What is KO max pain this week?

KO max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $87.00. Total call open interest: 20,735. Total put open interest: 8,118.

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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Coca-Cola Company (The)Close $85.65EOD only

Max Pain

$87.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$1.61

1.9% from close

Price Gap

+1.35

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.85

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — KO

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $87.00 (1.35 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$87.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$1.61

±1.9%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

20,735

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

8,118

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.39

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$85.65

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	$88.00	9/25/2026, 11:17:10 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$87.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-10-09Next	$87.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-10-16	$87.50	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-10-23	$86.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-10-30	$87.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-11-06	$87.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-11-20	$85.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-12-18	$80.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-01-15	$75.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-02-19	$82.50	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-03-19	$80.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-05-21	$85.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-06-17	$85.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-09-17	$80.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:11 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $87.00.

KO pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
45	0	32875700	32875700
70	0	12580700	12580700
75	1000	8522700	8523700
76	1200	7713300	7714500
77	1700	6905000	6906700
78	2300	6098500	6100800
79	2900	5295200	5298100
80	3500	4493900	4497400
81	4400	3698300	3702700
82	10100	2922500	2932600
83	20300	2158400	2178700
84	30500	1411600	1442100
85	49900	782200	832100
86	79300	334400	413700
87	291700	99800	391500
88	1198200	22700	1220900
89	2824500	5300	2829800
90	4515600	300	4515900
91	6331200	0	6331200
92	8206100	0	8206100

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.