What is C max pain this week?

C max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $141.00. Total call open interest: 10,767. Total put open interest: 15,354.

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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C

Citigroup, Inc.Close $139.97EOD only

Max Pain

$141.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$4.52

3.2% from close

Price Gap

+1.03

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.34

Slightly put-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — C

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $141.00 (1.03 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$141.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$4.52

±3.2%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

10,767

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

15,354

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.43

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$139.97

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	$144.00	6/26/2026, 11:04:03 PM
2026-07-02	$140.00	7/2/2026, 11:03:40 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$141.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-07-17	$125.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-07-24	$144.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-07-31	$140.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-08-07	$131.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-08-21	$130.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-09-18	$120.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-10-16	$135.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-11-20	$100.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2026-12-18	$90.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2027-01-15	$100.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2027-03-19	$125.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM
2027-06-17	$100.00	7/3/2026, 11:06:47 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $141.00.

C pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
70	0	94932500	94932500
75	0	87256500	87256500
90	0	64231500	64231500
95	0	56557000	56557000
100	500	48885000	48885500
105	2500	41232000	41234500
110	5000	33743500	33748500
111	5500	32247200	32252700
112	6000	30751100	30757100
113	6500	29257000	29263500
114	7100	27764600	27771700
115	7700	26273500	26281200
116	8300	24787200	24795500
117	8900	23302700	23311600
118	9600	21824100	21833700
119	10400	20350100	20360500
120	11200	18879400	18890600
121	12100	17433700	17445800
122	13000	15988800	16001800
123	15700	14552000	14567700

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.