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OPEN max pain, gamma exposure (GEX) & options open interest

As of close · rank #104 by open interest · 1,358 sessions of history since Dec 21, 2020

OPEN's nearest-expiration max pain is 2.00 for 2026-10-23, its GEX flip is 1.59, net GEX is 20,162,330, its put/call open-interest ratio is 0.15. These are whole-chain derived aggregates as of Oct 16, 2026 close.

OPEN max pain and GEX snapshot

End-of-day snapshot for . Nearest-expiration max pain uses the expiry shown on its card; GEX uses the whole chain. Missing values are unavailable, not zero.

Nearest-expiration max pain
2.00
-5.4% from close
Expiry: 2026-10-23
GEX flip
1.59
-24.8% from close
Net GEX
20,162,330
2,186,294 per 100k OI
Call wall
3.00
+41.8% from close
Put wall
2.00
-5.4% from close
Put/call OI
0.15
122,494 puts / 799,721 calls

Prices are in US dollars per share. Net GEX is modeled dollar-delta change per $1 underlying move. Max pain minimizes aggregate intrinsic payout for that expiration; it is not a closing-price forecast. Signed GEX uses calls positive and puts negative, a model convention rather than observed dealer inventory. The flip is a confirmed zero crossing; walls locate side-specific concentrations, not guaranteed support or resistance.

Learn how to read the max pain payout example, GEX chart, gamma flip and walls, and open interest versus trading volume.

Close
2.12
prev 2.32
Gamma max
2.52
+19.0% from close
Delta neutral
1.21
-42.9% from close
Gamma neutral
1.59
-24.8% from close
Open interest
922,215
-2.2% vs prev
Contracts listed
225
145 calls · 121 puts

Advanced options analysis

Public aggregate analysis from the dated chain, normalized where possible for comparison across tickers. Catalyst intensity measures unusual pricing and activity; it does not identify an event, predict direction, or establish that an investment is attractive.

Catalyst intensity
65.6
cross-sectional score / 100
Directional score
40.2
relatively bullish positioning
IV rank
100.0
within trailing 52-week range
Front IV premium
– pp
front minus back volatility difference
25Δ risk reversal
-26.0 pp
put IV minus call IV
IV butterfly
– pp
front-window smile convexity
Volume / open interest
0.06
55,238 contracts traded
Normalized net delta
0.187
option-holder convention
Modeled dealer delta
-0.187
opposite-side scenario
Vanna / 100k OI
4,579
volatility-sensitive delta
Charm / 100k OI
-82,196
time-decay-sensitive delta
IV surface range
98.5 pp
aggregate volatility dispersion

Strongest relative signals: 25Δ risk reversal -26.0 pp · IV rank 100

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OPEN closed 19.0% below its gamma max of 2.52. It is 42.9% above the delta neutral price of 1.21. Total open interest is 922,215, -2.2% versus the previous session. Its options catalyst-intensity score is 65.6 out of 100, led by 25Δ risk reversal -26.0 pp, IV rank 100. What gamma max means · What delta neutral means

Call versus put open interest changes

Growth compares outstanding contracts on each side. A positive growth gap favors calls; a negative gap favors puts. Standardized surprises compare each measure with its own prior history. These describe the OI balance, not IV skew or buying direction.

OPEN call and put open interest changes
Measure Value
Call OI change, 1 session -14,839 contracts · -1.8%
Put OI change, 1 session -6,188 contracts · -4.8%
Call minus put OI growth, 1 session +3.0 pp
Call OI change, 5 sessions +14,887 contracts · +1.9%
Put OI change, 5 sessions -1,230 contracts · -1.0%
Call minus put OI growth, 5 sessions +2.9 pp
Daily call OI change surprise -0.07σ (250 prior changes)
Daily put OI change surprise -0.04σ (250 prior changes)
Daily call-minus-put growth surprise +0.43σ (250 prior changes)

History

2025-10 2026-10
close delta neutral gamma max
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Analysis visualizations

Daily ticker aggregates through 2026-10-16. The max pain curve pools all listed expirations; individual contracts are outside the public dataset.

Aggregate IV history

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What followed prior gamma-max crosses?

Each historical path starts at 0% on the cross date and follows the close for ten subsequent trading sessions. Cohorts use the same direction as labelled and require gamma max to be within 10% of the close on both crossing sessions.

