This page reflects ALB options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
Oct 2, 2026 close
Max Pain — ALB
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $113.00 (8.41 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$113.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$2.99
±2.9%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
692
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
650
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.94
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$104.59
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
$112.00
9/25/2026, 11:03:00 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$108.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2026-10-09Next
$113.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2026-10-16
$115.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2026-10-23
$116.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2026-10-30
$116.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2026-11-06
$105.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2026-11-20
$120.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2026-12-18
$135.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2027-01-15
$120.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2027-02-19
$110.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2027-03-19
$125.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2027-05-21
$130.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
2027-08-20
$130.00
10/2/2026, 11:02:33 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $113.00.
ALB pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
85
0
2051000
2051000
90
500
1532500
1533000
92
1100
1325900
1327000
93
1400
1225500
1226900
94
1700
1125500
1127200
95
2000
1032300
1034300
96
3200
941900
945100
97
4400
851700
856100
98
5600
768800
774400
99
6800
688200
695000
100
8000
608600
616600
101
10100
547400
557500
102
12200
487700
499900
103
14300
431300
445600
104
17900
376800
394700
105
22100
324100
346200
106
34000
284100
318100
107
48700
247500
296200
108
66100
213000
279100
109
87100
179800
266900
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.