What is COST max pain this week?

COST max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $915.00. Total call open interest: 9,933. Total put open interest: 10,432.

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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Costco Wholesale CorporationClose $920.65EOD only

Max Pain

$915.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$19.02

2.1% from close

Price Gap

-5.65

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.04

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — COST

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $915.00 (5.65 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$915.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$19.02

±2.1%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

9,933

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

10,432

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.05

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$920.65

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	$900.00	9/25/2026, 11:07:40 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$910.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2026-10-09Next	$915.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2026-10-16	$920.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2026-10-23	$915.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2026-10-30	$920.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2026-11-06	$920.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2026-11-20	$920.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2026-12-18	$920.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2027-01-15	$920.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2027-02-19	$920.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2027-03-19	$960.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2027-04-16	$920.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2027-06-17	$940.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM
2027-09-17	$940.00	10/2/2026, 11:09:43 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $915.00.

COST pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
540	0	235725000	235725000
550	0	225339000	225339000
560	0	215153000	215153000
570	0	205157000	205157000
580	0	195452000	195452000
590	0	185866000	185866000
600	2000	176649000	176651000
610	5000	167641000	167646000
620	8000	158813000	158821000
630	12000	150289000	150301000
640	16000	141978000	141994000
650	20000	134244000	134264000
660	25000	127211000	127236000
670	32000	120348000	120380000
680	39000	113968000	114007000
690	46000	107721000	107767000
700	53000	101534000	101587000
710	60000	95380000	95440000
720	67000	89306000	89373000
725	70500	86306500	86377000

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.