Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 8:00 PM ET

JBL max pain

Spot (delayed)$249.82
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:00 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Dec 11Not shownone strike decides it
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$29.95
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:00 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-12-11 expiration = 29.95 USD, 12.0% of 249.82 spot.
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±12.0% by Fri, Dec 11
Put/Call OI0.79
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:00 PM ET
How52 put contracts / 66 call contracts = 0.79 for the 2026-12-11 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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52 puts / 66 calls
Call wall$230
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:00 PM ET
How230.00 for the 2026-12-11 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest call OI
Put wall$250
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:00 PM ET
How250.00 for the 2026-12-11 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV3050.8%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:00 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$3K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:00 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2026-12-11 expiration: (call gamma × call OI minus put gamma × put OI) × 100 × spot² × 1%, summed. Calls count as positive and puts as negative, a convention about who holds the other side, not a measurement.
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per 1% move · flip ≈ $230

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 8% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Event risk before this expiration: 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.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13$255+2.1%3d
Fri, Nov 20$280+12.1%10d
Fri, Nov 27one strike decides17d
Fri, Dec 4$255+2.1%24d
Fri, Dec 11one strike decides31d
Fri, Dec 18$290+16.1%38d
Fri, Jan 15$250+0.1%66d
Fri, Mar 19$280+12.1%129d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 8% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Dec 11

spot2152352502652853232
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)JBL open contracts per strike for Fri, Dec 11.

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 11

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Dec 11

spot21523224926628330056%47%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 51.6% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Dec 11

spotflip 230215240255275295+$16K−$16K
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 11

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.84-0.162150.00580.18-0.16-0.16
0.81-0.182200.00670.20-0.18-0.19
0.73-0.212300.00840.24-0.21-0.27
0.69-0.222350.00920.26-0.22-0.31
0.64-0.232400.00980.27-0.23-0.36
0.59-0.232450.01040.28-0.24-0.41
0.53-0.242500.01070.29-0.24-0.47
0.48-0.232550.01080.29-0.24-0.52
0.43-0.232600.01070.28-0.23-0.57
0.38-0.222650.01040.28-0.22-0.63
0.29-0.202750.00930.25-0.20-0.72
0.25-0.182800.00860.23-0.18-0.76
0.21-0.172850.00780.21-0.17-0.79
0.15-0.142950.00640.17-0.14-0.85

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 14 strikes around the money — all 15 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot1802452702953303808780
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

spot901652202703154002K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 26K call contracts, 20K 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.

Max pain, walls and gamma print only when an expiration holds at least 100 open contracts across 5 strikes, and max pain also needs to stay within 5% of spot when its single heaviest strike is removed. Below that the expiration reads as thin rather than printing a level one trade could move.

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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