What is CRM max pain this week?

CRM max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $235.00. Total call open interest: 7,373. Total put open interest: 6,246.

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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CRM

Salesforce, Inc.Close $234.69EOD only

Max Pain

$235.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$9.08

3.9% from close

Price Gap

+0.31

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.95

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 — CRM

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $235.00 (0.31 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$235.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$9.08

±3.9%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

7,373

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

6,246

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.85

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$234.69

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	$237.50	9/25/2026, 11:07:33 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$232.50	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2026-10-09Next	$235.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2026-10-16	$230.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2026-10-23	$230.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2026-10-30	$230.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2026-11-06	$240.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2026-11-20	$210.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2026-12-18	$220.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2027-01-15	$210.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2027-02-19	$220.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2027-03-19	$195.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2027-05-21	$250.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2027-06-17	$200.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM
2027-09-17	$220.00	10/2/2026, 11:07:50 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $235.00.

CRM pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
120	0	61980250	61980250
130	0	55734250	55734250
135	0	52611750	52611750
140	0	49509250	49509250
145	0	46408250	46408250
155	0	40214250	40214250
160	1000	37169250	37170250
165	2500	34128750	34131250
170	4000	31091250	31095250
175	11500	28054250	28065750
180	19500	25024250	25043750
185	37500	22009750	22047250
190	57500	19028250	19085750
195	81000	16078250	16159250
200	105500	13264750	13370250
205	133000	10668250	10801250
210	171000	8289250	8460250
215	212500	6248750	6461250
217.5	245000	5356500	5601500
220	280000	4480750	4760750

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.