This page reflects LCID 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 — LCID
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $8.00 (2.23 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$8.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.44
±7.6%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
88,492
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
98,039
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
1.11
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$5.77
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
$7.00
8/7/2026, 11:19:35 PM
2026-08-14
$6.50
8/14/2026, 11:21:46 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$8.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-08-28
$9.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-09-04
$7.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-09-11
$7.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-09-18
$7.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-09-25
$6.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-10-02
$5.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-10-16
$6.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-11-20
$7.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2026-12-18
$7.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2027-01-15
$7.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2027-02-19
$6.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2027-03-19
$6.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
2027-06-17
$10.00
8/18/2026, 11:19:38 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $8.00.
LCID pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
0.5
0
65878200
65878200
1
18550
61000350
61018900
1.5
37150
56129850
56167000
2
55850
51259450
51315300
2.5
74750
46602950
46677700
3
93650
41949350
42043000
3.5
113050
37503750
37616800
4
302600
33064400
33367000
4.5
492350
28878150
29370500
5
1363150
24693300
26056450
5.5
2289850
21066750
23356600
6
3230350
17654850
20885200
6.5
4336200
14640600
18976800
7
5516850
11671100
17187950
7.5
6926100
9679400
16605500
8
8422900
7698550
16121450
8.5
10933400
6627900
17561300
9
13461250
5563500
19024750
9.5
16141450
4574400
20715850
10
18824400
3585350
22409750
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.