This page reflects FVRR options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
Aug 18, 2026 close
Max Pain — FVRR
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $10.00 (1.13 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$10.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.50
±5.6%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
8,956
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
4,579
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.51
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$8.87
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
2026-06-18
$11.00
6/18/2026, 11:14:09 PM
2026-07-17
$11.00
7/17/2026, 11:17:39 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$10.00
8/18/2026, 11:14:53 PM
2026-09-18
$9.00
8/18/2026, 11:14:53 PM
2026-10-16
$11.00
8/18/2026, 11:14:53 PM
2026-11-20
$10.00
8/18/2026, 11:14:53 PM
2027-01-15
$13.00
8/18/2026, 11:14:53 PM
2027-03-19
$10.00
8/18/2026, 11:14:53 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $10.00.
FVRR pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
2
0
3147000
3147000
3
500
2701000
2701500
4
2300
2255200
2257500
5
4200
1809400
1813600
6
8600
1363700
1372300
7
13000
918800
931800
8
17600
475000
492600
9
22300
40700
63000
10
38200
8500
46700
11
357400
1200
358600
12
953200
200
953400
13
1645500
0
1645500
14
2517100
0
2517100
15
3427000
0
3427000
16
4359200
0
4359200
17
5293500
0
5293500
18
6228700
0
6228700
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.