What is DELL max pain this week?

DELL max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $405.00. Total call open interest: 12,258. Total put open interest: 13,881.

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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DELL

Dell Technologies Inc.Close $394.32EOD only

Max Pain

$405.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$35.52

9.0% from close

Price Gap

+10.68

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

1.10

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

This page reflects DELL options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.

Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — DELL

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $405.00 (10.68 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$405.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$35.52

±9.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

12,258

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

13,881

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.13

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$394.32

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	$400.00	6/26/2026, 11:10:32 PM
2026-07-02	$410.00	7/2/2026, 11:12:41 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$405.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-07-17	$320.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-07-24	$400.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-07-31	$405.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-08-07	$405.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-08-21	$300.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-09-18	$195.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-10-16	$280.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-11-20	$280.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2026-12-18	$180.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2027-01-15	$195.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2027-03-19	$210.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM
2027-06-17	$170.00	7/3/2026, 11:11:03 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $405.00.

DELL pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
160	0	213632250	213632250
165	16000	206709250	206725250
170	32500	199797250	199829750
180	66500	185976250	186042750
185	84500	179065750	179150250
195	123500	165244750	165368250
200	146000	158365250	158511250
205	170000	151611250	151781250
210	194500	144949750	145144250
215	220500	138408250	138628750
220	249000	132475750	132724750
225	279000	126776750	127055750
230	313000	121285250	121598250
235	349000	115883250	116232250
240	387500	110543750	110931250
245	427000	105295750	105722750
250	468000	100140750	100608750
255	510500	95202750	95713250
260	555000	90295750	90850750
265	600000	85421750	86021750

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.