Event risk before this expiration:Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 · CPI release Tue, Nov 10 · Jobs report Fri, Dec 4 · FOMC decision Wed, Dec 9 · CPI release Thu, Dec 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 — 180 — is the max pain price.
Open interest by strike · Fri, Dec 18
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)MTZ open contracts per strike for Fri, Dec 18.
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, Dec 18
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).
Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Dec 18
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 59.8% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.
Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Dec 18
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, Dec 18
Call Δ
Call Θ
Strike
Γ
Vega
Put Θ
Put Δ
0.84
-0.11
150
0.0052
0.16
-0.11
-0.16
0.81
-0.12
155
0.0060
0.18
-0.12
-0.19
0.78
-0.13
160
0.0067
0.20
-0.13
-0.22
0.74
-0.14
165
0.0075
0.22
-0.14
-0.26
0.69
-0.15
170
0.0082
0.24
-0.15
-0.30
0.65
-0.16
175
0.0088
0.25
-0.16
-0.35
0.60
-0.16
180
0.0092
0.26
-0.16
-0.39
0.56
-0.16
185
0.0096
0.27
-0.17
-0.44
0.51
-0.16
190
0.0098
0.27
-0.17
-0.49
0.46
-0.16
195
0.0098
0.27
-0.16
-0.54
0.41
-0.16
200
0.0098
0.27
-0.16
-0.59
0.32
-0.14
210
0.0091
0.24
-0.14
-0.68
0.25
-0.13
220
0.0081
0.22
-0.13
-0.75
0.18
-0.10
230
0.0068
0.18
-0.11
-0.82
0.14
-0.09
240
0.0056
0.15
-0.09
-0.87
Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 46 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.