Max pain // Cboe delayed data · as of Oct 12, 4:59 PM ET

XYZ max pain

Spot (delayed)$77.5
Max pain · Fri, Nov 13$71-8.4% vs spot
Expected move (ATM straddle)±$10.27±13.3% by Fri, Nov 13
Put/Call OI0.2076 puts / 389 calls
Call wall$71largest call OI
Put wall$65largest put OI
IV3052.9%30-day implied vol
Net GEX+$53Kper 1% move · flip ≈ $60
Earnings · expectedThu, Nov 5usually before the open

Event risk before this expiration: CPI release Wed, Oct 14 · 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$75-3.2%4d
Fri, Oct 23$75-3.2%11d
Fri, Oct 30$75-3.2%18d
Fri, Nov 6$77-0.6%25d← 1st expiry after earnings (Thu, Nov 5)
Fri, Nov 13$71-8.4%32d
Fri, Nov 20$80+3.2%39d
Fri, Nov 27$74-4.5%46d
Fri, Dec 18$67.5-12.9%67d

The writer-loss curve — where max pain comes from

spot715564738291100$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 — 71 — is the max pain price.

Open interest by strike · Fri, Nov 13

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■ calls (up)■ puts (down)XYZ 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

spot7155677277831005050
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Today's traded contracts per strike (delayed).

Implied volatility by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spot5564738291100100%46%
— call IV— put IVATM ≈ 56.0% · Quoted strikes only; illiquid wings with junk fits are dropped, not smoothed.

Gamma exposure by strike · Fri, Nov 13

spotflip 605567727783100+$16K−$16K
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
0.77-0.06700.02440.07-0.06-0.23
0.74-0.06710.02600.07-0.06-0.26
0.72-0.06720.02760.08-0.07-0.28
0.69-0.07730.02900.08-0.07-0.32
0.66-0.07740.03020.09-0.07-0.35
0.63-0.07750.03130.09-0.07-0.38
0.59-0.07760.03210.09-0.07-0.41
0.56-0.07770.03270.09-0.07-0.44
0.53-0.07780.03310.09-0.07-0.48
0.49-0.07790.03320.09-0.07-0.51
0.46-0.07800.03310.09-0.07-0.54
0.40-0.07820.03230.09-0.07-0.61
0.37-0.07830.03160.09-0.07-0.64
0.34-0.07840.03070.08-0.07-0.67
0.31-0.07850.02970.08-0.07-0.70

Quoted contract greeks from the delayed feed (not modeled here); the highlighted row is nearest to spot. Showing 15 strikes around the money — all 26 are in the CSV. Δ per $1 of underlying · Θ per day · vega per IV point.

Stacked — layer the expirations

spot50717782.588954K0
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

spot22.55569798911535K35K
■ calls (up)■ puts (down)Every expiration combined: 285K call contracts, 186K 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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