What is ASTS max pain this week?

ASTS max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $80.00. Total call open interest: 65,053. Total put open interest: 38,287.

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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ASTS

AST SpaceMobile, Inc.Close $88.10EOD only

Max Pain

$80.00

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$8.15

9.3% from close

Price Gap

-8.10

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.35

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 19, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

May 19, 2026 close

Max Pain — ASTS

Data as of market close May 19, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $80.00 (8.10 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$80.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$8.15

±9.3%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

65,053

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

38,287

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.59

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$88.10

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-05-22

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-05-08	$70.00	5/8/2026, 11:05:19 PM
2026-05-15	$80.00	5/15/2026, 11:04:19 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated	$80.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-05-29	$80.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-06-05	$75.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-06-12	$80.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-06-18	$75.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-06-26	$75.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-07-17	$85.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-08-21	$75.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-09-18	$70.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-10-16	$80.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2026-11-20	$80.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2027-01-15	$30.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM
2027-03-19	$70.00	5/19/2026, 11:06:13 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $80.00.

ASTS pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
40	0	109628150	109628150
45	1000	90638650	90639650
45.5	5150	88775300	88780450
46	9400	86912050	86921450
46.5	13650	85049100	85062750
47	17900	83186300	83204200
47.5	22150	81330500	81352650
48	26400	79481700	79508100
48.5	30650	77633050	77663700
49	34900	75786000	75820900
49.5	39150	73945950	73985100
50	43400	72108400	72151800
51	76500	68523500	68600000
52	109600	64950300	65059900
53	143100	61597600	61740700
54	176900	58258500	58435400
55	216700	54924800	55141500
56	264500	51843900	52108400
57	312400	48785600	49098000
58	360500	45743400	46103900

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.