What is BA max pain this week?

BA max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $220.00. Total call open interest: 13,011. Total put open interest: 9,614.

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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Boeing Company (The)Close $226.49EOD only

Max Pain

$220.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$7.90

3.5% from close

Price Gap

-6.49

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.83

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — BA

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $220.00 (6.49 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$220.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$7.90

±3.5%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

13,011

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

9,614

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.74

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$226.49

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	$220.00	6/26/2026, 11:05:36 PM
2026-07-02	$217.50	7/2/2026, 11:06:48 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$220.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2026-07-17	$220.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2026-07-24	$220.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2026-07-31	$210.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2026-08-07	$215.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2026-08-21	$225.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2026-09-18	$230.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2026-11-20	$230.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2026-12-18	$200.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2027-01-15	$200.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2027-02-19	$215.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2027-03-19	$225.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM
2027-06-17	$215.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:19 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $220.00.

BA pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
130	0	74391750	74391750
135	0	69603250	69603250
140	0	64824750	64824750
145	0	60051250	60051250
150	0	55279250	55279250
155	0	50515250	50515250
165	52000	40994250	41046250
170	78000	36350250	36428250
175	104000	31717750	31821750
180	130000	27107250	27237250
185	158000	22513250	22671250
190	191000	17970250	18161250
192.5	214250	15714250	15928500
195	237500	13458750	13696250
197.5	262000	11263500	11525500
200	286500	9085500	9372000
202.5	320500	6975000	7295500
205	355750	4931000	5286750
207.5	399250	3918750	4318000
210	443750	2990250	3434000

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.