Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Aug 15, 7:14 AM ET

TITN max pain

Spot (delayed)$18.42
Max pain · Fri, Nov 20$22.5+22.1% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$3.85±20.9% by Fri, Nov 20
Put/Call OI0.20110 puts / 555 calls
Call wall$30largest call OI
Put wall$17.5largest put OI
IV3062.4%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$3Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $17.5

Event risk before this expiration: Jobs report Fri, Sep 4 · CPI release Fri, Sep 11 · FOMC decision Wed, Sep 16 · Jobs report Fri, Oct 2 · CPI release Wed, Oct 14 · FOMC decision Wed, Oct 28 · Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 · CPI release Tue, Nov 10 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Aug 21$17.5-5.0%6d
Fri, Sep 18$20+8.6%34d
Fri, Nov 20$22.5+22.1%97d
Fri, Dec 18$22.5+22.1%125d
Fri, Mar 19$12.5-32.1%216d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot22.5151821242730$1M$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 — 22.5 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot22.51517.52022.52530421421
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)TITN open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 20.

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 20

spot22.51517.52022.5253011
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spot15182124273055%47%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 50.5% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 20

spotflip 17.51517.52022.52530+$3K$3K
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 20

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.81-0.01150.05090.03-0.01-0.19
0.64-0.0117.50.07660.04-0.01-0.36
0.44-0.01200.08350.04-0.01-0.57
0.27-0.0122.50.07030.03-0.01-0.75
0.15-0.01250.04950.02-0.01-0.88
0.04-0.00300.01800.01-0.00-0.99

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot7.51520257000
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

spot2.51017.52540713713
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 2K call contracts, 971 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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