What is IONQ max pain this week?

IONQ max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $42.00. Total call open interest: 14,625. Total put open interest: 9,369.

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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IONQ

IonQ, Inc.Close $43.77EOD only

Max Pain

$42.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$3.11

7.1% from close

Price Gap

-1.77

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.80

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

This page reflects IONQ 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 — IONQ

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $42.00 (1.77 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$42.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$3.11

±7.1%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

14,625

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

9,369

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.64

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$43.77

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	$41.50	9/25/2026, 11:17:36 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$43.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2026-10-09Next	$42.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2026-10-16	$44.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2026-10-23	$41.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2026-10-30	$42.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2026-11-06	$42.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2026-11-20	$40.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2026-12-18	$45.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2027-01-15	$40.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2027-03-19	$45.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2027-04-16	$45.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM
2027-06-17	$45.00	10/2/2026, 11:16:51 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $42.00.

IONQ pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
20	0	15679950	15679950
25	0	10996950	10996950
27	1200	9131950	9133150
28	1800	8202050	8203850
29	2400	7272750	7275150
30	3400	6345350	6348750
31	6600	5482850	5489450
32	9900	4774550	4784450
33	13300	4239850	4253150
33.5	15100	3978500	3993600
34	18150	3717350	3735500
34.5	21550	3463850	3485400
35	24950	3210450	3235400
35.5	29950	2967250	2997200
36	35450	2724400	2759850
36.5	42500	2487500	2530000
37	49550	2251550	2301100
37.5	57850	2030000	2087850
38	66250	1809100	1875350
38.5	83350	1600900	1684250

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.