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

As of close · rank #600 by open interest · 1,409 sessions of history since Dec 1, 2020

XRT's nearest-expiration max pain is 86.00 for 2026-10-30, its GEX flip is 106.64, net GEX is -12,648,395, its put/call open-interest ratio is 2.43. These are whole-chain derived aggregates as of Oct 23, 2026 close.

XRT 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
86.00
-1.9% from close
Expiry: 2026-10-30
GEX flip
106.64
+21.7% from close
Net GEX
-12,648,395
-11,463,629 per 100k OI
Call wall
84.00
-4.2% from close
Put wall
85.00
-3.0% from close
Put/call OI
2.43
78,137 puts / 32,198 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
87.65
prev 89.12
Gamma max
115.49
+31.8% from close
Delta neutral
90.39
+3.1% from close
Gamma neutral
106.64
+21.7% from close
Open interest
110,335
-0.2% vs prev
Contracts listed
520
288 calls · 261 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
78.9
cross-sectional score / 100
Directional score
-38.9
relatively bearish positioning
IV rank
100.0
within trailing 52-week range
Front IV premium
10.2 pp
front minus back volatility difference
25Δ risk reversal
6.5 pp
put IV minus call IV
IV butterfly
28.3 pp
front-window smile convexity
Volume / open interest
0.20
22,861 contracts traded
Normalized net delta
-0.075
option-holder convention
Modeled dealer delta
0.071
opposite-side scenario
Vanna / 100k OI
3,822
volatility-sensitive delta
Charm / 100k OI
147,903
time-decay-sensitive delta
IV surface range
54.9 pp
aggregate volatility dispersion

Strongest relative signals: smile convexity 28.3 pp · IV rank 100 · volume/OI 0.20

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XRT closed 31.8% below its gamma max of 115.49. It is 3.1% below the delta neutral price of 90.39. Total open interest is 110,335, -0.2% versus the previous session. Its options catalyst-intensity score is 78.9 out of 100, led by smile convexity 28.3 pp, IV rank 100, volume/OI 0.20. 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.

XRT call and put open interest changes
Measure Value
Call OI change, 1 session +2,445 contracts · +8.2%
Put OI change, 1 session -2,635 contracts · -3.3%
Call minus put OI growth, 1 session +11.5 pp
Call OI change, 5 sessions +5,996 contracts · +22.9%
Put OI change, 5 sessions +2,292 contracts · +3.0%
Call minus put OI growth, 5 sessions +19.9 pp
Daily call OI change surprise +0.17σ (252 prior changes)
Daily put OI change surprise -0.26σ (252 prior changes)
Daily call-minus-put growth surprise +0.90σ (252 prior changes)

