What is BETR max pain this week?

BETR max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-17) is $30.00. Total call open interest: 3,661. Total put open interest: 1,220.

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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BETR

Better Home & Finance Holding CClose $28.60EOD only

Max Pain

$30.00

Next expiry Jul 17, 2026

Expected Move

±$4.30

15.0% from close

Price Gap

+1.40

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.26

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

This page reflects BETR options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.

Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — BETR

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-17 shows max pain at $30.00 (1.40 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$30.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$4.30

±15.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

3,661

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

1,220

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.33

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$28.60

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-07-17

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-05-15	$35.00	5/15/2026, 11:05:40 PM
2026-06-18	$25.00	6/18/2026, 11:06:32 PM
2026-07-17NextUpdated	$30.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:16 PM
2026-08-21	$22.50	7/3/2026, 11:06:16 PM
2026-10-16	$22.50	7/3/2026, 11:06:16 PM
2026-12-18	$25.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:16 PM
2027-01-15	$25.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:16 PM
2027-03-19	$22.50	7/3/2026, 11:06:16 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-17 at max pain $30.00.

BETR pain by strike for 2026-07-17 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
15	0	1804500	1804500
17.5	0	1499750	1499750
20	3500	1195250	1198750
22.5	23250	933000	956250
25	57500	689000	746500
30	281500	420000	701500
35	889000	340000	1229000
40	2036500	266500	2303000
45	3470000	197500	3667500
50	4988500	134500	5123000
55	6622000	80000	6702000
60	8283500	25500	8309000
65	9976500	1000	9977500
70	11697500	500	11698000
75	13472000	0	13472000
80	15257500	0	15257500

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.