What is ASTS max pain this week?

ASTS max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-08-21) is $75.00. Total call open interest: 140,469. Total put open interest: 79,365.

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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AST SpaceMobile, Inc.Close $71.14EOD only

Max Pain

$75.00

Next expiry Aug 21, 2026

Expected Move

±$5.23

7.3% from close

Price Gap

+3.86

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.45

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Aug 17, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Aug 17, 2026 close

Max Pain — ASTS

Data as of market close Aug 17, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $75.00 (3.86 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$75.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$5.23

±7.3%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

140,469

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

79,365

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.57

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$71.14

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	$65.00	8/7/2026, 11:04:53 PM
2026-08-14	$70.00	8/14/2026, 11:03:36 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated	$75.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2026-08-28	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2026-09-04	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2026-09-11	$71.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2026-09-18	$75.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2026-09-25	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2026-10-02	$77.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2026-10-16	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2026-11-20	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2027-01-15	$45.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2027-02-19	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM
2027-03-19	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:04:51 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $75.00.

ASTS pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
30	0	296980400	296980400
35	1000	257384400	257385400
40	53000	218491400	218544400
45	269000	181131400	181400400
46	323900	174005800	174329700
47	378900	166896300	167275200
48	438300	159813200	160251500
49	497900	152755000	153252900
50	557700	145712000	146269700
51	653900	139539300	140193200
52	752100	133388900	134141000
53	851900	127288900	128140800
54	953500	121212500	122166000
55	1058300	115433600	116491900
56	1189100	110008300	111197400
57	1336300	104599600	105935900
58	1504800	99302300	100807100
59	1681700	94027300	95709000
60	1867600	88788100	90655700
61	2306900	83822000	86128900

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.