This page reflects UPS 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 — UPS
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $95.00 (1.98 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$95.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$2.42
±2.6%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
3,760
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
1,577
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.42
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$93.02
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
$93.00
9/25/2026, 11:33:24 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$94.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2026-10-09Next
$95.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2026-10-16
$98.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2026-10-23
$96.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2026-10-30
$96.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2026-11-06
$92.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2026-11-20
$100.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2026-12-18
$105.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2027-01-15
$100.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2027-03-19
$105.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2027-04-16
$100.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2027-06-17
$100.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
2027-09-17
$100.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:29 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $95.00.
UPS pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
65
0
4396600
4396600
70
0
3609100
3609100
80
0
2041100
2041100
85
0
1257600
1257600
86
600
1101700
1102300
87
1200
947800
949000
88
2800
796600
799400
89
4600
668600
673200
90
6600
543500
550100
91
8700
429500
438200
92
12000
321300
333300
93
20400
236200
256600
94
35200
160000
195200
95
72600
104300
176900
96
123300
67200
190500
97
203700
41300
245000
98
311000
21700
332700
99
461100
7600
468700
100
640200
500
640700
101
937500
0
937500
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.