What is BLK max pain this week?

BLK max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $1100.00. Total call open interest: 201. Total put open interest: 428.

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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BlackRock, Inc.Close $1059.63EOD only

Max Pain

$1100.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$14.85

1.4% from close

Price Gap

+40.37

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.63

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 — BLK

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $1100.00 (40.37 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$1100.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$14.85

±1.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

201

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

428

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

2.13

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$1059.63

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	$1065.00	9/25/2026, 11:06:41 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$1060.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2026-10-09Next	$1100.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2026-10-16	$1070.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2026-10-23	$1070.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2026-10-30	$1060.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2026-11-20	$1040.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2026-12-18	$1060.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2027-01-15	$1080.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2027-03-19	$1060.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2027-04-16	$1100.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2027-06-17	$1100.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM
2027-09-17	$1030.00	10/2/2026, 11:06:30 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $1100.00.

BLK pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
900	0	6860250	6860250
910	0	6358250	6358250
920	0	5858250	5858250
940	0	4860250	4860250
950	0	4376250	4376250
960	0	3900250	3900250
970	0	3435250	3435250
980	0	2975250	2975250
985	0	2749750	2749750
990	0	2527750	2527750
995	0	2308250	2308250
1000	0	2089250	2089250
1005	2500	1876750	1879250
1010	5000	1666750	1671750
1015	7500	1462750	1470250
1020	10000	1260250	1270250
1025	12500	1059250	1071750
1030	15000	895750	910750
1035	18500	742750	761250
1040	22000	610250	632250

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.