Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 23, 1:27 AM ET

TXN max pain

Spot (delayed)$277
Max pain · Fri, Nov 13$285+2.9% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$25.2±9.1% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.52443 puts / 844 calls
Call wall$315largest call OI
Put wall$245largest put OI
IV3043.3%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$222Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $305

Event risk before this expiration: 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, Oct 23$280+1.1%today
Fri, Oct 30$277.5+0.2%7d
Fri, Nov 6$285+2.9%14d
Fri, Nov 13$285+2.9%21d
Fri, Nov 20$280+1.1%28d
Fri, Nov 27$280+1.1%35d
Fri, Dec 18$260-6.1%56d
Fri, Jan 15$260-6.1%84d
Fri, Feb 19$265-4.3%119d
Fri, Mar 19$270-2.5%147d
Fri, Apr 16$280+1.1%175d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot285175218261304347390$6M$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 — 285 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot285175215250285320360117117
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)TXN open contracts per strike for Fri, Nov 13.

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 13

spot285175215250285320360159159
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot175218261304347390115%42%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 46.1% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spotflip 305180220255290325370+$72K−$72K
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 13

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.92-0.122400.00530.10-0.13-0.10
0.89-0.152450.00660.12-0.15-0.13
0.85-0.182500.00800.15-0.18-0.16
0.81-0.212550.00940.19-0.20-0.20
0.76-0.232600.01060.21-0.23-0.26
0.70-0.262650.01150.24-0.25-0.31
0.64-0.272700.01230.26-0.27-0.37
0.57-0.282750.01270.27-0.28-0.43
0.51-0.282800.01300.27-0.28-0.50
0.44-0.282850.01290.27-0.28-0.56
0.38-0.262900.01250.26-0.26-0.62
0.32-0.242950.01190.24-0.24-0.69
0.27-0.223000.01100.22-0.21-0.74
0.21-0.193050.00980.20-0.19-0.79
0.17-0.173100.00860.17-0.16-0.83

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 41 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot160230262.5287.5312.53454K0
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

spot100175240287.533041011K11K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 127K call contracts, 108K 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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