What is CRCL max pain this week?

CRCL max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-08-21) is $73.00. Total call open interest: 87,850. Total put open interest: 50,972.

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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CRCL

Circle Internet Group, Inc.Close $74.59EOD only

Max Pain

$73.00

Next expiry Aug 21, 2026

Expected Move

±$5.38

7.2% from close

Price Gap

-1.59

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.75

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Aug 17, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Aug 17, 2026 close

Max Pain — CRCL

Data as of market close Aug 17, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $73.00 (1.59 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$73.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$5.38

±7.2%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

87,850

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

50,972

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.58

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$74.59

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-08-21

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-08-07	$63.00	8/7/2026, 11:10:27 PM
2026-08-14	$67.00	8/14/2026, 11:08:10 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated	$73.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-08-28	$67.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-09-04	$68.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-09-11	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-09-18	$80.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-09-25	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-10-02	$71.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-10-16	$85.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-11-20	$70.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2026-12-18	$90.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2027-01-15	$90.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2027-03-19	$75.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM
2027-06-17	$80.00	8/17/2026, 11:07:32 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $73.00.

CRCL pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
35	0	147863900	147863900
40	3500	122942900	122946400
45	9000	99285400	99294400
48	54600	86012500	86067100
49	69800	81645100	81714900
50	85000	77311300	77396300
51	116700	73287900	73404600
52	148600	69275700	69424300
53	180800	65297800	65478600
54	213300	61371400	61584700
55	279100	57483600	57762700
56	413200	54331600	54744800
57	547400	51267000	51814400
58	736500	48235900	48972400
59	928800	45268900	46197700
60	1133100	42329000	43462100
61	1494300	39642000	41136300
62	1882200	36975100	38857300
63	2291400	34338600	36630000
64	2722200	31732200	34454400

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.