This page reflects CRH 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 — CRH
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $84.00 (2.06 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$84.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.60
±1.9%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
466
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
104
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.22
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$81.94
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
$91.00
9/25/2026, 11:08:09 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$86.00
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
2026-10-09Next
$84.00
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
2026-10-16
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
2026-10-23
$86.00
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
2026-10-30
$85.00
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
2026-11-20
$85.00
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
2026-12-18
$92.50
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
2027-01-15
$97.50
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
2027-03-19
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:08:13 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $84.00.
CRH pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
65
0
278500
278500
70
1000
196500
197500
74
2600
130900
133500
75
3000
115700
118700
76
3400
102100
105500
77
3800
88900
92700
78
4700
75700
80400
79
6700
62700
69400
80
8900
52000
60900
81
11100
43700
54800
82
13400
35400
48800
83
19000
27400
46400
84
26200
19600
45800
85
72200
13200
85400
86
118200
9100
127300
87
164500
5400
169900
88
211000
3000
214000
89
259900
2200
262100
90
308900
1400
310300
91
359500
700
360200
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.