This page reflects VKTX 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 — VKTX
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $32.00 (2.06 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$32.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$2.06
±6.9%
Days to Expiry
7
Calendar days
Total Call OI
6,673
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
5,404
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.81
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$29.94
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
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Selected: 2026-10-09
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-09-25
$34.00
9/25/2026, 11:35:10 PM
2026-10-02Updated
$32.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2026-10-09Next
$32.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2026-10-16
$30.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2026-10-23
$32.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2026-10-30
$32.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2026-11-06
$36.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2026-11-20
$35.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2027-01-15
$30.00
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2027-02-19
$37.50
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
2027-05-21
$17.50
10/2/2026, 11:33:03 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $32.00.
VKTX pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
20
0
5498700
5498700
21
0
4959700
4959700
22
0
4425200
4425200
23
200
3893700
3893900
24
2100
3363300
3365400
24.5
3250
3098200
3101450
25
4550
2833100
2837650
25.5
5900
2578150
2584050
26
7300
2323200
2330500
27
15200
1814900
1830100
27.5
19150
1564700
1583850
28
23100
1315300
1338400
28.5
29850
1080900
1110750
29
37400
936250
973650
29.5
49000
799650
848650
30
61100
667100
728200
30.5
98650
555150
653800
31
139900
444450
584350
31.5
195700
352600
548300
32
265650
265400
531050
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.