What is MDB max pain this week?

MDB max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $320.00. Total call open interest: 6,013. Total put open interest: 14,521.

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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MongoDB, Inc.Close $329.14EOD only

Max Pain

$320.00

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$15.88

4.8% from close

Price Gap

-9.14

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.95

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 20, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

May 20, 2026 close

Max Pain — MDB

Data as of market close May 20, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $320.00 (9.14 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$320.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$15.88

±4.8%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

6,013

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

14,521

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

2.41

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$329.14

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-05-22

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-05-08	$270.00	5/8/2026, 11:22:04 PM
2026-05-15	$290.00	5/15/2026, 11:22:58 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated	$320.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-05-29	$290.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-06-05	$325.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-06-12	$300.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-06-18	$290.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-06-26	$300.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-07-17	$270.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-08-21	$300.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-09-18	$320.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-11-20	$240.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2026-12-18	$250.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2027-01-15	$290.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM
2027-03-19	$250.00	5/20/2026, 11:23:42 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $320.00.

MDB pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
135	0	149643500	149643500
140	9000	142435500	142444500
145	27500	135276500	135304000
150	46000	128158500	128204500
155	93000	121127000	121220000
160	154500	114374500	114529000
165	250000	107788500	108038500
170	347000	101456500	101803500
175	462500	95215000	95677500
177.5	522250	92246750	92769000
180	582000	89729750	90311750
182.5	643500	87325750	87969250
185	705000	85001500	85706500
187.5	767250	82795750	83563000
190	829750	80590750	81420500
192.5	902250	78698250	79600500
195	974750	76806250	77781000
197.5	1058750	74929250	75988000
200	1143250	73055500	74198750
202.5	1247250	71210250	72457500

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.