What is HIMS max pain this week?

HIMS max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $23.00. Total call open interest: 73,914. Total put open interest: 29,803.

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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Hims & Hers Health, Inc.Close $22.44EOD only

Max Pain

$23.00

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$1.40

6.3% from close

Price Gap

+0.56

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.62

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 19, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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

Published Snapshot

May 19, 2026 close

Max Pain — HIMS

Data as of market close May 19, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $23.00 (0.56 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$23.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$1.40

±6.3%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

73,914

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

29,803

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.40

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$22.44

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-05-22

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-05-08	$25.50	5/8/2026, 11:17:15 PM
2026-05-15	$25.00	5/15/2026, 11:17:44 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated	$23.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-05-29	$24.50	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-06-05	$25.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-06-12	$25.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-06-18	$28.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-06-26	$25.50	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-07-17	$25.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-08-21	$26.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-09-18	$20.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-10-16	$25.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-11-20	$20.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2026-12-18	$35.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM
2027-01-15	$25.00	5/19/2026, 11:15:50 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $23.00.

HIMS pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
10	0	35570900	35570900
11	900	32594300	32595200
12	2800	29678800	29681600
13	5500	26780300	26785800
14	10800	23999000	24009800
15	18200	21227800	21246000
15.5	23500	19894900	19918400
16	28900	18566950	18595850
16.5	37400	17256900	17294300
17	49000	15951850	16000850
17.5	61550	14657400	14718950
18	74650	13371750	13446400
18.5	90100	12112050	12202150
19	108200	10868400	10976600
19.5	132200	9659900	9792100
20	163450	8493250	8656700
20.5	210200	7401600	7611800
21	260500	6328800	6589300
21.5	333950	5328800	5662750
22	417000	4390150	4807150

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.