This page reflects CART 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 — CART
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $43.50 (0.75 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$43.50
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.47
±3.3%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
605
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
839
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
1.39
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$44.25
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
$44.50
9/25/2026, 11:06:58 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$44.00
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
2026-10-09Next
$43.50
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
2026-10-16
$45.00
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
2026-10-23
$46.00
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
2026-10-30
$45.00
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
2026-11-20
$46.00
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
2026-12-18
$44.00
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
2027-01-15
$47.00
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
2027-04-16
$45.00
10/2/2026, 11:03:44 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $43.50.
CART pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
25
0
1185250
1185250
30
0
766750
766750
35
0
348750
348750
37
0
255550
255550
37.5
100
232250
232350
38
300
208950
209250
38.5
1200
185650
186850
39
2800
162350
165150
39.5
4400
139350
143750
40
6000
116750
122750
40.5
8100
97950
106050
41
10700
79700
90400
41.5
13300
63200
76500
42
15900
48450
64350
42.5
18500
35350
53850
43
21350
22450
43800
43.5
25150
10650
35800
44
42650
8850
51500
44.5
62100
7300
69400
45
82000
6250
88250
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.