This page reflects HLF 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 — HLF
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $2.00 (10.56 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$2.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.28
±2.2%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
757
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
23
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.03
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$12.56
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
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Selected: 2026-10-09
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-09-25
$7.00
9/25/2026, 11:15:36 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$3.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2026-10-09Next
$2.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2026-10-16
$12.50
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2026-10-23
$2.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2026-10-30
$2.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2026-11-20
$10.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2026-12-18
$12.50
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2027-01-15
$10.00
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
2027-02-19
$12.50
10/2/2026, 11:13:50 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $2.00.
HLF pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
2
0
23800
23800
3
26600
21500
48100
4
67900
19200
87100
5
130100
16900
147000
6
194400
14600
209000
7
258800
12300
271100
7.5
291000
11150
302150
8
323200
10000
333200
9.5
422350
6550
428900
10
455650
5400
461050
11
522750
3200
525950
12
589850
2000
591850
13
657150
1400
658550
13.5
693200
1100
694300
14
730150
800
730950
14.5
773200
500
773700
15
816250
250
816500
16
902350
50
902400
16.5
945400
0
945400
17
988450
0
988450
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.