-0.27
0.71-0.11230.05020.01-0.11-0.29
0.68-0.1123.50.05240.02-0.11-0.32
0.65-0.12240.05420.02-0.12-0.35
0.62-0.1224.50.05570.02-0.12-0.38
0.59-0.12250.05690.02-0.12-0.41
0.56-0.1225.50.05780.02-0.12-0.44
0.53-0.13260.05820.02-0.13-0.47
0.51-0.1326.50.05840.02-0.13-0.49
0.48-0.13270.05830.02-0.13-0.52
0.45-0.1227.50.05790.02-0.12-0.55
0.42-0.12280.05720.02-0.12-0.58
0.40-0.1228.50.05630.02-0.12-0.60
0.37-0.12290.05510.02-0.12-0.63

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 43 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot1419.523.527.531.5382K0
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

spot2.5172227324142K42K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 94K call contracts, 97K 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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