What is SNOW max pain this week?

SNOW max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $340.00. Total call open interest: 7,126. Total put open interest: 4,389.

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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Snowflake Inc.Close $341.04EOD only

Max Pain

$340.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$17.23

5.0% from close

Price Gap

-1.04

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.87

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — SNOW

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $340.00 (1.04 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$340.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$17.23

±5.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

7,126

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

4,389

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.62

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$341.04

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	$335.00	9/25/2026, 11:27:20 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$332.50	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2026-10-09Next	$340.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2026-10-16	$320.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2026-10-23	$345.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2026-10-30	$335.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2026-11-06	$355.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2026-11-20	$290.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2026-12-18	$220.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2027-01-15	$220.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2027-02-19	$300.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2027-03-19	$230.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2027-05-21	$330.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2027-06-17	$240.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM
2027-09-17	$200.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:52 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $340.00.

SNOW pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
170	0	60332500	60332500
175	3000	58143000	58146000
180	7000	55953500	55960500
185	11000	53765500	53776500
190	17000	51578000	51595000
195	26500	49390500	49417000
200	38500	47207500	47246000
205	60000	45040000	45100000
210	82000	42876500	42958500
215	104000	40715000	40819000
220	128000	38556000	38684000
225	152500	36413500	36566000
230	177000	34284000	34461000
235	201500	32180000	32381500
240	227000	30087500	30314500
245	253000	28003000	28256000
250	291000	25936000	26227000
255	330500	23953500	24284000
260	370500	21982000	22352500
265	413000	20044500	20457500

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.