What is DIS max pain this week?

DIS max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-08-21) is $100.00. Total call open interest: 64,106. Total put open interest: 47,977.

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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Walt Disney Company (The)Close $103.95EOD only

Max Pain

$100.00

Next expiry Aug 21, 2026

Expected Move

±$1.88

1.8% from close

Price Gap

-3.95

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.79

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Aug 18, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Aug 18, 2026 close

Max Pain — DIS

Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $100.00 (3.95 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$100.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$1.88

±1.8%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

64,106

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

47,977

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.75

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$103.95

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	$99.00	8/7/2026, 11:12:17 PM
2026-08-14	$102.00	8/14/2026, 11:12:02 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated	$100.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-08-28	$100.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-09-04	$99.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-09-11	$104.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-09-18	$100.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-09-25	$103.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-10-02	$104.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-10-16	$100.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-11-20	$95.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2026-12-18	$105.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2027-01-15	$100.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2027-03-19	$105.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM
2027-06-17	$100.00	8/18/2026, 11:10:26 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $100.00.

DIS pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
55	0	177676600	177676600
60	7500	153893100	153900600
65	23000	130147100	130170100
70	40500	106510600	106551100
75	66500	83254600	83321100
80	108500	60302100	60410600
85	165000	38037600	38202600
86	184900	34906500	35091400
87	212800	31789000	32001800
88	242900	28698600	28941500
89	275900	25619000	25894900
90	309900	22568100	22878000
91	461700	20128800	20590500
92	620900	17789400	18410300
93	794700	15602600	16397300
94	1226700	13498100	14724800
95	1811700	11419300	13231000
96	2593600	9802800	12396400
97	3589200	8224900	11814100
98	4731200	6665000	11396200

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.