This page reflects BULL 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 — BULL
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $7.50 (0.16 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$7.50
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.47
±6.4%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
10,982
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
5,682
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.52
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$7.34
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
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Selected: 2026-10-09
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-09-25
$7.50
9/25/2026, 11:03:59 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$7.00
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2026-10-09Next
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2026-10-16
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2026-10-23
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2026-10-30
$8.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2026-11-06
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2026-11-20
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2026-12-18
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2027-01-15
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2027-02-19
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
2027-05-21
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:06:55 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $7.50.
BULL pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
2
0
3028300
3028300
2.5
700
2744200
2744900
3
1700
2460100
2461800
4
17700
1891900
1909600
4.5
32650
1607800
1640450
5
48250
1323700
1371950
5.5
65050
1039600
1104650
6
82000
755500
837500
6.5
99200
539050
638250
7
116800
352650
469450
7.5
176000
199400
375400
8
292850
82650
375500
8.5
537600
40950
578550
9
834200
14350
848550
9.5
1203350
5400
1208750
10
1645550
450
1646000
10.5
2109200
300
2109500
11
2605600
200
2605800
11.5
3122150
100
3122250
12
3651400
0
3651400
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.