Sensex Max Pain
The strike where Sensex option buyers lose the most at expiry — from the latest end-of-day chain.
Latest end-of-day data from the option chain. Live intraday values are in the TradePulse app.
What Sensex max pain means
Max pain is the Sensex strike at which the largest value of options expires worthless, handing option writers the biggest aggregate gain. It is derived from the open interest at every strike. On the latest end-of-day chain the Sensex max-pain strike is 77,000, with spot around 76,991.00.
How to use it into expiry
The max pain level is a gravitational tendency, not a guarantee — price often drifts toward it on quiet expiry weeks, while strong trends, events and volatility spikes override it. Read it alongside Sensex PCR and the OI walls, never alone.
Track Sensex max pain live
Watch the Sensex max-pain strike shift through the day on the live option chain.