What is ASTS max pain this week?

ASTS max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $61.00. Total call open interest: 19,756. Total put open interest: 15,392.

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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AST SpaceMobile, Inc.Close $58.45EOD only

Max Pain

$61.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$4.30

7.4% from close

Price Gap

+2.55

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.52

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

This page reflects ASTS 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 — ASTS

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $61.00 (2.55 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$61.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$4.30

±7.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

19,756

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

15,392

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.78

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$58.45

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	$61.00	9/25/2026, 11:04:34 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$61.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2026-10-09Next	$61.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2026-10-16	$65.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2026-10-23	$62.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2026-10-30	$60.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2026-11-06	$63.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2026-11-20	$70.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2027-01-15	$45.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2027-02-19	$85.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2027-03-19	$70.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM
2027-05-21	$50.00	10/2/2026, 11:04:17 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $61.00.

ASTS pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
40	0	24880900	24880900
45	500	17453900	17454400
47	900	14552500	14553400
48	1100	13104800	13105900
49	24700	11701300	11726000
50	72400	10412900	10485300
51	122300	9210800	9333100
52	185400	8047900	8233300
53	249000	6964600	7213600
54	313700	5933400	6247100
55	379300	4965600	5344900
56	456300	4145800	4602100
57	542100	3431900	3974000
58	641700	2776600	3418300
59	769700	2181100	2950800
60	975000	1694700	2669700
61	1278800	1312900	2591700
62	1626600	1019300	2645900
63	2118200	782300	2900500
64	2666100	576700	3242800

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.