What is NKE max pain this week?

NKE max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $36.00. Total call open interest: 44,966. Total put open interest: 27,064.

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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Nike, Inc.Close $33.87EOD only

Max Pain

$36.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$1.29

3.8% from close

Price Gap

+2.13

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.71

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 — NKE

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $36.00 (2.13 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$36.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$1.29

±3.8%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

44,966

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

27,064

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.60

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$33.87

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	$36.00	9/25/2026, 11:20:32 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$36.00	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2026-10-09Next	$36.00	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2026-10-16	$37.50	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2026-10-23	$35.00	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2026-10-30	$36.00	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2026-11-06	$35.00	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2026-11-20	$37.50	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2026-12-18	$42.50	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2027-01-15	$45.00	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2027-03-19	$42.50	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2027-04-16	$37.50	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2027-06-17	$45.00	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM
2027-09-17	$37.50	10/2/2026, 11:23:32 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $36.00.

NKE pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
25	0	23086950	23086950
26	200	20440750	20440950
27	400	17804150	17804550
28	1600	15193050	15194650
29	3800	12674750	12678550
30	7200	10257550	10264750
30.5	13850	9141250	9155100
31	20850	8037650	8058500
31.5	28850	6980350	7009200
32	38300	5932150	5970450
32.5	54000	4962050	5016050
33	121500	4022100	4143600
33.5	196800	3225350	3422150
34	315450	2449300	2764750
34.5	440900	1812850	2253750
35	580050	1206250	1786300
35.5	812650	771050	1583700
36	1110500	412750	1523250
36.5	1760350	303300	2063650
37	2519050	207700	2726750

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.