Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Nov 10, 7:38 PM ET

SLB max pain

Spot (delayed)$49.9
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe delayed quote, underlying price
Fieldcurrent_price
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:38 PM ET
HowAbout 15 minutes delayed.
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Max pain · Fri, Feb 19Not shownone strike decides it
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$7.32
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceAt-the-money straddle midpoint
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:38 PM ET
HowCall midpoint plus put midpoint at the strike nearest spot for the 2027-02-19 expiration = 7.32 USD, 14.7% of 49.90 spot.
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±14.7% by Fri, Feb 19
Put/Call OI0.50
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:38 PM ET
How3,039 put contracts / 6,083 call contracts = 0.50 for the 2027-02-19 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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3K puts / 6K calls
Call wall$57.5
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:38 PM ET
How57.50 for the 2027-02-19 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$50
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceStrike with the most put open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:38 PM ET
How50.00 for the 2027-02-19 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
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largest put OI
IV3035.0%
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EVIDENCE — filed/published fact
SourceCboe 30-day implied volatility for the underlying
Fieldiv30
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:38 PM ET
HowAs Cboe publishes it; not computed by us.
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30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$192K
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INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 10, 7:38 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2027-02-19 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 ≈ $57.5

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 5% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Event risk before this expiration: Jobs report Fri, Dec 4 · FOMC decision Wed, Dec 9 · CPI release Thu, Dec 10 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Nov 13$51+2.2%3d
Fri, Nov 20one strike decides10d
Fri, Nov 27$52+4.2%17d
Fri, Dec 4$53+6.2%24d
Fri, Dec 11$51+2.2%31d
Fri, Dec 18one strike decides38d
Fri, Jan 15$47.5-4.8%66d
Fri, Feb 19one strike decides101d
Fri, Mar 19$52.5+5.2%129d
Fri, May 21one strike decides192d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

Max pain is not shown: without its single heaviest strike it moves 5% of spot, more than the 5% we allow, so one strike decides it. Walls and gamma still print.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Feb 19

spot2537.547.557.5702K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)SLB open contracts per strike for Fri, Feb 19.

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, Feb 19

spot354047.552.557.562.53535
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Feb 19

spot25374961738572%30%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 35.0% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Feb 19

spotflip 57.52537.547.557.570+$150K−$150K
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, Feb 19

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.98-0.0032.50.00500.01-0.00-0.03
0.96-0.00350.00800.02-0.01-0.04
0.93-0.0137.50.01250.03-0.01-0.07
0.89-0.01400.01880.05-0.01-0.12
0.83-0.0142.50.02640.07-0.01-0.18
0.75-0.01450.03420.08-0.01-0.26
0.65-0.0247.50.04050.10-0.02-0.36
0.54-0.02500.04390.10-0.02-0.47
0.44-0.0252.50.04380.10-0.02-0.57
0.34-0.02550.04060.10-0.01-0.67
0.26-0.0157.50.03550.08-0.01-0.76
0.19-0.01600.02960.07-0.01-0.82
0.14-0.0162.50.02390.06-0.01-0.88
0.10-0.01650.01880.05-0.01-0.92
0.05-0.01700.01110.03-0.00-0.97

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 20 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot3042.546.55157.5659K0
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

spot17.53844.5495663122K122K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 367K call contracts, 205K 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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