This page reflects CAVA 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 — CAVA
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $55.00 (0.59 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$55.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$3.01
±5.5%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
1,288
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
1,340
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
1.04
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$54.41
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
$52.00
9/25/2026, 11:07:00 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$53.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2026-10-09Next
$55.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2026-10-16
$55.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2026-10-23
$55.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2026-10-30
$50.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2026-11-06
$59.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2026-11-20
$50.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2026-12-18
$65.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2027-01-15
$60.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2027-03-19
$70.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2027-04-16
$65.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
2027-06-17
$70.00
10/2/2026, 11:07:20 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $55.00.
CAVA pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
40
0
1458650
1458650
44
0
924250
924250
45
0
791450
791450
46
0
664050
664050
46.5
0
602000
602000
47
0
544950
544950
47.5
100
489000
489100
48
200
434200
434400
48.5
350
382350
382700
49
500
333150
333650
49.5
650
294850
295500
50
800
257500
258300
51
1900
201600
203500
52
3400
150500
153900
53
8300
106400
114700
54
17400
83700
101100
55
29500
66500
96000
56
50900
55400
106300
57
77100
44800
121900
58
112800
35700
148500
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.