This page reflects AMPG options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
Aug 20, 2026 close
Max Pain — AMPG
Data as of market close Aug 20, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $5.00 (1.56 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$5.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.30
±8.7%
Days to Expiry
1
Calendar days
Total Call OI
9,868
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
2,896
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.29
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$3.44
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
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Selected: 2026-08-21
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-08-07
$5.50
8/7/2026, 11:02:37 PM
2026-08-14
$5.50
8/14/2026, 11:02:06 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$5.00
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
2026-08-28
$5.00
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
2026-09-04
$4.00
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
2026-09-11
$1.00
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
2026-09-18
$5.00
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
2026-09-25
$4.50
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
2026-10-16
$5.00
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
2026-11-20
$2.50
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
2027-01-15
$5.00
8/20/2026, 11:02:34 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $5.00.
AMPG pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
0.5
0
1274950
1274950
1
550
1130250
1130800
1.5
1400
985550
986950
2.5
3300
696150
699450
3.5
5300
406750
412050
4
7250
305950
313200
4.5
33550
221200
254750
5
70850
136850
207700
5.5
160850
108950
269800
6
252600
82000
334600
6.5
374250
55800
430050
7
506000
30150
536150
7.5
672550
4500
677050
8
1000350
4050
1004400
8.5
1335100
3600
1338700
9
1670250
3150
1673400
10
2340650
2250
2342900
10.5
2742300
2000
2744300
12.5
4349100
1000
4350100
15
6712850
0
6712850
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.