This page reflects GME 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 — GME
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $22.00 (2.70 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$22.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.37
±5.5%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
70,554
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
15,241
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.22
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$24.70
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
$21.50
9/25/2026, 11:10:38 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$22.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2026-10-09Next
$22.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2026-10-16
$21.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2026-10-23
$21.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2026-10-30
$20.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2026-11-06
$23.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2026-11-20
$22.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2026-12-18
$22.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2027-01-15
$21.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2027-03-19
$20.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2027-04-16
$20.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2027-06-17
$18.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
2027-09-17
$8.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:57 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $22.00.
GME pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
8
0
21366400
21366400
9
0
19842800
19842800
10
0
18323900
18323900
11
0
16818200
16818200
14
0
12311000
12311000
14.5
5050
11559800
11564850
15
10150
10808650
10818800
15.5
15250
10059000
10074250
16
20350
9310450
9330800
16.5
25650
8563600
8589250
17
32550
7817350
7849900
17.5
39900
7077650
7117550
18
47750
6382100
6429850
18.5
90600
5691900
5782500
19
183900
5008200
5192100
19.5
305350
4335200
4640550
20
436050
3667200
4103250
20.5
615750
3036100
3651850
21
865600
2435100
3300700
21.5
1203750
1889750
3093500
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.