What is IONQ max pain this week?

IONQ max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $55.00. Total call open interest: 11,621. Total put open interest: 15,422.

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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IONQ

IonQ, Inc.Close $49.12EOD only

Max Pain

$55.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$4.99

10.2% from close

Price Gap

+5.88

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

1.07

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

This page reflects IONQ 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 — IONQ

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $55.00 (5.88 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$55.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$4.99

±10.2%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

11,621

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

15,422

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.33

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$49.12

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	$55.00	6/26/2026, 11:15:20 PM
2026-07-02	$52.00	7/2/2026, 11:18:29 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$55.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-07-17	$50.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-07-24	$55.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-07-31	$53.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-08-07	$50.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-08-21	$55.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-09-18	$50.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-10-16	$45.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-11-20	$50.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2026-12-18	$45.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2027-01-15	$40.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM
2027-03-19	$50.00	7/3/2026, 11:16:52 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $55.00.

IONQ pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
30	0	12034950	12034950
35	19500	8765450	8784950
37	37500	7695050	7732550
39	55500	6629450	6684950
39.5	60000	6364450	6424450
40	65000	6099750	6164750
40.5	71100	5853700	5924800
41	77300	5607650	5684950
41.5	83850	5361800	5445650
42	101400	5115950	5217350
42.5	119200	4873700	4992900
43	137000	4632850	4769850
43.5	155250	4394700	4549950
44	173500	4156850	4330350
44.5	196950	3925700	4122650
45	220400	3697950	3918350
45.5	247100	3497800	3744900
46	273800	3298850	3572650
46.5	300850	3110750	3411600
47	327900	2923900	3251800

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.