What is the max pain price for KIDS?

As of the latest delayed data, KIDS's max pain for the Fri, Jan 15 expiration is 20, versus a spot price of 24.5 (-18.4% away). It recomputes as open interest shifts.

What are the KIDS call and put walls?

For Fri, Jan 15, the largest call open interest sits at the 30 strike and the largest put open interest at 20.

Is max pain a price prediction?

No. It is a positioning snapshot — the settle price that would minimize option writers’ payout. The theory that prices drift toward it is contested, and nothing on this page is investment advice.

Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 26, 1:45 PM ET

KIDS max pain

Spot (delayed)$24.5

Max pain · Fri, Jan 15$20-18.4% vs spot

Expected move (ATM straddle)±$5.7±23.3% by Fri, Jan 15

Put/Call OI0.1513 puts / 87 calls

Call wall$30largest call OI

Put wall$20largest put OI

IV3048.2%30-day implied vol

Fri, Nov 2020 Fri, Dec 1820 Fri, Jan 1520+1 further out

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.

Max pain levels

Expiry	Max pain	vs spot	DTE
Fri, Nov 20	$20	-18.4%	25d
Fri, Dec 18	$20	-18.4%	53d
Fri, Jan 15	$20	-18.4%	81d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

■ 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 — 20 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Jan 15

■ calls (up)■ puts (down)KIDS open contracts per strike for Fri, Jan 15.

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, Jan 15

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

Greeks by strike · Fri, Jan 15

Call Δ	Call Θ	Strike	Γ	Vega	Put Θ	Put Δ
—	—	10	—	—	—	—
—	—	20	—	—	—	—
—	—	22.5	—	—	—	—
—	—	25	—	—	—	—
—	—	30	—	—	—	—

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

Nov 20Dec 18Jan 15

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

■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 167 call contracts, 73 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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