What is OKLO max pain this week?

OKLO max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-08-21) is $50.00. Total call open interest: 58,491. Total put open interest: 58,149.

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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Oklo Inc.Close $43.88EOD only

Max Pain

$50.00

Next expiry Aug 21, 2026

Expected Move

±$3.11

7.1% from close

Price Gap

+6.12

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.63

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Aug 17, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Aug 17, 2026 close

Max Pain — OKLO

Data as of market close Aug 17, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $50.00 (6.12 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

±$3.11

±7.1%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

58,491

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

58,149

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.99

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$43.88

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	$42.00	8/7/2026, 11:30:53 PM
2026-08-14	$43.00	8/14/2026, 11:29:14 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated	$50.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-08-28	$46.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-09-04	$50.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-09-11	$47.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-09-18	$55.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-09-25	$48.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-10-02	$52.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-10-16	$50.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-11-20	$50.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2026-12-18	$55.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2027-01-15	$60.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2027-03-19	$60.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM
2027-06-17	$45.00	8/17/2026, 11:27:58 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $50.00.

OKLO pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
22.5	0	96027950	96027950
25	1750	82811950	82813700
30	11750	59337950	59349700
31	24250	54886150	54910400
32	36750	50495650	50532400
33	49250	46144550	46193800
34	61950	41868950	41930900
35	74850	38158250	38233100
35.5	87800	36397100	36484900
36	100900	34643650	34744550
36.5	114100	32900550	33014650
37	127500	31165800	31293300
37.5	141450	29569900	29711350
38	157800	27980800	28138600
38.5	177500	26509950	26687450
39	197750	25046050	25243800
39.5	221800	23600650	23822450
40	292450	22177550	22470000
40.5	384400	20924000	21308400
41	482800	19693400	20176200

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.