This page reflects B 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 — B
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $41.50 (1.27 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$41.50
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.48
±3.7%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
5,843
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
1,375
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.24
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$40.23
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
$43.00
9/25/2026, 11:04:26 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$40.50
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2026-10-09Next
$41.50
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2026-10-16
$42.50
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2026-10-23
$41.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2026-10-30
$41.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2026-11-06
$43.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2026-11-20
$39.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2026-12-18
$30.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2027-01-15
$30.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2027-03-19
$45.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2027-06-17
$45.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
2027-09-17
$40.00
10/2/2026, 11:05:29 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $41.50.
B pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
30
0
1415200
1415200
33
1500
1002700
1004200
34
2100
865300
867400
35
2700
728000
730700
36
3500
591300
594800
37
4300
459900
464200
37.5
4700
395750
400450
38
5100
332900
338000
38.5
5500
271650
277150
39
5900
217500
223400
39.5
6400
171500
177900
40
6900
130100
137000
40.5
9250
99850
109100
41
14250
73500
87750
41.5
29300
54850
84150
42
46850
38100
84950
42.5
83600
26600
110200
43
127900
15700
143600
43.5
187150
7900
195050
44
259700
1150
260850
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.