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Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Jul 31, 5:49 AM ET

TRON max pain

Spot (delayed)$1.49
Max pain · Fri, Oct 16$2+34.2% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$0.7±47.0% by Fri, Oct 16
Put/Call OI0.07179 puts / 2K calls
Call wall$2largest call OI
Put wall$2largest put OI
IV3095.3%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$2Kper 1% move

Event risk before this expiration: Jobs report Fri, Aug 7 · CPI release Wed, Aug 12 · 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 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Aug 21$1.5+0.7%21d
Fri, Sep 18$2.5+67.8%49d
Fri, Oct 16$2+34.2%77d
Fri, Jan 15$1.5+0.7%168d
Fri, Jan 21$7.5+403.4%539d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot2123568$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 — 2 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Oct 16

spot20.51.52.57.52K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)TRON open contracts per strike for Fri, Oct 16.

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 16

spot20.51.52.57.522
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Oct 16

spot123568359%114%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 130.1% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Oct 16

spot122.557.5+$1K$1K
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 16

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.93-0.000.50.07090.00-0.00-0.07
0.81-0.0010.21320.00-0.00-0.19
0.64-0.001.50.35020.00-0.00-0.36
0.49-0.0020.35760.00-0.00-0.51
0.41-0.002.50.32080.00-0.00-0.59
0.27-0.0050.21000.00-0.00-0.74
0.22-0.007.50.16830.00-0.00-0.79

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

spot0.51.52.57.52K0
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

spot0.51.52.57.54K4K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 8K call contracts, 6K 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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