Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Sep 22, 1:56 AM ET

PG max pain

Spot (delayed)$146.08
Max pain · Fri, Sep 25$146-0.1% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$2.37±1.6% by Fri, Sep 25
Put/Call OI0.533K puts / 6K calls
Call wall$146largest call OI
Put wall$138largest put OI
IV3020.5%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$7.2Mper 1% move · flip ≈ $146
Earnings · expectedFri, Oct 23usually before the open

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Sep 25$146-0.1%4d
Fri, Oct 2$145-0.7%11d
Fri, Oct 9$146-0.1%18d
Fri, Oct 16$145-0.7%25d
Fri, Oct 23$144-1.4%32d← 1st expiry after earnings (Fri, Oct 23)
Fri, Oct 30$143-2.1%39d
Fri, Nov 20$145-0.7%60d
Fri, Dec 18$145-0.7%88d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot14695118141164187210$39M$0
■ 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 — 146 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Sep 25

spot14695131137143149162.51K1K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)PG open contracts per strike for Fri, Sep 25.

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, Sep 25

spot14695131137143149162.5491491
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Sep 25

spot12513314114915716558%11%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 19.2% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Sep 25

spotflip 146110132137142147155+$3.1M$3.1M
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, Sep 25

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.97-0.021390.01620.01-0.02-0.03
0.96-0.031400.02390.01-0.03-0.04
0.94-0.051410.03560.02-0.05-0.06
0.90-0.071420.05230.03-0.07-0.10
0.84-0.101430.07380.04-0.10-0.16
0.76-0.121440.09800.05-0.13-0.24
0.66-0.151450.11950.06-0.15-0.35
0.53-0.161460.13030.06-0.16-0.47
0.40-0.161470.12600.06-0.16-0.60
0.29-0.141480.10960.05-0.14-0.72
0.19-0.111490.08730.04-0.11-0.82
0.12-0.071500.06370.03-0.08-0.89
0.04-0.03152.50.02320.01-0.03-0.98
0.01-0.011550.00840.01-0.02-1.00
0.00-0.00157.50.00290.00-0.02-1.00

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 34 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot95137142147155167.56K0
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

spot70120137147167.520537K37K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 172K call contracts, 132K 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.

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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