This page reflects SO 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 — SO
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $84.00 (0.28 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$84.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.62
±1.9%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
2,108
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
588
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.28
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$83.72
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
$84.00
9/25/2026, 11:30:22 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$83.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2026-10-09Next
$84.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2026-10-16
$85.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2026-10-23
$88.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2026-10-30
$86.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2026-11-06
$83.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2026-11-20
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2026-12-18
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2027-01-15
$87.50
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2027-02-19
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2027-03-19
$87.50
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2027-05-21
$82.50
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2027-06-17
$90.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
2027-09-17
$85.00
10/2/2026, 11:30:03 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $84.00.
SO pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
50
0
1702900
1702900
55
500
1408900
1409400
65
2500
820900
823400
70
4000
526900
530900
75
6500
232900
239400
77
7700
115700
123400
78
8400
72200
80600
79
9100
50000
59100
80
9800
36000
45800
81
10500
25100
35600
82
11500
16500
28000
83
13700
8900
22600
84
17200
4100
21300
85
50900
1300
52200
86
100200
500
100700
87
153700
0
153700
88
208600
0
208600
89
404900
0
404900
90
602500
0
602500
91
800800
0
800800
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.