Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 26, 12:26 AM ET

TXRH max pain

Spot (delayed)$165.66
Max pain · Fri, Nov 6$160-3.4% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$12.1±7.3% by Fri, Nov 6
Put/Call OI0.9757 puts / 59 calls
Call wall$175largest call OI
Put wall$140largest put OI
IV3035.9%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$20Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $135

Event risk before this expiration: 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 30$165-0.4%4d
Fri, Nov 6$160-3.4%11d
Fri, Nov 13$155-6.4%18d
Fri, Nov 20$160-3.4%25d
Fri, Nov 27$170+2.6%32d
Fri, Dec 18$150-9.5%53d
Fri, Jan 15$160-3.4%81d
Fri, Mar 19$170+2.6%144d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot160130142154166178190$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 — 160 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot160130145160167.5177.51902727
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)TXRH 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

spot160130145160167.5177.519022
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spot13514615716817919083%37%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 46.4% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 6

spotflip 135130145160167.5177.5190+$11K−$11K
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
0.96-0.061350.00420.03-0.06-0.04
0.94-0.081400.00630.04-0.08-0.06
0.91-0.101450.00930.05-0.10-0.09
0.86-0.131500.01350.07-0.13-0.14
0.79-0.161550.01880.09-0.16-0.21
0.69-0.181600.02450.12-0.19-0.32
0.62-0.20162.50.02670.12-0.20-0.38
0.55-0.201650.02820.13-0.20-0.45
0.48-0.20167.50.02860.13-0.20-0.53
0.41-0.201700.02800.13-0.20-0.60
0.29-0.171750.02410.11-0.18-0.72
0.24-0.16177.50.02160.10-0.17-0.77
0.20-0.151800.01900.09-0.15-0.82
0.14-0.121850.01420.07-0.12-0.88
0.10-0.091900.01040.06-0.10-0.92

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 16 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot130155167.5175185200420
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

spot85131142157.51852352K2K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 8K call contracts, 2K 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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