What is HIMS max pain this week?

HIMS max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-10-09) is $29.00. Total call open interest: 20,502. Total put open interest: 7,631.

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 $29.00EOD only

Max Pain

$29.00

Next expiry Oct 9, 2026

Expected Move

±$2.02

7.0% from close

Price Gap

+0.00

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.59

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Oct 2, 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

Oct 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — HIMS

Data as of market close Oct 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-10-09 shows max pain at $29.00 (0.00 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$29.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$2.02

±7.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

20,502

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

7,631

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.37

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$29.00

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-10-09

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-09-25	$28.00	9/25/2026, 11:15:43 PM
2026-10-02Updated	$29.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2026-10-09Next	$29.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2026-10-16	$28.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2026-10-23	$28.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2026-10-30	$28.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2026-11-06	$29.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2026-11-20	$28.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2026-12-18	$33.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2027-01-15	$28.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2027-02-19	$32.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM
2027-05-21	$30.00	10/2/2026, 11:15:12 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-10-09 at max pain $29.00.

HIMS pain by strike for 2026-10-09 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
17	0	8079950	8079950
18	100	7316950	7317050
19	400	6553950	6554350
20	800	5792350	5793150
21	1300	5036150	5037450
22	1900	4280850	4282750
23	3400	3536150	3539550
23.5	7000	3170200	3177200
24	13150	2805200	2818350
24.5	20650	2458150	2478800
25	28200	2114700	2142900
25.5	38000	1812950	1850950
26	50900	1513850	1564750
26.5	67850	1243700	1311550
27	85300	987600	1072900
27.5	113400	822750	936150
28	144500	672700	817200
28.5	209250	561900	771150
29	286100	457550	743650
29.5	387400	368750	756150

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.