What is XOM max pain this week?

XOM max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $162.50. Total call open interest: 10,619. Total put open interest: 7,062.

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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Exxon Mobil CorporationClose $164.01EOD only

Max Pain

$162.50

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$4.72

2.9% from close

Price Gap

-1.51

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.70

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — XOM

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $162.50 (1.51 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$162.50

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$4.72

±2.9%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

10,619

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

7,062

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.67

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$164.01

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	$160.00	9/25/2026, 11:34:29 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$162.50	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-10-09Next	$162.50	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-10-16	$155.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-10-23	$162.50	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-10-30	$160.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-11-06	$165.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-11-20	$155.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-12-18	$145.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2027-01-15	$140.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2027-03-19	$155.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2027-04-16	$155.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2027-06-17	$145.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2027-09-17	$160.00	10/2/2026, 11:34:23 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $162.50.

XOM pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
130	0	17413300	17413300
135	0	13885800	13885800
140	2000	10374800	10376800
142	2800	8997200	9000000
143	3200	8314900	8318100
144	3600	7637600	7641200
145	4000	6965100	6969100
146	4400	6326700	6331100
147	4900	5692900	5697800
148	5500	5062500	5068000
149	6300	4458500	4464800
150	7100	3862000	3869100
152.5	12100	2749250	2761350
155	21350	1805500	1826850
157.5	42850	1018750	1061600
160	77600	499250	576850
162.5	198350	241500	439850
165	516850	114500	631350
167.5	1143850	55250	1199100
170	2089600	1500	2091100

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.