What is CNO max pain this week?

CNO max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-09-18) is $44.00. Total call open interest: 68. Total put open interest: 298.

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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CNO

CNO Financial Group, Inc.Close $52.43EOD only

Max Pain

$44.00

Next expiry Sep 18, 2026

Expected Move

±$14.07

26.9% from close

Price Gap

-8.43

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

3.48

Slightly put-heavy

Consensus

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Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — CNO

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

Nearest listed expiration 2026-09-18 shows max pain at $44.00 (8.43 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$44.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$14.07

±26.9%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

298

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

4.38

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$52.43

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-09-18

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-05-15	$41.00	5/15/2026, 11:11:32 PM
2026-06-18	$42.00	6/18/2026, 11:09:22 PM
2026-09-18NextUpdated	$44.00	7/3/2026, 11:08:44 PM
2026-12-18	$25.00	7/3/2026, 11:08:44 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-09-18 at max pain $44.00.

CNO pain by strike for 2026-09-18 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
30	0	152800	152800
33	300	63700	64000
35	500	4300	4800
37	700	3100	3800
38	800	2600	3400
39	900	2200	3100
44	1400	700	2100
45	1800	500	2300
46	2400	400	2800
47	3200	300	3500
48	4600	200	4800
49	6300	100	6400
50	10100	0	10100
55	31600	0	31600

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.