Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 14, 2:46 AM ET

WYNN max pain

Spot (delayed)$76.02
Max pain · Fri, Nov 13$75-1.3% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$7.68±10.1% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.34142 puts / 413 calls
Call wall$78largest call OI
Put wall$75largest put OI
IV3043.5%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$65Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $78

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 16$78+2.6%2d
Fri, Oct 23$80+5.2%9d
Fri, Oct 30$80+5.2%16d
Fri, Nov 6$76-0.0%23d
Fri, Nov 13$75-1.3%30d
Fri, Nov 20$92.5+21.7%37d
Fri, Nov 27$75-1.3%44d
Fri, Dec 18$85+11.8%65d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot75636975808692$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 — 75 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13

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■ calls (up)■ puts (down)WYNN 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

spot7563717682876565
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot63697580869262%37%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 43.4% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spotflip 786371768287+$64K−$64K
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
0.81-0.04680.02590.06-0.04-0.19
0.76-0.05700.03100.07-0.05-0.25
0.72-0.05710.03350.07-0.05-0.28
0.69-0.06720.03570.08-0.06-0.32
0.65-0.06730.03770.08-0.06-0.35
0.61-0.06740.03930.09-0.06-0.39
0.57-0.06750.04050.09-0.06-0.43
0.53-0.06760.04120.09-0.06-0.48
0.49-0.06770.04150.09-0.06-0.52
0.45-0.06780.04130.09-0.06-0.56
0.37-0.06800.03940.08-0.06-0.64
0.33-0.06810.03790.08-0.06-0.68
0.30-0.05820.03620.08-0.05-0.71
0.27-0.05830.03420.07-0.05-0.74
0.24-0.05840.03200.07-0.05-0.77

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 25 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot637582.59097.51204K0
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

spot40707892.512516531K31K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 187K call contracts, 121K 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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