What is VST max pain this week?

VST max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $140.00. Total call open interest: 6,930. Total put open interest: 5,841.

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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Vistra Corp.Close $140.02EOD only

Max Pain

$140.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$6.88

4.9% from close

Price Gap

-0.02

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.16

Slightly put-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — VST

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $140.00 (0.02 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$140.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$6.88

±4.9%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

6,930

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

5,841

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.84

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$140.02

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	$140.00	9/25/2026, 11:33:12 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$138.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2026-10-09Next	$140.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2026-10-16	$143.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2026-10-23	$140.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2026-10-30	$140.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2026-11-06	$140.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2026-11-20	$145.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2026-12-18	$145.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2027-01-15	$150.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2027-03-19	$165.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2027-04-16	$135.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2027-06-17	$195.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM
2027-09-17	$150.00	10/2/2026, 11:35:25 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $140.00.

VST pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
100	0	19986500	19986500
105	1000	17066000	17067000
110	2500	14145500	14148000
115	4000	11230500	11234500
120	5500	8324500	8330000
125	9500	5475000	5484500
126	11500	4932600	4944100
127	13500	4392300	4405800
128	15500	3860700	3876200
129	17500	3340700	3358200
130	19500	2843300	2862800
131	25900	2402900	2428800
132	32400	1984300	2016700
133	39000	1600300	1639300
134	47900	1239400	1287300
135	57500	899400	956900
136	77800	684600	762400
137	102900	482700	585600
138	132100	371300	503400
139	173900	275300	449200

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.