Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET

RGTI max pain

Spot (delayed)$11.29
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Nov 27$12
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceMax pain from Cboe open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET
HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2026-11-27 expiration, over 32 strikes carrying 11,031 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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+6.3% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$1.81
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2026-11-27 expiration = 1.81 USD, 16.0% of 11.29 spot.
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±16.0% by Fri, Nov 27
Put/Call OI0.27
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET
How2,323 put contracts / 8,708 call contracts = 0.27 for the 2026-11-27 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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2K puts / 9K calls
Call wall$14
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET
How14.00 for the 2026-11-27 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$12
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET
How12.00 for the 2026-11-27 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV3089.9%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$102K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:04 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2026-11-27 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 ≈ $7.5

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13$12+6.3%3d
Fri, Nov 20$13+15.2%10d
Fri, Nov 27$12+6.3%17d
Fri, Dec 4$12+6.3%24d
Fri, Dec 11$11.5+1.9%31d
Fri, Dec 18$14+24.0%38d
Fri, Jan 15one strike decides66d
Fri, Feb 19$15+32.9%101d
Fri, Mar 19one strike decides129d
Fri, May 21one strike decides192d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot125913172125$9M$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 — 12 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spot1259.512.515.518.5245K5K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)RGTI open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 27.

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, Nov 27

spot127.51012141618340340
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spot5913172125331%61%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 85.7% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 27

spotflip 7.559.512.515.518.524+$86K−$86K
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, Nov 27

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.96-0.0180.02810.00-0.01-0.04
0.94-0.018.50.03960.00-0.01-0.06
0.91-0.0190.05410.00-0.01-0.09
0.88-0.029.50.07130.01-0.02-0.12
0.83-0.02100.09040.01-0.02-0.17
0.78-0.0210.50.11000.01-0.02-0.22
0.71-0.03110.12820.01-0.03-0.29
0.64-0.0311.50.14270.01-0.03-0.36
0.56-0.03120.15200.01-0.03-0.43
0.49-0.0312.50.15520.01-0.03-0.51
0.41-0.03130.15220.01-0.03-0.59
0.35-0.0313.50.14420.01-0.03-0.65
0.29-0.03140.13260.01-0.03-0.71
0.23-0.0214.50.11890.01-0.02-0.77
0.19-0.02150.10440.01-0.02-0.81

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 32 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot18.513.518.5263613K0
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

spot0.5713.520325036K36K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 386K call contracts, 281K 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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