This page reflects VECO options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
Oct 5, 2026 close
Max Pain — VECO
Data as of market close Oct 5, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-16 shows max pain at $40.00 (16.31 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$40.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$5.53
±9.8%
Days to Expiry
11
Calendar days
Total Call OI
1,351
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
194
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.14
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$56.31
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
Pain by Strike
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Selected: 2026-10-16
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-08-21
$55.00
8/21/2026, 11:36:42 PM
2026-09-18
$40.00
9/18/2026, 11:33:56 PM
2026-10-16NextUpdated
$40.00
10/5/2026, 11:35:36 PM
2026-11-20
$33.00
10/5/2026, 11:35:36 PM
2026-12-18
$37.00
10/5/2026, 11:35:36 PM
2027-01-15
$50.00
10/5/2026, 11:35:36 PM
2027-04-16
$30.00
10/5/2026, 11:35:36 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-16 at max pain $40.00.
VECO pain by strike for 2026-10-16 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
21
0
411100
411100
27
600
294700
295300
28
800
275300
276100
29
1000
255900
256900
30
1300
237500
238800
31
1700
219500
221200
32
2200
201800
204000
33
2700
184300
187000
34
3200
167200
170400
35
3700
150200
153900
36
4300
134400
138700
37
9900
118600
128500
38
15500
103200
118700
39
21100
93500
114600
40
26700
84300
111000
41
37700
75200
112900
42
48800
66200
115000
43
60900
57300
118200
44
73900
52400
126300
45
88900
47600
136500
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.