This page reflects BALL 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 — BALL
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-16 shows max pain at $60.00 (3.63 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$60.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$2.17
±3.9%
Days to Expiry
14
Calendar days
Total Call OI
1,912
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
307
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.16
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$56.37
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
Pain by Strike
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Selected: 2026-10-16
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-08-21
$62.50
8/21/2026, 11:04:57 PM
2026-09-18
$57.50
9/18/2026, 11:06:10 PM
2026-10-16NextUpdated
$60.00
10/2/2026, 11:04:45 PM
2026-11-20
$60.00
10/2/2026, 11:04:45 PM
2026-12-18
$60.00
10/2/2026, 11:04:45 PM
2027-01-15
$50.00
10/2/2026, 11:04:45 PM
2027-02-19
$62.50
10/2/2026, 11:04:45 PM
2027-03-19
$62.50
10/2/2026, 11:04:45 PM
2027-06-17
$62.50
10/2/2026, 11:04:45 PM
2027-09-17
$52.50
10/2/2026, 11:04:45 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-16 at max pain $60.00.
BALL pain by strike for 2026-10-16 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
32.5
0
777000
777000
37.5
0
623500
623500
40
0
546750
546750
45
0
393250
393250
47.5
0
316500
316500
50
0
239750
239750
52.5
0
163000
163000
55
250
99000
99250
57.5
3000
49500
52500
60
31000
10000
41000
62.5
97750
0
97750
65
264500
0
264500
67.5
678750
0
678750
70
1110500
0
1110500
75
2041500
0
2041500
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.