Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Close $6.75EOD only
Max Pain
$8.00
Next expiry Oct 16, 2026
Expected Move
±$0.80
11.8% from close
Price Gap
+1.25
Distance to max pain
IV Rank
31
Middle-high premium
P/C OI
0.33
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 — PLAY
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-16 shows max pain at $8.00 (1.25 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$8.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.80
±11.8%
Days to Expiry
14
Calendar days
Total Call OI
31,350
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
12,082
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.39
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$6.75
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
$11.00
8/21/2026, 11:28:39 PM
2026-09-18
$7.00
9/18/2026, 11:22:37 PM
2026-10-16NextUpdated
$8.00
10/2/2026, 11:26:11 PM
2026-11-20
$6.00
10/2/2026, 11:26:11 PM
2027-01-15
$10.00
10/2/2026, 11:26:11 PM
2027-04-16
$7.00
10/2/2026, 11:26:11 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-16 at max pain $8.00.
PLAY pain by strike for 2026-10-16 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
2
0
6298500
6298500
4
200
3887300
3887500
5
300
2681800
2682100
6
3300
1679100
1682400
7
89000
850700
939700
8
386700
530100
916800
9
1154400
250000
1404400
10
2000400
58000
2058400
11
3231800
27000
3258800
12
4819800
19000
4838800
13
6550500
11300
6561800
14
8544400
3700
8548100
15
10801700
1300
10803000
16
13395300
1000
13396300
17
15991400
800
15992200
18
18644400
700
18645100
19
21406600
600
21407200
20
24210000
500
24210500
21
27075500
400
27075900
22
29941000
300
29941300
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.