Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-05 shows max pain at $120.00 (0.67 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$120.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$3.58
±3.0%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
25,376
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
19,687
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.78
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$119.33
Published close
Consensus
7.0/10
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Max Pain by Expiration
Pain by Strike
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Selected: 2026-10-05
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-09-30
$117.00
9/30/2026, 11:15:47 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$115.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-10-05Next
$120.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-10-07
$118.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-10-09
$112.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-10-16
$105.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-10-23
$110.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-10-30
$115.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-11-06
$117.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-11-20
$85.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2026-12-18
$55.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2027-01-15
$65.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2027-02-19
$100.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2027-03-19
$95.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2027-04-16
$110.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2027-06-17
$100.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
2027-09-17
$100.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:33 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-05 at max pain $120.00.
INTC pain by strike for 2026-10-05 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
55
0
118262100
118262100
60
1000
108418600
108419600
65
5500
98575100
98580600
70
18000
88733100
88751100
75
31500
78893600
78925100
80
56000
69054100
69110100
83
78200
63157900
63236100
84
85600
61193800
61279400
88
117200
53344200
53461400
89
125300
51382100
51507400
90
134100
49420000
49554100
91
145400
47458700
47604100
92
158200
45497800
45656000
93
172100
43536900
43709000
94
187000
41576600
41763600
95
202200
39616300
39818500
96
218800
37663300
37882100
97
237500
35710500
35948000
98
256800
33758000
34014800
99
277300
31806700
32084000
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.