Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Sep 12, 3:55 AM ET

PLTR max pain

Spot (delayed)$167.39
Max pain · Fri, Oct 30$170+1.6% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$23.13±13.8% by Fri, Oct 30
Put/Call OI0.40272 puts / 685 calls
Call wall$205largest call OI
Put wall$170largest put OI
IV3045.4%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$114Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $180
Earnings · expectedMon, Nov 2usually after the close

Event risk before this expiration: FOMC decision Wed, Sep 16 · Jobs report Fri, Oct 2 · CPI release Wed, Oct 14 · FOMC decision Wed, Oct 28 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Sep 18$155-7.4%7d
Fri, Sep 25$172.5+3.1%14d
Fri, Oct 2$172.5+3.1%21d
Fri, Oct 9$170+1.6%28d
Fri, Oct 16$160-4.4%35d
Fri, Oct 23$175+4.5%42d
Fri, Oct 30$170+1.6%49d
Fri, Nov 20$160-4.4%70d← 1st expiry after earnings (Mon, Nov 2)

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot170145157169181193205$1M$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 — 170 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Oct 30

spot170145157.5167.5177.5187.5200214214
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)PLTR open contracts per strike for Fri, Oct 30.

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, Oct 30

spot170145157.5167.5177.5187.5200153153
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Oct 30

spot14515716918119320550%46%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 47.2% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Oct 30

spotflip 180145157.5167.5177.5187.5200+$48K$48K
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, Oct 30

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.77-0.091500.01020.19-0.09-0.23
0.74-0.10152.50.01090.20-0.10-0.26
0.71-0.101550.01160.21-0.10-0.29
0.68-0.11157.50.01220.22-0.11-0.32
0.65-0.111600.01270.23-0.11-0.36
0.61-0.11162.50.01310.23-0.12-0.39
0.58-0.121650.01340.24-0.12-0.42
0.55-0.12167.50.01360.24-0.12-0.46
0.51-0.121700.01380.24-0.12-0.49
0.48-0.12172.50.01380.24-0.12-0.53
0.45-0.121750.01370.24-0.12-0.56
0.41-0.11177.50.01350.24-0.12-0.59
0.38-0.111800.01320.23-0.11-0.63
0.35-0.11182.50.01290.23-0.11-0.66
0.32-0.101850.01240.22-0.11-0.69

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 22 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot3095145167.519524022K0
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 history — nearest expiry vs price

07-2808-0508-1308-2108-3109-08186.28121.15
— max pain (nearest expiry)- - delayed closeOne point per snapshot day since 2026-07-28; unobserved days are gaps, not guesses.

All expirations combined — total open interest

spot560100157.5200320117K117K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 1.7M call contracts, 1.7M 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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