What is WFC max pain this week?

WFC max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $81.00. Total call open interest: 11,278. Total put open interest: 10,497.

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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Wells Fargo & CompanyClose $80.45EOD only

Max Pain

$81.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$2.29

2.9% from close

Price Gap

+0.55

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.45

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 — WFC

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $81.00 (0.55 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$81.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$2.29

±2.9%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

11,278

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

10,497

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.93

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$80.45

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	$85.00	9/25/2026, 11:33:26 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$81.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2026-10-09Next	$81.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2026-10-16	$85.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2026-10-23	$83.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2026-10-30	$83.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2026-11-06	$82.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2026-11-20	$85.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2026-12-18	$85.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2027-01-15	$80.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2027-03-19	$80.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2027-04-16	$80.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2027-06-17	$82.50	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM
2027-09-17	$95.00	10/2/2026, 11:29:54 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $81.00.

WFC pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
50	0	29799900	29799900
55	5000	24551400	24556400
70	20000	8811900	8831900
73	23000	5668800	5691800
74	24000	4626600	4650600
75	25000	3635700	3660700
76	26000	3009400	3035400
77	27000	2390800	2417800
78	28000	1840300	1868300
79	29000	1356800	1385800
80	98300	966800	1065100
81	335500	669900	1005400
82	597000	423700	1020700
83	873000	211500	1084500
84	1189600	67500	1257100
85	1542600	22100	1564700
86	1934200	7600	1941800
87	2341300	3700	2345000
88	2766000	400	2766400
89	3311300	0	3311300

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.