What is F max pain this week?

F max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $14.00. Total call open interest: 23,580. Total put open interest: 10,366.

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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Ford Motor CompanyClose $13.36EOD only

Max Pain

$14.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$0.54

4.0% from close

Price Gap

+0.64

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.70

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

This page reflects F 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 — F

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $14.00 (0.64 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$14.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$0.54

±4.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

23,580

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

10,366

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.44

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$13.36

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	$14.00	6/26/2026, 11:11:09 PM
2026-07-02	$13.50	7/2/2026, 11:13:24 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$14.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2026-07-17	$15.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2026-07-24	$14.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2026-07-31	$13.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2026-08-07	$13.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2026-08-21	$14.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2026-09-18	$14.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2026-12-18	$11.82	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2027-01-15	$13.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2027-03-19	$12.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM
2027-06-17	$12.00	7/3/2026, 11:13:10 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $14.00.

F pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
5	0	8448750	8448750
6	31800	7412350	7444150
7	65900	6386050	6451950
8	159700	5364950	5524650
8.5	227600	4855750	5083350
9	295500	4348350	4643850
9.5	372050	3854950	4227000
10	448850	3362050	3810900
10.5	531900	2876950	3408850
11	615100	2391850	3006950
11.5	699350	1907350	2606700
12	788500	1427400	2215900
12.5	881800	969000	1850800
13	981350	570050	1551400
13.5	1089350	291450	1380800
14	1230200	128200	1358400
14.5	1596200	48150	1644350
15	2172000	11550	2183550
15.5	2868450	3850	2872300
16	3662850	1600	3664450

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.