This page reflects CRH options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
May 20, 2026 close
Max Pain — CRH
Data as of market close May 20, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $107.00 (5.55 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$107.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.65
±1.6%
Days to Expiry
2
Calendar days
Total Call OI
127
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
256
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
2.02
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$101.45
Published close
Consensus
-
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Selected: 2026-05-22
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-05-08
$115.00
5/8/2026, 11:09:07 PM
2026-05-15
$115.00
5/15/2026, 11:09:52 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated
$107.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2026-05-29
$109.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2026-06-05
$110.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2026-06-12
$109.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2026-06-18
$110.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2026-06-26
$98.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2026-07-17
$105.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2026-09-18
$105.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2026-12-18
$120.00
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
2027-01-15
$97.50
5/20/2026, 11:09:21 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $107.00.
CRH pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
90
0
334100
334100
92
0
283900
283900
93
0
259000
259000
94
0
234400
234400
95
0
210300
210300
96
0
189300
189300
97
0
168500
168500
98
1800
148400
150200
99
5400
128300
133700
100
9000
108500
117500
102
16400
70900
87300
103
20100
56200
76300
104
23800
42500
66300
105
27500
29000
56500
106
33500
15800
49300
107
40000
2600
42600
109
53000
1400
54400
110
59700
800
60500
112
77300
400
77700
113
86700
200
86900
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.