What is ASTS max pain this week?

ASTS max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $83.00. Total call open interest: 39,448. Total put open interest: 25,491.

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 $85.13EOD only

Max Pain

$83.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$10.07

11.8% from close

Price Gap

-2.13

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.44

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 — ASTS

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $83.00 (2.13 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$83.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$10.07

±11.8%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

39,448

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

25,491

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.65

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$85.13

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	$71.00	6/26/2026, 11:05:25 PM
2026-07-02	$80.00	7/2/2026, 11:05:33 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$83.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2026-07-17	$85.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2026-07-24	$75.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2026-07-31	$82.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2026-08-07	$75.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2026-08-21	$85.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2026-09-18	$80.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2026-10-16	$65.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2026-11-20	$85.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2027-01-15	$40.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2027-02-19	$70.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM
2027-03-19	$70.00	7/3/2026, 11:04:55 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $83.00.

ASTS pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
45	0	68564100	68564100
48.5	0	60584100	60584100
49	0	59447000	59447000
49.5	0	58311300	58311300
50	0	57180200	57180200
51	100	54954300	54954400
52	300	52733600	52733900
53	4800	50515800	50520600
54	9600	48308000	48317600
55	14400	46103000	46117400
56	26100	43934000	43960100
57	38000	41772800	41810800
58	50200	39613900	39664100
59	62600	37629000	37691600
60	75000	35647000	35722000
61	89100	33792600	33881700
62	106400	31951300	32057700
62.5	115100	31035450	31150550
63	123800	30121150	30244950
63.5	133000	29213900	29346900

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.