This page reflects SOC 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 — SOC
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $4.00 (0.49 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$4.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.40
±11.3%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
2,640
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
2,191
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.83
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$3.51
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
$4.00
9/25/2026, 11:27:14 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$4.00
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
2026-10-09Next
$4.00
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
2026-10-16
$5.00
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
2026-10-23
$0.50
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
2026-10-30
$1.00
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
2026-11-06
$1.00
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
2026-11-20
$5.00
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
2027-01-15
$5.00
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
2027-04-16
$4.00
10/2/2026, 11:28:55 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $4.00.
SOC pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
0.5
0
778000
778000
1
13050
665000
678050
1.5
60950
552000
612950
2
110000
439000
549000
2.5
159700
326100
485800
3
209600
213350
422950
3.5
261850
106000
367850
4
319150
22050
341200
4.5
396400
7250
403650
5
499450
3700
503150
5.5
615950
2650
618600
6
746550
2000
748550
6.5
880750
1500
882250
7
1015250
1050
1016300
7.5
1151150
650
1151800
8
1287900
250
1288150
8.5
1425100
0
1425100
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.