Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 5:31 PM ET

MSTX max pain

Spot (delayed)$10.47
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 5:31 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 13Not shownone strike decides it
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$1.35
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 5:31 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-13 expiration = 1.35 USD, 12.8% of 10.47 spot.
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±12.8% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.45
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 5:31 PM ET
How1,350 put contracts / 3,000 call contracts = 0.45 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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1K puts / 3K calls
Call wall$14.5
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 5:31 PM ET
How14.50 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$15
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 5:31 PM ET
How15.00 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
IV30148.9%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 5:31 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$11K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 5:31 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 ≈ $2

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 19.1% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13one strike decides3d
Fri, Nov 20one strike decides10d
Fri, Nov 27$13+24.2%17d
Fri, Dec 4$17+62.4%24d
Fri, Dec 11$15+43.3%31d
Fri, Dec 18$17+62.4%38d
Fri, Jan 15one strike decides66d
Fri, Mar 19$9-14.0%129d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 19.1% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot18.512.516.520.525.5560560
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)MSTX 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

spot1810.51315.520.5339339
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot51015202530665%122%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 177.0% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spotflip 259.51316.52026+$9K−$9K
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
0.96-0.0370.03580.00-0.03-0.04
0.94-0.047.50.05170.00-0.04-0.06
0.91-0.0680.07420.00-0.06-0.09
0.87-0.078.50.10420.00-0.07-0.14
0.81-0.0990.14080.00-0.09-0.20
0.72-0.119.50.17940.00-0.11-0.28
0.62-0.12100.21130.00-0.12-0.38
0.51-0.1310.50.22660.00-0.13-0.49
0.40-0.12110.22140.00-0.12-0.60
0.30-0.1111.50.19960.00-0.11-0.69
0.23-0.09120.16920.00-0.09-0.77
0.17-0.0712.50.13760.00-0.07-0.83
0.12-0.06130.10890.00-0.06-0.88
0.09-0.0413.50.08490.00-0.04-0.91
0.07-0.03140.06560.00-0.03-0.93

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

spot110.514.518.523299810
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

spot110.51723.530435K5K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 43K call contracts, 33K 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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