HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2026-11-13 expiration, over 36 strikes carrying 1,542 open contracts. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
SourcePut open interest divided by call open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 2, 10:39 PM ET
How498 put contracts / 1,044 call contracts = 0.48 for the 2026-11-13 expiration. Open interest is published once a day, before the open, so it describes the previous session.
SourceNet gamma exposure from Cboe greeks and open interest
As ofCboe delayed snapshot Nov 2, 10:39 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2026-11-13 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.
Event risk before this expiration:Jobs report Fri, Nov 6 · CPI release Tue, Nov 10 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.
■ 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 — 36.5 — is the max pain price.
Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)URA 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
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).
Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 51.9% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.
Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13
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 Δ
Call Θ
Strike
Γ
Vega
Put Θ
Put Δ
0.86
-0.03
30
0.0739
0.01
-0.03
-0.14
0.82
-0.04
30.5
0.0887
0.01
-0.04
-0.18
0.77
-0.04
31
0.1036
0.02
-0.04
-0.23
0.71
-0.04
31.5
0.1172
0.02
-0.05
-0.29
0.65
-0.05
32
0.1285
0.02
-0.05
-0.35
0.58
-0.05
32.5
0.1364
0.02
-0.05
-0.42
0.52
-0.05
33
0.1399
0.02
-0.05
-0.49
0.45
-0.05
33.5
0.1386
0.02
-0.05
-0.56
0.38
-0.05
34
0.1329
0.02
-0.05
-0.62
0.32
-0.05
34.5
0.1237
0.02
-0.05
-0.68
0.27
-0.04
35
0.1123
0.02
-0.04
-0.74
0.22
-0.04
35.5
0.1000
0.02
-0.04
-0.78
0.18
-0.04
36
0.0876
0.01
-0.04
-0.82
0.15
-0.03
36.5
0.0759
0.01
-0.03
-0.86
Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 14 strikes around the money — all 36 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.
Stacked — layer the expirations
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.
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.