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Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Jul 31, 2:22 PM ET

PG max pain

Spot (delayed)$142.63
Max pain · Fri, Sep 4$147+3.1% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$8.23±5.8% by Fri, Sep 4
Put/Call OI2.881K puts / 404 calls
Call wall$155largest call OI
Put wall$137largest put OI
IV3022.8%30-day implied vol
Net GEX−$547Kper 1% move

Event risk before this expiration: Jobs report Fri, Aug 7 · CPI release Wed, Aug 12 · Jobs report Fri, Sep 4 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Aug 7$148+3.8%6d
Fri, Aug 14$146+2.4%13d
Fri, Aug 21$145+1.7%20d
Fri, Aug 28$144+1.0%27d
Fri, Sep 4$147+3.1%34d
Fri, Sep 11$144+1.0%41d
Fri, Sep 18$145+1.7%48d
Fri, Oct 16$145+1.7%76d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot147120131141152162173$2M$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 — 147 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Sep 4

spot147120136141146152.5172.5268268
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)PG open contracts per strike for Fri, Sep 4.

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 4

spot147120136141146152.5172.53131
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Sep 4

spot12013114115216217348%20%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 23.1% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Sep 4

spot120136141146152.5172.5+$168K$168K
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 4

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.77-0.041360.02880.14-0.04-0.23
0.74-0.051370.03120.14-0.05-0.26
0.71-0.051380.03340.15-0.05-0.29
0.68-0.051390.03540.16-0.05-0.33
0.64-0.051400.03710.17-0.06-0.36
0.60-0.061410.03850.17-0.06-0.40
0.56-0.061420.03950.17-0.06-0.44
0.53-0.061430.04000.18-0.06-0.48
0.49-0.061440.04020.18-0.06-0.53
0.45-0.061450.03990.18-0.06-0.57
0.41-0.061460.03910.17-0.06-0.61
0.37-0.051470.03800.17-0.06-0.65
0.34-0.051480.03650.16-0.05-0.68
0.30-0.051490.03480.15-0.05-0.72
0.27-0.051500.03280.15-0.05-0.75

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 26 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot100133141149167.520012K0
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

spot7012013814817022038K38K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 190K call contracts, 134K 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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