This page reflects AMPX options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
Aug 18, 2026 close
Max Pain — AMPX
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $13.00 (2.29 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$13.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.73
±6.8%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
25,052
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
7,926
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.32
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$10.71
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
Pain by Strike
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Selected: 2026-08-21
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-08-07
$10.50
8/7/2026, 11:03:27 PM
2026-08-14
$10.50
8/14/2026, 11:04:33 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$13.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2026-08-28
$10.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2026-09-04
$8.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2026-09-11
$10.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2026-09-18
$13.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2026-09-25
$13.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2026-10-02
$11.50
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2026-10-16
$19.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2026-11-20
$17.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2027-01-15
$12.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2027-03-19
$18.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
2027-06-17
$17.00
8/18/2026, 11:02:54 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $13.00.
AMPX pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
5
0
6348350
6348350
7
600
4783550
4784150
7.5
1100
4396150
4397250
8
2100
4011600
4013700
8.5
3550
3645100
3648650
9
5250
3284200
3289450
9.5
9100
2946400
2955500
10
13800
2615300
2629100
10.5
27450
2323300
2350750
11
46800
2044200
2091000
11.5
114850
1797800
1912650
12
187850
1569700
1757550
12.5
363250
1359200
1722450
13
558000
1152550
1710550
13.5
792900
964300
1757200
14
1052000
776300
1828300
14.5
1351050
600650
1951700
15
1653150
425250
2078400
15.5
2022400
375300
2397700
16
2394250
326000
2720250
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.