Harmony Gold Mining Company LimClose $19.28EOD only
Max Pain
$15.00
Next expiry Aug 21, 2026
Expected Move
±$1.00
5.2% from close
Price Gap
-4.28
Distance to max pain
IV Rank
40
Middle-high premium
P/C OI
0.38
Slightly call-heavy
Consensus
—
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Published snapshot: Aug 18, 2026 close
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Published Snapshot
Aug 18, 2026 close
Max Pain — HMY
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $15.00 (4.28 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$15.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.00
±5.2%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
17,150
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
7,650
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.45
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$19.28
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
$16.00
6/18/2026, 11:17:24 PM
2026-07-17
$16.00
7/17/2026, 11:20:42 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$15.00
8/18/2026, 11:20:00 PM
2026-09-18
$20.00
8/18/2026, 11:20:00 PM
2026-11-20
$14.00
8/18/2026, 11:20:00 PM
2027-01-15
$15.00
8/18/2026, 11:20:00 PM
2027-02-19
$16.00
8/18/2026, 11:20:00 PM
2027-03-19
$15.00
8/18/2026, 11:20:00 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $15.00.
HMY pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
1
0
10899200
10899200
2
11000
10134200
10145200
3
78900
9369200
9448100
4
195700
8604200
8799900
5
350100
7839200
8189300
6
529700
7079200
7608900
7
730200
6321100
7051300
8
936600
5563000
6499600
9
1152700
4804900
5957600
10
1374900
4047800
5422700
11
1614300
3294900
4909200
12
1856800
2597100
4453900
13
2101400
1910500
4011900
14
2371100
1297100
3668200
15
2660700
903400
3564100
16
3147300
541400
3688700
17
3753200
321200
4074400
18
4616500
155900
4772400
19
5579500
80600
5660100
20
6647000
30100
6677100
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.