This page reflects NUAI 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 — NUAI
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $2.50 (2.63 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$2.50
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.50
±9.8%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
96,881
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
39,510
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.41
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$5.13
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
2026-08-07
$4.50
8/7/2026, 11:24:26 PM
2026-08-14
$4.50
8/14/2026, 11:22:43 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$2.50
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
2026-08-28
$5.00
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
2026-09-04
$4.50
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
2026-09-11
$4.50
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
2026-09-18
$5.00
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
2026-09-25
$5.00
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
2026-11-20
$4.00
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
2027-01-15
$4.00
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
2027-02-19
$3.50
8/18/2026, 11:30:29 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $2.50.
NUAI pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
0.5
0
12568900
12568900
1
400
10593500
10593900
1.5
950
8619200
8620150
2
1600
6649550
6651150
2.5
401350
4683850
5085200
3
2316750
3533950
5850700
3.5
4265300
2521000
6786300
4
6221150
1544800
7765950
4.5
8251350
673550
8924900
5
10433750
197950
10631700
5.5
12920500
131750
13052250
6
15679200
89550
15768750
6.5
19378350
52350
19430700
7
23120100
15200
23135300
7.5
26878350
3600
26881950
8
31195650
3050
31198700
8.5
35518650
2600
35521250
9
39841750
2300
39844050
9.5
44165150
2000
44167150
10
48489000
1750
48490750
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.