This page reflects KGC 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 — KGC
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $25.00 (0.94 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$25.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.12
±4.7%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
1,595
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
810
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.51
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$24.06
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
$25.00
9/25/2026, 11:17:12 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2026-10-09Next
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2026-10-16
$27.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2026-10-23
$26.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2026-10-30
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2026-11-06
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2026-11-20
$27.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2026-12-18
$27.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2027-01-15
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2027-02-19
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2027-05-21
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
2027-08-20
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:14:54 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $25.00.
KGC pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
15
0
736900
736900
18
0
494500
494500
20
3000
333100
336100
21
5000
252700
257700
22
7100
172300
179400
22.5
8150
137900
146050
23
9200
104250
113450
23.5
10250
76500
86750
24
11400
54100
65500
24.5
16700
37450
54150
25
25400
26550
51950
25.5
47650
20050
67700
26
80000
15350
95350
26.5
119400
10950
130350
27
162800
6700
169500
27.5
209650
3700
213350
28
257500
2800
260300
28.5
306450
2300
308750
29
355850
1850
357700
29.5
407350
1500
408850
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.