History

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

Daily ticker aggregates through 2026-10-23. 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 9 completed Day +10 paths · latest Oct 15, 2026
XRT 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. -8.0% -4.0% 0% +4.0% +8.0% Cross on Jan 6, 2021 Cross on Jul 19, 2023 Cross on Nov 13, 2024 Cross on May 15, 2025 Cross on Dec 10, 2025 Cross on Dec 16, 2025 Cross on Jan 8, 2026 Cross on Jan 15, 2026 Cross on May 28, 2026 Day 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10
prior crosses middle 50% of outcomes nominal ≥90% median interval median
XRT historical gamma-max cross outcomes after closing above
Horizon n Median Middle 50% Above zero Nominal ≥90% median interval Confidence floor
Day +1 10 -0.2% -0.8% to +0.6% 40% -1.4% to +0.9% 0.0%
Day +2 10 -0.6% -2.0% to +0.0% 30% -2.3% to +0.8% 0.0%
Day +3 10 -0.2% -1.0% to +0.5% 40% -1.7% to +1.4% 0.0%
Day +4 10 -1.4% -1.7% to -0.3% 10% -2.2% to -0.1% -0.1%
Day +5 10 -0.7% -1.9% to +0.9% 40% -2.5% to +1.5% 0.0%
Day +6 10 -0.8% -1.6% to -0.1% 20% -2.3% to +0.6% 0.0%
Day +7 9 -0.5% -1.1% to +1.2% 33% -2.2% to +1.8% 0.0%
Day +8 9 +0.2% -0.9% to +1.2% 56% -0.9% to +5.5% 0.0%
Day +9 9 -0.3% -1.5% to +0.6% 33% -1.8% to +3.9% 0.0%
Day +10 9 -0.8% -1.2% to +2.4% 44% -2.3% to +4.2% 0.0%
Crosses below gamma max 7 completed Day +10 paths · latest May 29, 2026
XRT 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. -6.0% -3.0% 0% +3.0% +6.0% Cross on Nov 15, 2024 Cross on May 16, 2025 Cross on Dec 15, 2025 Cross on Dec 18, 2025 Cross on Jan 13, 2026 Cross on Jan 16, 2026 Cross on May 29, 2026 Day 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10
prior crosses middle 50% of outcomes nominal ≥90% median interval median
XRT historical gamma-max cross outcomes after closing below
Horizon n Median Middle 50% Above zero Nominal ≥90% median interval Confidence floor
Day +1 7 -0.4% -0.7% to -0.1% 29% -1.8% to +0.3% 0.0%
Day +2 7 -0.2% -0.3% to +0.0% 29% -0.5% to +0.5% 0.0%
Day +3 7 -0.8% -1.1% to -0.6% 14% -3.0% to +0.0% 0.0%
Day +4 7 -0.5% -1.5% to -0.1% 14% -1.7% to +0.4% 0.0%
Day +5 7 -0.6% -1.7% to -0.0% 14% -2.3% to +3.1% 0.0%
Day +6 7 -0.8% -1.2% to -0.2% 14% -2.2% to +6.9% 0.0%
Day +7 7 -0.5% -1.6% to +0.5% 29% -3.4% to +5.3% 0.0%
Day +8 7 -0.7% -2.0% to +0.4% 29% -4.5% to +5.6% 0.0%
Day +9 7 -1.3% -1.9% to +1.8% 29% -4.5% to +5.4% 0.0%
Day +10 7 -0.4% -2.3% to +2.0% 29% -3.4% to +6.3% 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

XRT trailing historical statistics
Sessions closed above gamma max 4%
Gamma max crosses 12
Delta neutral crosses 26
Prior-year sessions closer to gamma max 85.7% of 252
Prior-year sessions closer to delta neutral 58.3% of 252
Open interest percentile (1y) 22th
Daily open interest change versus prior year +0.01σ (-190 contracts; 252 prior changes)
Open interest change, 5 sessions +8.1%
Open interest change, 21 sessions -16.3%
History available Dec 1, 2020 → Oct 23, 2026

Recent crosses

  1. closed below delta neutral at 87.02 vs 90.23 (-3.7%)
  2. closed below gamma max at 87.02 vs 125.09 (-43.7%)
  3. closed above delta neutral at 87.82 vs 87.10 (+0.8%)
  4. closed above gamma max at 87.82 vs 87.71 (+0.1%)
  5. closed below delta neutral at 91.42 vs 91.67 (-0.3%)
  6. closed above delta neutral at 91.46 vs 90.71 (+0.8%)
  7. closed below delta neutral at 91.40 vs 91.78 (-0.4%)
  8. closed above delta neutral at 91.52 vs 91.50 (+0.0%)
  9. closed below delta neutral at 88.94 vs 91.30 (-2.7%)
  10. closed above delta neutral at 86.92 vs 86.74 (+0.2%)

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Questions people ask about XRT

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

As of Oct 23, 2026 close, nearest-expiration max pain is 86.00 for the 2026-10-30 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 XRT's gamma exposure and gamma flip show?

Signed net GEX is -12,648,395 as of Oct 23, 2026 close. The confirmed GEX flip is 106.64. 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 XRT's gamma max today?

As of Oct 23, 2026, the gamma max for XRT is 115.49, +31.8% from the 87.65 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 XRT above or below its delta neutral price?

XRT closed below delta neutral: 87.65 against a delta neutral price of 90.39. The delta neutral price is where the summed delta of the whole chain is zero; the definition.

How much open interest does XRT have?

110,335 contracts of open interest across 520 listed contracts on Oct 23, 2026, -0.2% 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.