Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 9:32 PM ET

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Spot (delayed)$11.64
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 9:32 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Apr 16Not shownone strike decides it
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$7.57
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 9:32 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2027-04-16 expiration = 7.57 USD, 65.1% of 11.64 spot.
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±65.1% by Fri, Apr 16
Put/Call OI0.61
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 9:32 PM ET
How524 put contracts / 859 call contracts = 0.61 for the 2027-04-16 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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524 puts / 859 calls
Call wall$10
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 9:32 PM ET
How10.00 for the 2027-04-16 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$4
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 9:32 PM ET
How4.00 for the 2027-04-16 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV30148.2%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 9:32 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$3K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 9:32 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2027-04-16 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 ≈ $3

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 8.6% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Event risk before this expiration: 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.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 20one strike decides10d
Fri, Dec 18$8-31.3%38d
Fri, Jan 15one strike decides66d
Fri, Apr 16one strike decides157d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 8.6% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Apr 16

spot16101418250250
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)MUZ open contracts per strike for Fri, Apr 16.

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, Apr 16

spot7813152222
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Apr 16

spot3813182328174%110%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 130.1% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Apr 16

spotflip 337111519+$1K−$1K
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, Apr 16

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.92-0.0150.02270.01-0.01-0.09
0.88-0.0160.02830.01-0.01-0.12
0.83-0.0170.03280.02-0.01-0.16
0.77-0.0180.03620.02-0.01-0.20
0.72-0.0190.03850.02-0.01-0.24
0.67-0.01100.03990.03-0.01-0.28
0.63-0.01110.04050.03-0.01-0.32
0.59-0.01120.04070.03-0.01-0.35
0.56-0.01130.04050.03-0.01-0.38
0.52-0.01140.04010.03-0.01-0.41
0.49-0.01150.03960.03-0.01-0.44
0.47-0.01160.03890.03-0.01-0.46
0.44-0.01170.03820.03-0.01-0.48
0.42-0.01180.03740.03-0.01-0.50
0.40-0.01190.03660.03-0.01-0.52

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 20 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot511172330373470
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

spot1815222936560560
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 4K call contracts, 2K 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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