Crosses above gamma max 34 completed Day +10 paths · latest Jul 9, 2026
OPEN returns after crossing above gamma max Historical close-to-close return paths from Day 0 through Day 10, with the median, middle fifty percent, and a nominal confidence interval for the median. -36.0% -18.0% 0% +18.0% +36.0% Cross on Jan 20, 2021 Cross on Feb 9, 2021 Cross on Feb 18, 2021 Cross on Jun 8, 2021 Cross on Sep 3, 2021 Cross on Sep 27, 2021 Cross on Sep 30, 2021 Cross on Oct 7, 2021 Cross on Feb 16, 2022 Cross on Mar 22, 2022 Cross on Mar 29, 2022 Cross on May 4, 2022 Cross on Feb 15, 2023 Cross on Mar 8, 2023 Cross on May 15, 2023 Cross on Jul 12, 2023 Cross on Aug 29, 2023 Cross on Nov 29, 2023 Cross on Dec 7, 2023 Cross on Dec 13, 2023 Cross on Dec 22, 2023 Cross on Feb 29, 2024 Cross on Mar 21, 2024 Cross on Sep 16, 2024 Cross on Aug 4, 2025 Cross on Aug 12, 2025 Cross on Sep 4, 2025 Cross on Nov 11, 2025 Cross on Jan 6, 2026 Cross on Apr 16, 2026 Cross on May 21, 2026 Cross on May 28, 2026 Cross on Jun 1, 2026 Cross on Jul 9, 2026 Day 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10
prior crosses middle 50% of outcomes nominal ≥90% median interval median
OPEN historical gamma-max cross outcomes after closing above
Horizon n Median Middle 50% Above zero Nominal ≥90% median interval Confidence floor
Day +1 34 -0.7% -4.1% to +2.4% 47% -1.6% to +1.3% 0.0%
Day +2 34 -2.5% -7.4% to +2.2% 38% -5.0% to +1.3% 0.0%
Day +3 34 -4.0% -10.0% to +3.6% 35% -8.0% to +2.0% 0.0%
Day +4 34 -3.6% -9.7% to +2.6% 32% -7.5% to -1.2% -1.2%
Day +5 34 -2.9% -9.5% to +3.2% 29% -8.0% to -0.9% -0.9%
Day +6 34 -5.4% -15.7% to +5.3% 41% -12.0% to +1.3% 0.0%
Day +7 34 -6.0% -12.8% to +6.1% 38% -11.4% to +1.5% 0.0%
Day +8 34 -6.7% -12.1% to +10.2% 35% -9.3% to +0.5% 0.0%
Day +9 34 -5.7% -11.4% to +12.2% 38% -8.4% to +5.9% 0.0%
Day +10 34 -6.6% -14.4% to +11.4% 32% -11.8% to -0.9% -0.9%
Crosses below gamma max 36 completed Day +10 paths · latest Jun 2, 2026
OPEN returns after crossing below gamma max Historical close-to-close return paths from Day 0 through Day 10, with the median, middle fifty percent, and a nominal confidence interval for the median. -44.0% -22.0% 0% +22.0% +44.0% Cross on Dec 24, 2020 Cross on Jan 21, 2021 Cross on Feb 17, 2021 Cross on Jun 9, 2021 Cross on Sep 8, 2021 Cross on Sep 28, 2021 Cross on Oct 1, 2021 Cross on Oct 19, 2021 Cross on Feb 2, 2022 Cross on Feb 17, 2022 Cross on Mar 23, 2022 Cross on Mar 30, 2022 Cross on Feb 3, 2023 Cross on Feb 8, 2023 Cross on Mar 6, 2023 Cross on Jun 14, 2023 Cross on Jun 29, 2023 Cross on Aug 30, 2023 Cross on Dec 5, 2023 Cross on Dec 12, 2023 Cross on Dec 15, 2023 Cross on Dec 28, 2023 Cross on Mar 1, 2024 Cross on Sep 17, 2024 Cross on Nov 26, 2024 Cross on Apr 1, 2025 Cross on Aug 5, 2025 Cross on Aug 13, 2025 Cross on Aug 25, 2025 Cross on Sep 8, 2025 Cross on Nov 13, 2025 Cross on Nov 25, 2025 Cross on Apr 17, 2026 Cross on May 22, 2026 Cross on May 29, 2026 Cross on Jun 2, 2026 Day 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10
prior crosses middle 50% of outcomes nominal ≥90% median interval median
OPEN historical gamma-max cross outcomes after closing below
Horizon n Median Middle 50% Above zero Nominal ≥90% median interval Confidence floor
Day +1 36 -1.0% -4.3% to +1.1% 39% -2.0% to +0.2% 0.0%
Day +2 36 -2.6% -8.2% to +3.5% 42% -6.5% to +0.2% 0.0%
Day +3 36 -3.8% -8.3% to -0.7% 22% -6.0% to -1.7% -1.7%
Day +4 36 -4.8% -8.9% to +2.7% 31% -8.1% to -1.6% -1.6%
Day +5 36 -2.9% -12.3% to +4.4% 33% -9.3% to -0.4% -0.4%
Day +6 36 -4.0% -10.3% to +3.1% 28% -6.4% to -0.6% -0.6%
Day +7 36 -1.6% -10.2% to +9.4% 42% -7.6% to +1.0% 0.0%
Day +8 36 -1.3% -8.3% to +14.5% 44% -6.3% to +8.0% 0.0%
Day +9 36 -2.3% -11.2% to +11.6% 44% -8.9% to +9.1% 0.0%
Day +10 36 -4.2% -12.2% to +10.1% 39% -8.9% to +3.8% 0.0%

