What is MELI max pain this week?

MELI max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $1745.00. Total call open interest: 3,113. Total put open interest: 1,334.

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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MercadoLibre, Inc.Close $1696.56EOD only

Max Pain

$1745.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$74.00

4.4% from close

Price Gap

+48.44

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.76

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — MELI

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $1745.00 (48.44 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$1745.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$74.00

±4.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

3,113

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

1,334

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.43

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$1696.56

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	$1760.00	9/25/2026, 11:24:42 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$1720.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2026-10-09Next	$1745.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2026-10-16	$1780.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2026-10-23	$1790.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2026-10-30	$1760.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2026-11-06	$1730.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2026-11-20	$1740.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2026-12-18	$1850.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2027-01-15	$1700.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2027-03-19	$1800.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2027-06-17	$1900.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM
2027-09-17	$1800.00	10/2/2026, 11:18:40 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $1745.00.

MELI pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
1200	0	65165250	65165250
1220	0	62517250	62517250
1300	0	51965250	51965250
1360	0	44057250	44057250
1430	0	34838250	34838250
1440	1000	33521250	33522250
1450	2000	32206250	32208250
1460	6000	30895250	30901250
1470	10000	29584250	29594250
1490	22000	26962250	26984250
1500	28000	25653250	25681250
1510	34000	24352250	24386250
1520	40000	23053250	23093250
1530	46000	21763250	21809250
1540	52000	20489250	20541250
1550	58000	19233250	19291250
1560	64000	17990250	18054250
1570	70000	16771250	16841250
1580	76000	15576250	15652250
1590	85000	14401250	14486250

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.