What is ULTA max pain this week?

ULTA max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $540.00. Total call open interest: 733. Total put open interest: 4,105.

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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Ulta Beauty, Inc.Close $543.69EOD only

Max Pain

$540.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$18.40

3.4% from close

Price Gap

-3.69

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.98

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — ULTA

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $540.00 (3.69 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$540.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$18.40

±3.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

733

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

4,105

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

5.60

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$543.69

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	$540.00	9/25/2026, 11:35:13 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$542.50	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2026-10-09Next	$540.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2026-10-16	$545.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2026-10-23	$550.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2026-10-30	$545.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2026-11-20	$500.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2026-12-18	$540.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2027-01-15	$440.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2027-03-19	$410.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2027-06-17	$500.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM
2027-09-17	$490.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:39 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $540.00.

ULTA pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
420	0	21075500	21075500
435	1500	14918000	14919500
445	2500	10814000	10816500
460	4000	4661000	4665000
465	4500	2630500	2635000
470	5000	1487500	1492500
475	7000	1257500	1264500
480	9000	1077500	1086500
485	11000	922000	933000
490	13000	772000	785000
495	15000	635500	650500
500	17000	499500	516500
505	19000	395000	414000
510	21000	298500	319500
515	23000	215000	238000
520	25500	136500	162000
525	28000	71500	99500
527.5	31250	58250	89500
530	34500	50000	84500
535	43500	35500	79000

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.