Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Aug 6, 7:20 AM ET

WMT max pain

Spot (delayed)$112.6
Max pain · Fri, Sep 11$110-2.3% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$9.28±8.2% by Fri, Sep 11
Put/Call OI0.61387 puts / 632 calls
Call wall$120largest call OI
Put wall$110largest put OI
IV3031.9%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$104Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $85
Earnings · expectedThu, Aug 20usually before the open

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 — macro releases historically overwhelm pinning effects; max pain reads weakest in event weeks.

Max pain levels

ExpiryMax painvs spotDTE
Fri, Aug 7$111-1.4%1d
Fri, Aug 14$112-0.5%8d
Fri, Aug 21$119+5.7%15d← 1st expiry after earnings (Thu, Aug 20)
Fri, Aug 28$111-1.4%22d
Fri, Sep 4$109-3.2%29d
Fri, Sep 11$110-2.3%36d
Fri, Sep 18$115+2.1%43d
Fri, Oct 16$115+2.1%71d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot110758799111123135$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 — 110 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Sep 11

spot11075100106112118125122122
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)WMT open contracts per strike for Fri, Sep 11.

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, Sep 11

spot110751001061121181259191
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Sep 11

spot75879911112313580%26%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 32.3% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Sep 11

spotflip 8575100106112118125+$43K$43K
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, Sep 11

Call ΔCall ΘStrikeΓVegaPut ΘPut Δ
0.74-0.051060.02860.12-0.05-0.26
0.71-0.051070.03030.12-0.05-0.29
0.68-0.051080.03190.13-0.06-0.32
0.65-0.061090.03320.13-0.06-0.36
0.61-0.061100.03430.14-0.06-0.39
0.58-0.061110.03510.14-0.06-0.43
0.54-0.061120.03560.14-0.06-0.46
0.51-0.061130.03580.14-0.06-0.50
0.47-0.061140.03580.14-0.06-0.54
0.44-0.061150.03550.14-0.06-0.57
0.40-0.061160.03490.14-0.06-0.60
0.37-0.061170.03400.14-0.06-0.64
0.34-0.061180.03300.13-0.06-0.67
0.31-0.051190.03170.13-0.05-0.70
0.28-0.051200.03030.12-0.05-0.73

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 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

spot659910911912916020K0
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

spot408010011212414581K81K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 557K call contracts, 523K 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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