What is GEV max pain this week?

GEV max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $940.00. Total call open interest: 4,344. Total put open interest: 4,502.

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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GE Vernova Inc.Close $988.70EOD only

Max Pain

$940.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$45.25

4.6% from close

Price Gap

-48.70

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.41

Slightly put-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — GEV

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $940.00 (48.70 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$940.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$45.25

±4.6%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

4,344

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

4,502

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.04

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$988.70

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	$935.00	9/25/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$950.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2026-10-09Next	$940.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2026-10-16	$952.50	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2026-10-23	$940.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2026-10-30	$925.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2026-11-06	$960.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2026-11-20	$960.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2026-12-18	$900.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2027-01-15	$790.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2027-03-19	$930.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2027-04-16	$900.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2027-06-17	$980.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM
2027-09-17	$960.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:24 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $940.00.

GEV pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
555	0	144189000	144189000
560	1500	141938500	141940000
565	4500	139688500	139693000
585	18500	130688500	130707000
595	25500	126190500	126216000
630	57000	110447500	110504500
640	67000	105949500	106016500
660	89000	96953500	97042500
685	119000	85708500	85827500
690	125000	83460000	83585000
695	132500	81213000	81345500
700	140500	78967500	79108000
705	149500	76724000	76873500
710	160500	74480500	74641000
715	173500	72238000	72411500
720	186500	69996500	70183000
725	199500	67758000	67957500
730	213500	65520000	65733500
735	230500	63284000	63514500
740	247500	61051000	61298500

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.