What is MA max pain this week?

MA max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $565.00. Total call open interest: 769. Total put open interest: 1,003.

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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Mastercard IncorporatedClose $552.26EOD only

Max Pain

$565.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$12.50

2.3% from close

Price Gap

+12.74

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.06

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — MA

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $565.00 (12.74 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$565.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$12.50

±2.3%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

769

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

1,003

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.30

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$552.26

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	$567.50	9/25/2026, 11:18:37 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$560.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2026-10-09Next	$565.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2026-10-16	$565.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2026-10-23	$565.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2026-10-30	$570.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2026-11-06	$555.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2026-11-20	$555.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2026-12-18	$540.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2027-01-15	$550.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2027-03-19	$540.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2027-04-16	$565.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2027-06-17	$550.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM
2027-09-17	$600.00	10/2/2026, 11:21:08 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $565.00.

MA pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
370	0	18113000	18113000
460	0	9095000	9095000
470	0	8094000	8094000
485	1500	6592500	6594000
495	3500	5591500	5595000
500	4500	5095000	5099500
505	6000	4608000	4614000
510	7500	4126000	4133500
515	9000	3663500	3672500
520	12500	3208000	3220500
525	18000	2766500	2784500
530	25000	2328500	2353500
535	32500	1901000	1933500
540	40500	1489000	1529500
542.5	45000	1297500	1342500
545	49500	1112500	1162000
547.5	57750	962250	1020000
550	66000	817250	883250
552.5	78250	688500	766750
555	92750	565250	658000

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.