What is ALAB max pain this week?

ALAB max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $415.00. Total call open interest: 5,881. Total put open interest: 5,813.

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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ALAB

Astera Labs, Inc.Close $406.42EOD only

Max Pain

$415.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$52.90

13.0% from close

Price Gap

+8.58

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.87

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — ALAB

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $415.00 (8.58 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$415.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$52.90

±13.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

5,881

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

5,813

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.99

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$406.42

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-07-10

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-06-26	$387.50	6/26/2026, 11:03:11 PM
2026-07-02	$405.00	7/2/2026, 11:02:30 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$415.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-07-17	$270.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-07-24	$385.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-07-31	$407.50	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-08-07	$392.50	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-08-21	$180.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-09-18	$230.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-10-16	$210.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-11-20	$125.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2026-12-18	$210.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2027-01-15	$140.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2027-03-19	$240.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM
2027-04-16	$210.00	7/3/2026, 11:02:29 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $415.00.

ALAB pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
165	0	109876000	109876000
170	2500	106972500	106975000
175	5000	104074500	104079500
180	7500	101181000	101188500
185	12500	98290000	98302500
190	18000	95399000	95417000
195	24500	92510000	92534500
200	34500	89628500	89663000
205	48000	86758500	86806500
210	62000	83901500	83963500
215	78500	81049000	81127500
220	95000	78200500	78295500
225	112500	75356000	75468500
230	130500	72517000	72647500
235	151500	69683500	69835000
240	172500	66864500	67037000
245	193500	64077000	64270500
250	214500	61296500	61511000
255	237500	58559000	58796500
260	274000	55835000	56109000

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.