This page reflects MNST 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 — MNST
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $50.00 (2.62 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$50.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.40
±3.0%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
35,912
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
29,007
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.81
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$47.38
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
2026-06-18
$80.00
6/18/2026, 11:26:42 PM
2026-07-17
$95.00
7/17/2026, 11:22:59 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$50.00
8/18/2026, 11:26:38 PM
2026-09-18
$47.50
8/18/2026, 11:26:38 PM
2026-12-18
$43.75
8/18/2026, 11:26:38 PM
2027-01-15
$40.00
8/18/2026, 11:26:38 PM
2027-03-19
$47.50
8/18/2026, 11:26:38 PM
2027-06-17
$50.00
8/18/2026, 11:26:38 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $50.00.
MNST pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
32.5
0
76050375
76050375
35
2500
68799125
68801625
37.5
5500
61554875
61560375
40
9750
54369875
54379625
41.25
13375
51569125
51582500
42.5
20500
48785375
48805875
43.75
30125
46642875
46673000
45
74750
44557625
44632375
46.25
347875
42589500
42937375
47.5
718750
40978875
41697625
48.75
1469500
39526000
40995500
50
2449250
38121500
40570750
52.5
5146500
35600000
40746500
55
8841000
33078500
41919500
57.5
14631250
30557000
45188250
60
20541500
28035500
48577000
65
32379000
22992500
55371500
67.5
38297750
20471000
58768750
70
44216750
17949500
62166250
75
56055250
12913500
68968750
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.