This page reflects UPST 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 — UPST
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $24.50 (1.69 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$24.50
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.74
±3.2%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
6,727
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
5,141
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.76
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$22.81
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
$26.00
9/25/2026, 11:35:02 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$23.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2026-10-09Next
$24.50
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2026-10-16
$25.50
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2026-10-23
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2026-10-30
$24.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2026-11-06
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2026-11-20
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2026-12-18
$30.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2027-01-15
$32.50
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2027-02-19
$32.50
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2027-03-19
$30.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2027-04-16
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
2027-05-21
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:29:18 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $24.50.
UPST pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
17
0
2953750
2953750
18
1200
2439650
2440850
19
2400
1925750
1928150
20
3600
1411950
1415550
20.5
6100
1234200
1240300
21
8600
1067900
1076500
21.5
11100
910750
921850
22
13600
756850
770450
22.5
17950
617400
635350
23
22300
480050
502350
23.5
26650
352250
378900
24
32750
228600
261350
24.5
48150
130500
178650
25
131150
77000
208150
25.5
344900
50700
395600
26
562150
26100
588250
26.5
814700
13200
827900
27
1072900
5900
1078800
27.5
1366350
4700
1371050
28
1661700
3500
1665200
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.