This page reflects EXE 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 — EXE
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $88.00 (2.48 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$88.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$2.92
±3.4%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
301
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
454
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
1.51
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$85.52
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
$88.00
9/25/2026, 11:13:30 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$87.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2026-10-09Next
$88.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2026-10-16
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2026-10-23
$88.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2026-10-30
$88.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2026-11-06
$86.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2026-11-20
$85.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2027-01-15
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2027-02-19
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2027-03-19
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2027-04-16
$75.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2027-06-17
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
2027-09-17
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:09:15 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $88.00.
EXE pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
70
0
776900
776900
80
0
328900
328900
81
0
287900
287900
82
0
247300
247300
84
0
166900
166900
85
0
132200
132200
86
600
100500
101100
87
9100
73000
82100
88
21800
47400
69200
89
34800
36300
71100
90
49600
27200
76800
91
65800
19700
85500
92
82100
12400
94500
93
99100
5600
104700
94
116600
100
116700
95
136100
0
136100
96
156400
0
156400
97
177100
0
177100
98
198400
0
198400
99
221700
0
221700
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.