Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Sep 23, 1:33 AM ET

RTX max pain

Spot (delayed)$191.13
Max pain · Fri, Sep 25$195+2.0% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$3.86±2.0% by Fri, Sep 25
Put/Call OI0.482K puts / 3K calls
Call wall$235largest call OI
Put wall$190largest put OI
IV3028.7%30-day implied vol
Net GEX−$886Kper 1% move
Earnings · expectedTue, Oct 20usually before the open

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Sep 25$195+2.0%2d
Fri, Oct 2$195+2.0%9d
Fri, Oct 9$195+2.0%16d
Fri, Oct 16$200+4.6%23d
Fri, Oct 23$185-3.2%30d← 1st expiry after earnings (Tue, Oct 20)
Fri, Oct 30$195+2.0%37d
Fri, Nov 20$200+4.6%58d
Fri, Dec 18$180-5.8%86d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot195115151187223259295$25M$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 — 195 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Sep 25

spot195115155182.5202.5222.5270583583
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)RTX 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

spot195115155182.5202.5222.5270424424
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Sep 25

spot150166182198214230106%21%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 27.1% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Sep 25

spot140170185200215235+$1.2M$1.2M
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
0.99-0.03172.50.00370.01-0.03-0.01
0.98-0.031750.00500.01-0.04-0.02
0.98-0.04177.50.00720.01-0.04-0.02
0.97-0.051800.01140.01-0.05-0.03
0.94-0.08182.50.02010.02-0.08-0.06
0.89-0.151850.03700.03-0.15-0.11
0.78-0.24187.50.06220.05-0.24-0.22
0.60-0.321900.08520.07-0.32-0.41
0.38-0.31192.50.08510.07-0.31-0.63
0.20-0.221950.06150.05-0.22-0.81
0.10-0.12197.50.03550.03-0.12-0.91
0.04-0.062000.01780.02-0.06-0.97
0.02-0.03202.50.00880.01-0.03-0.99
0.01-0.022050.00480.01-0.03-1.00
0.01-0.01207.50.00300.00-0.03-1.00

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 46 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot1501902052202452853K0
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

spot55110165192.522027012K12K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 89K call contracts, 69K 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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