Returns are close-to-close after the labelled number of subsequent trading sessions. The confidence floor is the closest-to-zero bound of the order-statistic median interval; it is zero when that interval spans zero. Its coverage is nominally at least 90% under independent observations. Historical paths can overlap, so the interval and floor are descriptive uncertainty guides rather than formal coverage guarantees. Historical, not a forecast.

Last 252 sessions

OPEN trailing historical statistics
Sessions closed above gamma max 4%
Gamma max crosses 16
Delta neutral crosses 2
Prior-year sessions closer to gamma max 73.8% of 252
Prior-year sessions closer to delta neutral 98.8% of 252
Open interest percentile (1y) 67th
Daily open interest change versus prior year -0.07σ (-21,027 contracts; 252 prior changes)
Open interest change, 5 sessions +1.5%
Open interest change, 21 sessions -4.9%
History available Dec 21, 2020 → Oct 16, 2026

Recent crosses

  1. closed below gamma max at 4.76 vs 5.34 (-12.2%)
  2. closed above gamma max at 5.30 vs 5.28 (+0.4%)
  3. closed below gamma max at 5.42 vs 5.54 (-2.3%)
  4. closed above gamma max at 5.31 vs 5.30 (+0.2%)
  5. closed below gamma max at 5.04 vs 5.21 (-3.5%)
  6. closed above gamma max at 5.07 vs 5.05 (+0.4%)
  7. closed below gamma max at 4.53 vs 4.89 (-7.9%)
  8. closed above gamma max at 4.58 vs 4.56 (+0.4%)
  9. closed below gamma max at 5.29 vs 5.52 (-4.4%)
  10. closed above gamma max at 5.27 vs 5.07 (+3.9%)

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Questions people ask about OPEN

What is OPEN's max pain for the nearest expiration?

As of Oct 16, 2026 close, nearest-expiration max pain is 2.00 for the 2026-10-23 expiration. It is a payout-minimizing strike for one expiration. An all-expiration pooled value is a different comparison, and neither establishes where the underlying will close. Max pain definition and worked payout example.

Our 2025 max-pain study compares historical Thursday levels with Friday underlying closes and an unchanged-price baseline. Its scope and results are separate from this current ticker snapshot.

What do OPEN's gamma exposure and gamma flip show?

Signed net GEX is 20,162,330 as of Oct 16, 2026 close. The confirmed GEX flip is 1.59. These aggregate model outputs use calls positive and puts negative. Their sign does not identify dealers' actual positions or predict the next move. How to interpret GEX, gamma flip and walls.

Where is OPEN's gamma max today?

As of Oct 16, 2026, the gamma max for OPEN is 2.52, +19.0% from the 2.12 close. Gamma max is the underlying price at which the summed gamma of every open contract is largest; how it is computed and why it matters.

Is OPEN above or below its delta neutral price?

OPEN closed above delta neutral: 2.12 against a delta neutral price of 1.21. The delta neutral price is where the summed delta of the whole chain is zero; the definition.

How much open interest does OPEN have?

922,215 contracts of open interest across 225 listed contracts on Oct 16, 2026, -2.2% versus the previous session. What open interest measures.

Levels are recomputed after every trading day from licensed end-of-day options data; only derived aggregates are published. Methodology · Data and licence · Not investment advice.