Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Aug 7, 1:41 PM ET

GPN max pain

Spot (delayed)$87.7
Max pain · Fri, Nov 20$75-14.5% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$16.4±18.7% by Fri, Nov 20
Put/Call OI0.41825 puts / 2K calls
Call wall$100largest call OI
Put wall$75largest put OI
IV3039.6%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$180Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $70

Event risk before this expiration: 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$80-8.8%13d
Fri, Sep 18$80-8.8%41d
Fri, Oct 16$80-8.8%69d
Fri, Nov 20$75-14.5%104d
Fri, Dec 18$77.5-11.6%132d
Fri, Jan 15$85-3.1%160d
Fri, Feb 19$75-14.5%195d
Fri, Mar 19$70-20.2%223d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot7535547392111130$8M$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 — 75 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot75355567.577.595115514514
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)GPN 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

spot75355567.577.595115243243
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot3554739211113088%43%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 43.1% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spotflip 70355567.577.595115+$71K$71K
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
0.87-0.0267.50.00920.10-0.02-0.13
0.84-0.02700.01070.11-0.03-0.15
0.81-0.0272.50.01220.13-0.03-0.18
0.78-0.03750.01380.14-0.03-0.22
0.74-0.0377.50.01530.15-0.03-0.26
0.69-0.03800.01670.16-0.03-0.30
0.60-0.03850.01890.18-0.04-0.40
0.50-0.04900.01980.19-0.04-0.49
0.41-0.04950.01940.18-0.03-0.59
0.33-0.031000.01790.17-0.03-0.68
0.26-0.031050.01580.15-0.03-0.75
0.20-0.031100.01360.13-0.02-0.80
0.16-0.021150.01150.12-0.02-0.85
0.13-0.021200.00970.10-0.01-0.88
0.08-0.021300.00670.07-0.01-0.93

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 23 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot356070809511511K0
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

spot356077.510013517017K17K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 64K call contracts, 49K 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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