Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 7:52 PM ET

MTUM max pain

Spot (delayed)$66.73
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:52 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 27Not shownone strike decides it
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$4.53
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:52 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-27 expiration = 4.53 USD, 6.8% of 66.73 spot.
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±6.8% by Fri, Nov 27
Put/Call OI0.75
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:52 PM ET
How485 put contracts / 646 call contracts = 0.75 for the 2026-11-27 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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485 puts / 646 calls
Call wall$63.75
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:52 PM ET
How63.75 for the 2026-11-27 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$70.63
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:52 PM ET
How70.63 for the 2026-11-27 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV3032.1%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:52 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$33K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:52 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.
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per 1% move · flip ≈ $63.75

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 9.4% 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 13$70.63+5.8%3d
Fri, Nov 20$70+4.9%10d
Fri, Nov 27one strike decides17d
Fri, Dec 4$70.63+5.8%24d
Fri, Dec 11$61.25-8.2%31d
Fri, Dec 18$70+4.9%38d
Fri, Jan 15one strike decides66d
Fri, Feb 19one strike decides101d
Fri, May 21$68.75+3.0%192d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 9.4% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spot5563.7568.7571.2574.3878.13240240
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)MTUM 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

spot6063.7568.75704949
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spot55616672788395%32%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 39.5% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spotflip 63.755563.7568.7571.2574.3878.13+$58K−$58K
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 ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.92-0.04550.01540.02-0.04-0.08
0.84-0.05600.03200.03-0.05-0.15
0.81-0.0561.250.03900.04-0.05-0.19
0.77-0.0662.50.04770.04-0.06-0.23
0.72-0.0663.750.05810.05-0.06-0.28
0.65-0.06650.06920.05-0.06-0.35
0.56-0.0666.250.07800.06-0.06-0.44
0.46-0.0667.50.08010.06-0.06-0.54
0.36-0.0668.750.07420.05-0.06-0.64
0.33-0.0669.380.06940.05-0.06-0.68
0.29-0.05700.06430.05-0.05-0.71
0.26-0.0570.630.05910.05-0.05-0.74
0.24-0.0571.250.05420.04-0.05-0.76
0.20-0.0572.50.04550.04-0.05-0.80

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 14 strikes around the money — all 24 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot57.568.1373.1378.1383.7598.7512K0
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

spot4056.256571.888088.7532K32K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 125K call contracts, 148K 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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