What is CRWD max pain this week?

CRWD max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $250.00. Total call open interest: 13,032. Total put open interest: 14,098.

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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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.Close $270.04EOD only

Max Pain

$250.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$14.02

5.2% from close

Price Gap

-20.04

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.98

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — CRWD

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $250.00 (20.04 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$250.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$14.02

±5.2%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

13,032

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

14,098

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.08

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$270.04

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	$245.00	9/25/2026, 11:11:18 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$255.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2026-10-09Next	$250.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2026-10-16	$215.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2026-10-23	$240.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2026-10-30	$245.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2026-11-06	$240.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2026-11-20	$210.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2026-12-18	$145.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2027-01-15	$127.50	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2027-02-19	$220.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2027-03-19	$147.50	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2027-04-16	$230.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2027-06-17	$150.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM
2027-09-17	$260.00	10/2/2026, 11:10:43 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $250.00.

CRWD pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
115	0	136220250	136220250
120	0	129266250	129266250
135	13500	110885250	110898750
140	18000	104783750	104801750
145	22500	98687250	98709750
150	29000	92600750	92629750
155	35500	86520250	86555750
160	46000	80633250	80679250
165	57000	74946750	75003750
170	71500	69416750	69488250
175	95500	63952750	64048250
180	127500	58540250	58667750
185	169000	53185250	53354250
190	215500	47944750	48160250
195	275500	42901750	43177250
200	366500	38026250	38392750
205	508000	33344750	33852750
210	659000	28784750	29443750
212.5	796500	26609750	27406250
215	934000	24443000	25377000

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.