# POET: options-positioning snapshot

Canonical: https://halfonadouble.com/stock/POET
Data through: 2026-10-16 close
Publisher: Half on a Double

| Published field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Close (USD/share) | 5.43 |
| Delta neutral (USD/share) | 3.14 |
| Gamma neutral (USD/share) | 5.43 |
| Gamma max (USD/share) | 6.75 |
| Open interest (contracts) | 997,713 |
| Nearest-expiration max pain (USD/share) | 7.00 (2026-10-23) |
| All-expiration max pain (USD/share) | 6.00 |
| Net gamma exposure | 26,119,420 |
| Call wall (USD/share) | 7.00 |
| Put wall (USD/share) | 7.00 |
| Put/call open-interest ratio | 0.11 |
| Options catalyst-intensity score (0–100) | 48.5 |
| Options directional score (-100 to +100) | 39.5 |
| IV rank | 100.0 |
| Front-minus-back IV | -5.8 pp |
| Front 25-delta risk reversal | -14.8 pp |
| Call OI change, 1 session | -130,479 contracts · -12.7% |
| Put OI change, 1 session | -39,961 contracts · -28.0% |
| Call minus put OI growth, 1 session | +15.3 pp |
| Call OI change, 5 sessions | -103,676 contracts · -10.4% |
| Put OI change, 5 sessions | -41,617 contracts · -28.9% |
| Call minus put OI growth, 5 sessions | +18.5 pp |
| Daily call OI change surprise | -3.32σ (252 prior changes) |
| Daily put OI change surprise | -2.28σ (252 prior changes) |
| Daily call-minus-put growth surprise | +1.91σ (252 prior changes) |
| Daily open interest change (contracts) | -170,440 |
| Daily open interest change z-score (prior 252) | -3.18σ (252 prior changes) |
| Gamma max distance from close | +24.4% |
| Delta neutral distance from close | -42.2% |
| Prior-year sessions closer to gamma max | 84.5% of 252 |
| Prior-year sessions closer to delta neutral | 13.1% of 252 |

## Historical gamma-max cross outcomes

| Direction | Horizon | n | Median | Middle 50% | Above zero | Nominal ≥90% median interval | Confidence floor |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| above | Day +1 | 41 | -0.4% | -3.7% to +1.2% | 41% | -2.2% to +0.4% | 0.0% |
| above | Day +3 | 41 | -2.8% | -7.5% to +3.5% | 41% | -5.2% to +2.4% | 0.0% |
| above | Day +5 | 41 | -5.0% | -11.6% to +9.8% | 41% | -8.2% to +5.1% | 0.0% |
| above | Day +10 | 41 | -2.1% | -11.3% to +20.5% | 39% | -5.6% to +2.4% | 0.0% |
| below | Day +1 | 47 | 0.0% | -1.6% to +2.4% | 49% | -0.8% to +1.2% | 0.0% |
| below | Day +3 | 47 | +0.2% | -4.9% to +7.8% | 51% | -2.5% to +4.4% | 0.0% |
| below | Day +5 | 47 | +1.3% | -6.3% to +9.8% | 55% | -3.9% to +6.0% | 0.0% |
| below | Day +10 | 47 | +0.6% | -8.9% to +12.5% | 53% | -4.0% to +5.8% | 0.0% |

Returns are close-to-close after the labelled number of subsequent trading sessions. Cohorts require gamma max to be within 10% of the close on both crossing sessions. Historical windows can overlap and are not independent observations, so interval coverage is not guaranteed.

- [Machine-readable snapshot](https://halfonadouble.com/api/v1/tickers/POET.json)
- [Historical CSV](https://halfonadouble.com/api/v1/history/POET.csv)
- [Public aggregate analysis](https://halfonadouble.com/api/v1/analysis/POET.json?date=2026-10-16&public_schema=4)

An em dash means unavailable, not zero. Values use the same display rounding as the HTML page. This is a current snapshot; full history and individual event paths are on the canonical page.

[Definitions and limitations](https://halfonadouble.com/methodology.md).