This page reflects WAY 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 — WAY
Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-16 shows max pain at $25.00 (0.19 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$25.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$2.85
±11.5%
Days to Expiry
14
Calendar days
Total Call OI
496
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
726
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
1.46
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$24.81
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
$20.00
8/21/2026, 11:36:46 PM
2026-09-18
$25.00
9/18/2026, 11:36:25 PM
2026-10-16NextUpdated
$25.00
10/2/2026, 11:34:06 PM
2026-12-18
$22.50
10/2/2026, 11:34:06 PM
2027-01-15
$27.50
10/2/2026, 11:34:06 PM
2027-03-19
$30.00
10/2/2026, 11:34:06 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-10-16 at max pain $25.00.
WAY pain by strike for 2026-10-16 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
17.5
0
433500
433500
20
0
253250
253250
22.5
1750
99750
101500
25
5000
6750
11750
27.5
20250
0
20250
30
121750
0
121750
35
364250
0
364250
37.5
488000
0
488000
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.