Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET

KPTI max pain

Spot (delayed)$0.02
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 20$1
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceMax pain from Cboe open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET
HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2026-11-20 expiration, over 11 strikes carrying 9,632 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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+4529.6% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$0.95
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-20 expiration = 0.95 USD, 4398.1% of 0.02 spot.
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±4398.1% by Fri, Nov 20
Put/Call OI0.25
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET
How1,907 put contracts / 7,725 call contracts = 0.25 for the 2026-11-20 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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2K puts / 8K calls
Call wall$2.5
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET
How2.50 for the 2026-11-20 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$7.5
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET
How7.50 for the 2026-11-20 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV30274.0%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$1
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:12 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2026-11-20 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

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 20$1+4529.6%10d
Fri, Dec 18too thin38d
Fri, Jan 15$2.5+11474.1%66d
Fri, Feb 19$2+9159.3%101d
Fri, May 21one strike decides192d
Fri, Jan 21one strike decides437d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot1147111418$9M$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 — 1 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot10.51.52.57.512.517.53K3K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)KPTI 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

spot10.511.5101212
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Greeks by strike · Fri, Nov 20

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.01not quoted0.51.1539not quotednot quoted-1.00
0.00not quoted10.4979not quotednot quoted-1.00
0.00not quoted1.50.2998not quotednot quoted-1.00
0.00not quoted20.2073not quotednot quoted-1.00
0.00not quoted2.50.1544not quotednot quoted-1.00
0.00not quoted50.0258not quotednot quoted-1.00
not quotednot quoted7.50.0079not quotednot quoted-1.00
not quotednot quoted100.0032not quotednot quoted-1.00

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 8 strikes around the money — all 11 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot0.51.52.57.512.517.53K0
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

spot0.51.52.57.512.517.535K35K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 11K call contracts, 42K 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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