What is BETR max pain this week?

BETR max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-16) is $12.50. Total call open interest: 3,048. Total put open interest: 927.

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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BETR

Better Home & Finance Holding CClose $11.79EOD only

Max Pain

$12.50

Next expiry Oct 16, 2026

Expected Move

±$2.17

18.4% from close

Price Gap

+0.71

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.20

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — BETR

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-16 shows max pain at $12.50 (0.71 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$12.50

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$2.17

±18.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

3,048

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

927

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.30

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$11.79

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	$17.50	8/21/2026, 11:05:36 PM
2026-09-18	$12.50	9/18/2026, 11:06:44 PM
2026-10-16NextUpdated	$12.50	10/2/2026, 11:05:55 PM
2026-11-20	$10.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:55 PM
2026-12-18	$12.50	10/2/2026, 11:05:55 PM
2027-01-15	$12.50	10/2/2026, 11:05:55 PM
2027-03-19	$17.50	10/2/2026, 11:05:55 PM
2027-04-16	$10.00	10/2/2026, 11:05:55 PM
2027-07-16	$17.50	10/2/2026, 11:05:55 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-16 at max pain $12.50.

BETR pain by strike for 2026-10-16 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
2.5	0	800250	800250
5	0	568500	568500
7.5	250	336750	337000
10	6750	108250	115000
12.5	46500	64500	111000
15	177500	43250	220750
17.5	491750	27500	519250
20	840250	20750	861000
22.5	1232500	15500	1248000
25	1674500	13000	1687500
30	2646000	10000	2656000
35	3711500	7500	3719000
40	4810500	5000	4815500
45	6048500	2500	6051000
50	7288500	0	7288500
55	8617000	0	8617000
60	10023500	0	10023500
65	11430000	0	11430000

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.