What is NGS max pain this week?

NGS max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-16) is $37.50. Total call open interest: 294. Total put open interest: 66.

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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Natural Gas Services Group, IncClose $33.17EOD only

Max Pain

$37.50

Next expiry Oct 16, 2026

Expected Move

±$3.15

9.5% from close

Price Gap

+4.33

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.47

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

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Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — NGS

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-16 shows max pain at $37.50 (4.33 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$37.50

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$3.15

±9.5%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

294

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.22

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$33.17

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-10-16

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-08-21	$37.50	8/21/2026, 11:23:26 PM
2026-09-18	$35.00	9/18/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2026-10-16NextUpdated	$37.50	10/2/2026, 11:23:53 PM
2027-01-15	$35.00	10/2/2026, 11:23:53 PM
2027-04-16	$22.50	10/2/2026, 11:23:53 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-16 at max pain $37.50.

NGS pain by strike for 2026-10-16 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
22.5	0	85250	85250
25	250	68750	69000
27.5	500	52250	52750
30	750	36250	37000
32.5	1000	20250	21250
35	1250	8750	10000
37.5	6750	2750	9500
40	15250	1500	16750
42.5	25000	250	25250
45	52750	0	52750
47.5	113250	0	113250
50	174750	0	174750
55	298750	0	298750

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.