Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 26, 2:52 PM ET

GRMN max pain

Spot (delayed)$292.24
Max pain · Fri, Nov 20$280-4.2% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$29.9±10.2% by Fri, Nov 20
Put/Call OI3.592K puts / 628 calls
Call wall$330largest call OI
Put wall$250largest put OI
IV3046.5%30-day implied vol
Net GEX−$589Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $190

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$280-4.2%25d
Fri, Dec 18$240-17.9%53d
Fri, Jan 15$280-4.2%81d
Fri, Feb 19$300+2.7%116d
Fri, Apr 16$290-0.8%172d
Fri, May 21$300+2.7%207d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot280170216262308354400$18M$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 — 280 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot2801701952302703103502K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)GRMN 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

spot2801701952302703103501111
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot17021626230835440092%43%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 48.8% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spotflip 190170195230270310350+$696K−$696K
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
0.96-0.072200.00170.07-0.08-0.04
0.94-0.092300.00240.09-0.10-0.06
0.92-0.122400.00340.12-0.13-0.08
0.88-0.162500.00480.16-0.17-0.12
0.82-0.202600.00640.20-0.21-0.18
0.75-0.242700.00810.24-0.25-0.25
0.66-0.272800.00960.28-0.28-0.34
0.56-0.292900.01050.30-0.29-0.45
0.45-0.293000.01060.30-0.29-0.55
0.35-0.273100.01000.28-0.27-0.65
0.26-0.243200.00880.25-0.24-0.74
0.19-0.203300.00730.21-0.19-0.82
0.14-0.163400.00580.17-0.16-0.87
0.10-0.133500.00460.14-0.13-0.91
0.08-0.113600.00360.11-0.11-0.93

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 24 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot1001551902403003606950
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

spot1001401802403204002K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 6K call contracts, 4K 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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