This page reflects JD 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 — JD
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $29.50 (0.68 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$29.50
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.86
±3.0%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
63,362
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
36,484
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.58
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$28.82
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
2026-08-07
$31.50
8/7/2026, 11:16:07 PM
2026-08-14
$30.00
8/14/2026, 11:20:01 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$29.50
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-08-28
$30.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-09-04
$32.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-09-11
$29.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-09-18
$30.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-09-25
$30.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-10-02
$30.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-10-16
$31.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2026-12-18
$29.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-01-15
$30.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-03-19
$25.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
2027-06-17
$32.00
8/18/2026, 11:18:11 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $29.50.
JD pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
18
0
37250950
37250950
19
0
33603050
33603050
20
0
29958950
29958950
21
600
26319250
26319850
22
1200
22698450
22699650
23
83400
19125350
19208750
24
186100
15585550
15771650
25
394000
12144450
12538450
25.5
579300
10545250
11124550
26
764600
8948250
9712850
26.5
1089000
7432550
8521550
27
1416000
5917450
7333450
27.5
1758200
4692550
6450750
28
2103500
3482250
5585750
28.5
2511500
2655800
5167300
29
2975750
1947500
4923250
29.5
3526350
1390150
4916500
30
4134500
854050
4988550
30.5
5108800
564750
5673550
31
6119050
291200
6410250
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.