What is MRVL max pain this week?

MRVL max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $167.50. Total call open interest: 40,675. Total put open interest: 51,317.

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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Marvell Technology, Inc.Close $176.27EOD only

Max Pain

$167.50

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$13.05

7.4% from close

Price Gap

-8.77

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

1.35

Slightly put-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 19, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

May 19, 2026 close

Max Pain — MRVL

Data as of market close May 19, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $167.50 (8.77 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$167.50

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$13.05

±7.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

40,675

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

51,317

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.26

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$176.27

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	$155.00	5/8/2026, 11:24:01 PM
2026-05-15	$140.00	5/15/2026, 11:25:36 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated	$167.50	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-05-29	$160.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-06-05	$162.50	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-06-12	$157.50	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-06-18	$130.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-06-26	$170.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-07-17	$150.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-08-21	$135.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-09-18	$110.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-11-20	$125.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2026-12-18	$100.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2027-01-15	$100.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM
2027-03-19	$165.00	5/19/2026, 11:20:24 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $167.50.

MRVL pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
55	0	458102300	458102300
60	21000	432443800	432464800
65	43500	406795800	406839300
70	67500	381154300	381221800
75	92500	355515300	355607800
80	123500	329876300	329999800
85	159000	304270800	304429800
86	167000	299159800	299326800
90	201000	278717800	278918800
91	210700	273711900	273922600
92	220400	268707600	268928000
93	233700	263707600	263941300
94	249600	258721400	258971000
95	268100	253735800	254003900
96	290800	248764400	249055200
97	316300	243794500	244110800
98	344500	238829200	239173700
99	376900	233866400	234243300
100	412000	228904400	229316400
101	453200	224270600	224723800

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.