This page reflects CRI options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
May 21, 2026 close
Max Pain — CRI
Data as of market close May 21, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-06-18 shows max pain at $35.00 (2.56 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$35.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$3.88
±10.3%
Days to Expiry
28
Calendar days
Total Call OI
1,622
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
739
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.46
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$37.56
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
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Selected: 2026-06-18
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-04-17
$35.00
4/17/2026, 11:08:48 PM
2026-05-15
$37.50
5/15/2026, 11:13:08 PM
2026-06-18NextUpdated
$35.00
5/21/2026, 11:09:03 PM
2026-09-18
$37.50
5/21/2026, 11:09:03 PM
2026-12-18
$30.00
5/21/2026, 11:09:03 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-06-18 at max pain $35.00.
CRI pain by strike for 2026-06-18 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
15
0
1129500
1129500
17.5
0
945000
945000
20
250
761000
761250
22.5
500
577250
577750
25
750
394000
394750
27.5
1000
265250
266250
30
1250
140500
141750
32.5
6000
27250
33250
35
23250
5750
29000
37.5
66000
2250
68250
40
199500
0
199500
42.5
409250
0
409250
45
637250
0
637250
47.5
916500
0
916500
50
1313250
0
1313250
55
2114250
0
2114250
60
2917250
0
2917250
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.