What is MDB max pain this week?

MDB max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $320.00. Total call open interest: 6,194. Total put open interest: 15,054.

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 $317.50EOD only

Max Pain

$320.00

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$4.38

1.4% from close

Price Gap

+2.50

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.96

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 21, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

May 21, 2026 close

Max Pain — MDB

Data as of market close May 21, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $320.00 (2.50 above 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

±$4.38

±1.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

6,194

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

15,054

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

2.43

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$317.50

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	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-05-29	$290.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-06-05	$320.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-06-12	$300.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-06-18	$290.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-06-26	$300.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-07-17	$270.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-08-21	$300.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-09-18	$320.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-11-20	$240.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2026-12-18	$250.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2027-01-15	$290.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 PM
2027-03-19	$250.00	5/21/2026, 11:21:42 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	159196500	159196500
140	9000	151722000	151731000
145	27500	144296500	144324000
150	46000	136913500	136959500
155	93000	129617500	129710500
160	154500	122600500	122755000
165	250000	115750000	116000000
170	347000	109153500	109500500
175	462500	102647500	103110000
177.5	522250	99547000	100069250
180	582000	96897750	97479750
182.5	643500	94361750	95005250
185	705000	91905500	92610500
187.5	767250	89567750	90335000
190	829750	87230750	88060500
192.5	902250	85206500	86108750
195	974750	83182750	84157500
197.5	1058750	81174000	82232750
200	1143250	79168500	80311750
202.5	1247250	77192000	78439250

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.