What is BE max pain this week?

BE max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $272.50. Total call open interest: 17,153. Total put open interest: 20,664.

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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Bloom Energy CorporationClose $289.15EOD only

Max Pain

$272.50

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$20.38

7.0% from close

Price Gap

-16.65

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.17

Slightly put-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — BE

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $272.50 (16.65 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$272.50

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$20.38

±7.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

17,153

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

20,664

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.20

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$289.15

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	$265.00	9/25/2026, 11:05:03 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$277.50	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2026-10-09Next	$272.50	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2026-10-16	$265.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2026-10-23	$270.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2026-10-30	$285.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2026-11-06	$270.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2026-11-20	$240.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2026-12-18	$230.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2027-01-15	$150.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2027-02-19	$250.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2027-03-19	$270.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2027-04-16	$270.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2027-05-21	$270.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2027-06-17	$200.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:25 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $272.50.

BE pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
120	0	230092750	230092750
125	0	219774750	219774750
130	0	209462750	209462750
135	1000	199159750	199160750
140	2000	188862250	188864250
145	3000	178674250	178677250
150	9000	168542750	168551750
155	25000	158457750	158482750
160	49000	148474750	148523750
165	77500	138942750	139020250
170	109500	129529750	129639250
175	142000	120151750	120293750
180	177000	110981250	111158250
185	213000	101859250	102072250
190	250000	92984750	93234750
195	292000	84404250	84696250
200	341500	75896250	76237750
205	407000	67920750	68327750
210	486500	60164250	60650750
215	572000	53065750	53637750

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.