Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Aug 14, 3:45 AM ET

GMAB max pain

Spot (delayed)$31.34
Max pain · Fri, Nov 20$25-20.2% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$6.1±19.5% by Fri, Nov 20
Put/Call OI0.88819 puts / 935 calls
Call wall$30largest call OI
Put wall$25largest put OI
IV3040.0%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$18Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $30

Event risk before this expiration: 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$30-4.3%6d
Fri, Sep 18$30-4.3%34d
Fri, Nov 20$25-20.2%97d
Fri, Dec 18$25-20.2%125d
Fri, Jan 15$30-4.3%153d
Fri, Feb 19$20-36.2%188d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot25152127333945$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 — 25 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot251520253545844844
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)GMAB 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

spot25152025354511
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot152127333945138%48%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 47.8% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spotflip 301520253545+$35K$35K
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
0.95-0.01150.00680.02-0.01-0.05
0.93-0.0117.50.00990.02-0.01-0.07
0.90-0.01200.01410.03-0.01-0.10
0.86-0.0122.50.01990.04-0.01-0.14
0.80-0.01250.02760.04-0.01-0.20
0.61-0.02300.04370.06-0.02-0.38
0.40-0.02350.04280.06-0.02-0.59
0.27-0.02400.03280.05-0.01-0.72
0.20-0.01450.02480.04-0.01-0.80

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

spot17.522.530405013K0
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

spot12.517.522.530405031K31K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 55K call contracts, 10K 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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