What is ALAB max pain this week?

ALAB max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $330.00. Total call open interest: 7,627. Total put open interest: 4,819.

What is max pain in options?

Max pain is the strike price where option holders (buyers of both puts and calls) would collectively lose the most money at expiration. It represents the point of maximum financial pain for option buyers, and theory suggests stock prices tend to gravitate toward max pain as expiration approaches.

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ALAB

Astera Labs, Inc.Close $350.33EOD only

Max Pain

$330.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$27.55

7.9% from close

Price Gap

-20.33

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.84

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — ALAB

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $330.00 (20.33 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$330.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$27.55

±7.9%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

7,627

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

4,819

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.63

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$350.33

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-10-09

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-09-25	$310.00	9/25/2026, 11:02:41 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$350.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2026-10-09Next	$330.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2026-10-16	$300.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2026-10-23	$340.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2026-10-30	$335.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2026-11-06	$350.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2026-11-20	$250.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2026-12-18	$270.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2027-01-15	$165.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2027-03-19	$280.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2027-04-16	$300.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2027-06-17	$300.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM
2027-09-17	$250.00	10/2/2026, 11:02:35 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $330.00.

ALAB pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
165	0	59443750	59443750
170	2500	57042750	57045250
175	5000	54647750	54652750
180	7500	52265250	52272750
185	10000	49948250	49958250
190	12500	47634750	47647250
195	17000	45344250	45361250
200	24000	43058250	43082250
205	31500	40801250	40832750
210	41000	38547250	38588250
215	51500	36306250	36357750
220	62000	34078250	34140250
225	73000	31863250	31936250
230	97000	29662750	29759750
235	121000	27508750	27629750
240	146000	25393250	25539250
245	173500	23520250	23693750
250	211000	21679250	21890250
255	252500	19919250	20171750
260	295500	18181250	18476750

How to Read Max Pain

Compare pin-risk and strike-pressure across expirations from the latest published close.

What max pain measures

Max pain is the strike where option holders would collectively lose the most at expiration, based on open interest across the listed chain.

How traders use it

It is most useful as a possible pinning zone, especially when spot is already trading near a crowded strike into expiration.

What can break it

Strong directional flows, news, or fast spot moves can overwhelm any pinning tendency, so max pain should support a thesis rather than drive it alone.

The closer you are to expiration, the more useful this becomes as context and the less useful it is as a standalone prediction.