HowThe settle strike with the smallest total payout to option holders for the 2027-04-16 expiration, over 33 strikes carrying 5,899 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 9, 9:44 PM ET
How713 put contracts / 5,186 call contracts = 0.14 for the 2027-04-16 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 9, 9:44 PM ET
HowOver every strike with open interest for the 2027-04-16 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, Dec 4 · FOMC decision Wed, Dec 9 · CPI release Thu, Dec 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 — 140 — is the max pain price.
Open interest by strike · Fri, Apr 16
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)VYM open contracts per strike for Fri, Apr 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, Apr 16
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).
Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Apr 16
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 12.3% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.
Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Apr 16
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, Apr 16
Call Δ
Call Θ
Strike
Γ
Vega
Put Θ
Put Δ
0.71
-0.02
156
0.0217
0.36
-0.02
-0.31
0.69
-0.02
157
0.0229
0.37
-0.02
-0.33
0.67
-0.02
158
0.0240
0.38
-0.02
-0.35
0.64
-0.02
159
0.0252
0.39
-0.02
-0.37
0.62
-0.02
160
0.0262
0.40
-0.02
-0.40
0.59
-0.02
161
0.0272
0.41
-0.02
-0.42
0.57
-0.02
162
0.0281
0.41
-0.02
-0.45
0.54
-0.02
163
0.0289
0.42
-0.02
-0.48
0.51
-0.02
164
0.0294
0.42
-0.02
-0.51
0.48
-0.02
165
0.0298
0.42
-0.02
-0.55
0.45
-0.02
166
0.0299
0.42
-0.02
-0.58
0.42
-0.02
167
0.0298
0.41
-0.02
-0.61
0.39
-0.02
168
0.0294
0.41
-0.02
-0.64
0.36
-0.01
169
0.0288
0.40
-0.02
-0.67
0.34
-0.01
170
0.0280
0.39
-0.01
-0.70
Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 33 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.