HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2026-11-27 expiration, over 47 strikes carrying 10,838 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 5, 4:27 PM ET
How7,168 put contracts / 3,670 call contracts = 1.95 for the 2026-11-27 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 5, 4:27 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2026-11-27 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.
Event risk before this expiration: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 — 210 — is the max pain price.
Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 27
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)MRNA open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 27.
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 27
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).
Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 27
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 98.9% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.
Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 27
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 27
Call Δ
Call Θ
Strike
Γ
Vega
Put Θ
Put Δ
0.78
-0.41
205
0.0048
0.17
-0.42
-0.22
0.75
-0.43
210
0.0051
0.19
-0.44
-0.25
0.72
-0.45
215
0.0055
0.20
-0.46
-0.28
0.69
-0.47
220
0.0058
0.21
-0.48
-0.31
0.66
-0.49
225
0.0061
0.22
-0.50
-0.34
0.63
-0.50
230
0.0064
0.22
-0.51
-0.37
0.59
-0.51
235
0.0066
0.23
-0.52
-0.41
0.56
-0.52
240
0.0068
0.23
-0.52
-0.44
0.53
-0.52
245
0.0069
0.23
-0.52
-0.47
0.49
-0.52
250
0.0069
0.24
-0.52
-0.51
0.46
-0.52
255
0.0069
0.23
-0.52
-0.54
0.43
-0.51
260
0.0068
0.23
-0.51
-0.57
0.40
-0.50
265
0.0068
0.23
-0.49
-0.61
0.36
-0.48
270
0.0066
0.22
-0.48
-0.64
0.34
-0.47
275
0.0064
0.21
-0.46
-0.67
Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 47 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.
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.