What is NKE max pain this week?

NKE max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $42.00. Total call open interest: 31,730. Total put open interest: 19,573.

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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NKE

Nike, Inc.Close $44.09EOD only

Max Pain

$42.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$1.74

4.0% from close

Price Gap

-2.09

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.79

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — NKE

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $42.00 (2.09 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$42.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$1.74

±4.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

31,730

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

19,573

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.62

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$44.09

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-07-10

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-06-26	$42.50	6/26/2026, 11:24:06 PM
2026-07-02	$42.00	7/2/2026, 11:23:56 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$42.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-07-17	$43.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-07-24	$43.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-07-31	$45.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-08-07	$41.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-08-21	$45.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-09-18	$50.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-10-16	$47.50	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-11-20	$45.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2026-12-18	$55.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2027-01-15	$60.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2027-03-19	$50.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM
2027-06-17	$50.00	7/3/2026, 11:20:38 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $42.00.

NKE pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
25	0	28362650	28362650
30	500	18608650	18609150
32	2500	14797650	14800150
33	3500	12893650	12897150
33.5	4000	11948050	11952050
34	4500	11003200	11007700
34.5	5100	10081600	10086700
35	5700	9161750	9167450
35.5	23700	8303750	8327450
36	41700	7460150	7501850
36.5	77000	6673500	6750500
37	112300	5895650	6007950
37.5	152950	5176400	5329350
38	193750	4468650	4662400
38.5	236150	3849000	4085150
39	282550	3257350	3539900
39.5	329800	2690450	3020250
40	377800	2133550	2511350
40.5	437900	1670100	2108000
41	508550	1247700	1756250

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.