This page reflects KGC options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
Jul 2, 2026 close
Max Pain — KGC
Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $24.00 (0.71 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$24.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.42
±5.7%
Days to Expiry
8
Calendar days
Total Call OI
1,957
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
620
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.32
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$24.71
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
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Selected: 2026-07-10
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-06-26
$25.00
6/26/2026, 11:19:48 PM
2026-07-02
$24.00
7/2/2026, 11:17:53 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated
$24.00
7/3/2026, 11:17:49 PM
2026-07-17
$25.50
7/3/2026, 11:17:49 PM
2026-07-24
$25.00
7/3/2026, 11:17:49 PM
2026-07-31
$25.00
7/3/2026, 11:17:49 PM
2026-08-21
$28.00
7/3/2026, 11:17:49 PM
2026-11-20
$27.00
7/3/2026, 11:17:49 PM
2027-01-15
$22.00
7/3/2026, 11:17:49 PM
2027-02-19
$25.00
7/3/2026, 11:17:49 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $24.00.
KGC pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
14
0
643900
643900
16
800
519900
520700
17
2000
457900
459900
18
3200
396300
399500
19.5
5000
304500
309500
20
5600
274350
279950
21
6800
214850
221650
21.5
7400
185500
192900
22
8000
157350
165350
22.5
8900
131500
140400
23
10250
107650
117900
23.5
17150
87800
104950
24
24300
67950
92250
24.5
62100
52350
114450
25
103850
37300
141150
25.5
157900
28000
185900
26
216350
19350
235700
26.5
281950
12000
293950
27
352300
4800
357100
27.5
423400
3150
426550
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.