Event risk before this expiration:Jobs report Fri, Oct 2 · CPI release Wed, Oct 14 · FOMC decision Wed, Oct 28 · Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 · CPI release Tue, Nov 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 — 310 — is the max pain price.
Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)LRCX 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
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).
Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 20
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 59.7% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.
Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 20
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 20
Call Δ
Call Θ
Strike
Γ
Vega
Put Θ
Put Δ
0.89
-0.11
220
0.0026
0.23
-0.11
-0.12
0.85
-0.14
230
0.0032
0.28
-0.14
-0.15
0.81
-0.16
240
0.0037
0.33
-0.16
-0.19
0.76
-0.18
250
0.0042
0.37
-0.18
-0.24
0.71
-0.20
260
0.0047
0.41
-0.20
-0.29
0.66
-0.21
270
0.0051
0.44
-0.21
-0.34
0.61
-0.22
280
0.0054
0.46
-0.22
-0.40
0.55
-0.23
290
0.0055
0.47
-0.23
-0.45
0.50
-0.23
300
0.0056
0.48
-0.23
-0.51
0.44
-0.22
310
0.0055
0.47
-0.23
-0.56
0.40
-0.22
320
0.0054
0.46
-0.22
-0.61
0.35
-0.21
330
0.0052
0.44
-0.21
-0.66
0.31
-0.20
340
0.0049
0.42
-0.20
-0.70
0.27
-0.19
350
0.0046
0.39
-0.19
-0.74
0.23
-0.17
360
0.0042
0.37
-0.18
-0.78
Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 55 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.