Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET

LNG max pain

Spot (delayed)$293.99
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 13$292.5
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceMax pain from Cboe open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET
HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2026-11-13 expiration, over 42 strikes carrying 3,854 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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-0.5% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$8.5
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-13 expiration = 8.50 USD, 2.9% of 293.99 spot.
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±2.9% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.66
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET
How1,537 put contracts / 2,317 call contracts = 0.66 for the 2026-11-13 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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2K puts / 2K calls
Call wall$290
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET
How290.00 for the 2026-11-13 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$300
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET
How300.00 for the 2026-11-13 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV3032.8%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$375K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 8:38 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2026-11-13 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 ≈ $292.5

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13$292.5-0.5%3d
Fri, Nov 20$285-3.1%10d
Fri, Nov 27$290-1.4%17d
Fri, Dec 4$300+2.0%24d
Fri, Dec 11$290-1.4%31d
Fri, Dec 18$290-1.4%38d
Fri, Jan 15one strike decides66d
Fri, Mar 19$260-11.6%129d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot292.5150191232273314355$22M$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 — 292.5 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot292.5150265282.5300317.5335373373
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)LNG open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 13.

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 13

spot292.5265280290300310305305
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot245267289311333355137%27%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 39.4% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spotflip 292.5235270290307.5325345+$443K−$443K
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 13

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.91-0.30277.50.01300.04-0.30-0.09
0.88-0.382800.01670.05-0.38-0.12
0.84-0.47282.50.02110.07-0.47-0.16
0.78-0.562850.02590.08-0.56-0.22
0.72-0.65287.50.03070.09-0.65-0.28
0.64-0.722900.03480.10-0.72-0.36
0.55-0.76292.50.03730.11-0.76-0.45
0.45-0.752950.03760.11-0.76-0.55
0.36-0.70297.50.03560.10-0.70-0.64
0.28-0.623000.03180.09-0.62-0.72
0.21-0.52302.50.02690.08-0.52-0.79
0.16-0.423050.02200.07-0.42-0.84
0.12-0.33307.50.01740.05-0.33-0.89
0.08-0.263100.01350.04-0.26-0.92
0.06-0.20312.50.01030.03-0.19-0.94

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 42 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot1502752953153353702K0
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

spot1401852502903254007K7K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 55K call contracts, 32K 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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