Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 12, 2:50 AM ET

SHAK max pain

Spot (delayed)$66.9
Max pain · Fri, Nov 6$60-10.3% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$9.9±14.8% by Fri, Nov 6
Put/Call OI0.1364 puts / 505 calls
Call wall$71largest call OI
Put wall$50largest put OI
IV3065.4%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$66Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $67

Event risk before this expiration: CPI release Wed, Oct 14 · FOMC decision Wed, Oct 28 · Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Oct 16$60-10.3%4d
Fri, Oct 23$62-7.3%11d
Fri, Oct 30$58-13.3%18d
Fri, Nov 6$60-10.3%25d
Fri, Nov 13$60-10.3%32d
Fri, Nov 20$65-2.8%39d
Fri, Nov 27$76+13.6%46d
Fri, Dec 18$65-2.8%67d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

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■ 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 — 60 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 6

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■ calls (up)■ puts (down)SHAK open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 6.

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 6

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

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 6

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— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 66.9% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spotflip 67465158636875+$50K−$50K
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 6

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.75-0.07600.02460.06-0.07-0.25
0.73-0.08610.02620.06-0.08-0.28
0.70-0.08620.02760.07-0.08-0.30
0.67-0.08630.02890.07-0.08-0.33
0.64-0.08640.03000.07-0.08-0.36
0.61-0.09650.03090.07-0.09-0.40
0.57-0.09660.03160.07-0.09-0.43
0.54-0.09670.03210.07-0.09-0.46
0.51-0.09680.03240.07-0.09-0.49
0.48-0.09690.03240.07-0.09-0.53
0.45-0.09700.03220.07-0.09-0.56
0.42-0.09710.03180.07-0.09-0.59
0.39-0.08720.03120.07-0.09-0.62
0.31-0.08750.02840.07-0.08-0.70
0.20-0.06800.02240.05-0.06-0.81

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 28 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

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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

spot305466781101706K6K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 26K call contracts, 33K 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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