What is BLK max pain this week?

BLK max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $1000.00. Total call open interest: 595. Total put open interest: 758.

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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BlackRock, Inc.Close $995.73EOD only

Max Pain

$1000.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$16.70

1.7% from close

Price Gap

+4.27

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.95

Balanced positioning

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 — BLK

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

Open Available Reports (4/4)

Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $1000.00 (4.27 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$1000.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$16.70

±1.7%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

595

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

758

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.27

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$995.73

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	$1000.00	6/26/2026, 11:05:40 PM
2026-07-02	$980.00	7/2/2026, 11:06:32 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$1000.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2026-07-17	$1000.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2026-07-24	$990.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2026-07-31	$990.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2026-08-07	$940.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2026-08-21	$1020.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2026-09-18	$1020.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2026-10-16	$1030.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2026-12-18	$1020.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2027-01-15	$1080.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2027-03-19	$1040.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM
2027-06-17	$960.00	7/3/2026, 11:03:56 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $1000.00.

BLK pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
630	0	20490250	20490250
640	0	19753250	19753250
670	0	17545250	17545250
710	4000	14601250	14605250
720	5000	13880250	13885250
770	10000	10315250	10325250
780	11000	9607250	9618250
790	12000	8910250	8922250
800	13000	8243250	8256250
810	14000	7607250	7621250
820	15000	6984250	6999250
830	16000	6390250	6406250
840	17000	5815250	5832250
850	18000	5271250	5289250
860	19000	4758250	4777250
870	20000	4269250	4289250
880	21000	3807250	3828250
890	22000	3358250	3380250
900	23000	2920250	2943250
910	25000	2510250	2535250

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.