Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Sep 20, 1:18 AM ET

RIVN max pain

Spot (delayed)$15.06
Max pain · Fri, Oct 23$16+6.2% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$2.21±14.7% by Fri, Oct 23
Put/Call OI0.902K puts / 2K calls
Call wall$20largest call OI
Put wall$14.5largest put OI
IV3053.3%30-day implied vol
Net GEX−$20Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $13
Earnings · expectedTue, Nov 3usually after the close

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

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Sep 25$15.5+2.9%5d
Fri, Oct 2$15.5+2.9%12d
Fri, Oct 9$15.5+2.9%19d
Fri, Oct 16$16+6.2%26d
Fri, Oct 23$16+6.2%33d
Fri, Oct 30$16+6.2%40d
Fri, Nov 20$14-7.0%61d← 1st expiry after earnings (Tue, Nov 3)
Fri, Dec 18$17.5+16.2%89d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot1691215192225$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 — 16 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Oct 23

spot1691214.51719.524466466
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)RIVN open contracts per strike for Fri, Oct 23.

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 23

spot1691214.51719.524487487
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Oct 23

spot91215192225199%37%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 59.7% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Oct 23

spotflip 1391214.51719.524+$16K$16K
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 23

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.95-0.0011.50.04140.01-0.00-0.05
0.92-0.01120.05800.01-0.01-0.08
0.88-0.0112.50.07840.01-0.01-0.12
0.83-0.01130.10140.01-0.01-0.17
0.77-0.0113.50.12410.01-0.01-0.23
0.70-0.01140.14310.02-0.01-0.30
0.62-0.0114.50.15550.02-0.01-0.38
0.54-0.01150.16000.02-0.01-0.46
0.46-0.0115.50.15730.02-0.01-0.54
0.39-0.01160.14920.02-0.01-0.61
0.33-0.0116.50.13760.02-0.01-0.67
0.28-0.01170.12450.02-0.01-0.73
0.23-0.0117.50.11100.01-0.01-0.77
0.20-0.01180.09800.01-0.01-0.81
0.17-0.0118.50.08600.01-0.01-0.84

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 27 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot511.51416.51921.510K0
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

spot1914.519.52636302K302K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 955K call contracts, 955K 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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