This page reflects JNJ 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 — JNJ
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $265.00 (8.97 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$265.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$5.85
±2.3%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
3,844
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
3,654
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.95
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$256.03
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
$270.00
9/25/2026, 11:18:39 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$262.50
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2026-10-09Next
$265.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2026-10-16
$255.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2026-10-23
$270.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2026-10-30
$265.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2026-11-06
$265.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2026-11-20
$260.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2026-12-18
$250.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2027-01-15
$220.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2027-03-19
$210.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2027-04-16
$190.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2027-06-17
$230.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
2027-09-17
$260.00
10/2/2026, 11:18:21 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $265.00.
JNJ pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
200
0
20270500
20270500
210
2000
16616500
16618500
225
6500
11171500
11178000
230
8500
9356500
9365000
235
11000
7550000
7561000
240
13500
5753500
5767000
245
16000
4002000
4018000
247.5
17500
3199250
3216750
250
19000
2407250
2426250
252.5
21250
1779000
1800250
255
23500
1179250
1202750
257.5
26500
716000
742500
260
34500
317000
351500
262.5
73250
184000
257250
265
112000
77750
189750
267.5
234500
35250
269750
270
406750
8500
415250
272.5
697750
2000
699750
275
1014250
0
1014250
277.5
1373750
0
1373750
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.