Event risk before this expiration:FOMC decision Wed, Oct 28 · Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 · CPI release Tue, Nov 10 · Jobs report Fri, Dec 4 · FOMC decision Wed, Dec 9 · CPI release Thu, Dec 10 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.
■ 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 — 220 — is the max pain price.
Open interest by strike · Fri, Dec 18
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)HON open contracts per strike for Fri, Dec 18.
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, Dec 18
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).
Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Dec 18
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 30.4% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.
Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Dec 18
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, Dec 18
Call Δ
Call Θ
Strike
Γ
Vega
Put Θ
Put Δ
0.94
-0.03
170
0.0037
0.10
-0.03
-0.06
0.92
-0.04
175
0.0048
0.13
-0.04
-0.08
0.89
-0.04
180
0.0060
0.16
-0.04
-0.11
0.86
-0.05
185
0.0075
0.20
-0.05
-0.14
0.82
-0.06
190
0.0092
0.23
-0.06
-0.18
0.77
-0.07
195
0.0109
0.27
-0.07
-0.23
0.71
-0.07
200
0.0126
0.30
-0.07
-0.29
0.57
-0.08
210
0.0150
0.34
-0.08
-0.43
0.42
-0.08
220
0.0151
0.34
-0.08
-0.59
0.29
-0.07
230
0.0131
0.30
-0.07
-0.72
0.19
-0.06
240
0.0102
0.24
-0.06
-0.82
0.12
-0.04
250
0.0074
0.18
-0.04
-0.89
0.08
-0.03
260
0.0052
0.13
-0.03
-0.93
0.05
-0.02
270
0.0036
0.10
-0.02
-0.96
0.04
-0.02
280
0.0025
0.07
-0.02
-0.98
Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 32 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.
Stacked — layer the expirations
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.
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.