This page reflects RILY options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
Oct 2, 2026 close
Max Pain — RILY
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $5.50 (0.64 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$5.50
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.21
±4.4%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
2,900
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
868
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.30
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$4.86
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
$6.00
9/25/2026, 11:31:02 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$5.00
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
2026-10-09Next
$5.50
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
2026-10-16
$7.00
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
2026-10-23
$6.00
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
2026-10-30
$6.00
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
2026-11-06
$7.00
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
2026-11-20
$5.00
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
2027-01-15
$7.50
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
2027-04-16
$5.00
10/2/2026, 11:23:55 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $5.50.
RILY pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
2.5
0
241650
241650
3.5
400
154850
155250
4
650
111450
112100
4.5
900
68050
68950
5
1700
44000
45700
5.5
104700
21900
126600
6
232600
5400
238000
6.5
363650
1850
365500
7
497750
800
498550
7.5
638100
600
638700
8
780700
400
781100
8.5
925700
200
925900
9
1070700
0
1070700
14
2520700
0
2520700
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.