This page reflects SYM 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 — SYM
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $42.00 (1.28 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$42.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$2.32
±5.4%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
1,396
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
712
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.51
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$43.28
Published close
Consensus
-
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Selected: 2026-10-09
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-09-25
$42.00
9/25/2026, 11:31:29 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$43.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2026-10-09Next
$42.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2026-10-16
$44.50
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2026-10-23
$46.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2026-10-30
$42.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2026-11-06
$40.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2026-11-20
$42.50
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2026-12-18
$50.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2027-01-15
$40.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2027-02-19
$40.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
2027-05-21
$40.00
10/2/2026, 11:31:11 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $42.00.
SYM pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
30
0
772550
772550
31
0
701550
701550
32
0
631150
631150
33
0
561050
561050
34
800
491750
492550
35
1600
423250
424850
36
4600
356850
361450
36.5
6200
325350
331550
37
7800
293900
301700
37.5
9500
263700
273200
38
11250
233750
245000
38.5
13050
204650
217700
39
14850
175950
190800
39.5
21050
149400
170450
40
27300
122900
150200
40.5
33900
99250
133150
41
40550
75800
116350
41.5
47750
59400
107150
42
55000
43150
98150
42.5
64500
31700
96200
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.