What is UNH max pain this week?

UNH max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $375.00. Total call open interest: 12,083. Total put open interest: 27,979.

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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UnitedHealth Group IncorporatedClose $371.90EOD only

Max Pain

$375.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$13.85

3.7% from close

Price Gap

+3.10

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.86

Slightly call-heavy

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 — UNH

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $375.00 (3.10 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$375.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$13.85

±3.7%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

12,083

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

27,979

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

2.32

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$371.90

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	$375.00	9/25/2026, 11:33:32 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$370.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2026-10-09Next	$375.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2026-10-16	$390.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2026-10-23	$380.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2026-10-30	$370.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2026-11-06	$370.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2026-11-20	$390.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2026-12-18	$350.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2027-01-15	$300.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2027-03-19	$380.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2027-06-17	$300.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM
2027-09-17	$360.00	10/2/2026, 11:32:46 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $375.00.

UNH pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
215	0	419245250	419245250
220	0	405258750	405258750
225	0	391279750	391279750
230	0	377302250	377302250
235	0	363328250	363328250
240	0	349355750	349355750
245	500	335385750	335386250
250	2500	321415750	321418250
255	9500	307525250	307534750
260	17500	293634750	293652250
265	25500	279894250	279919750
270	34000	266153750	266187750
275	57500	252416750	252474250
280	81500	238684750	238766250
285	110500	224952750	225063250
290	139500	211220750	211360250
295	169000	197489250	197658250
300	198500	183758250	183956750
305	233000	170029250	170262250
310	267500	156303750	156571250

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.