What is QCOM max pain this week?

QCOM max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $192.50. Total call open interest: 26,038. Total put open interest: 14,913.

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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QCOM

QUALCOMM IncorporatedClose $176.25EOD only

Max Pain

$192.50

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$13.53

7.7% from close

Price Gap

+16.25

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.84

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 — QCOM

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $192.50 (16.25 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$192.50

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$13.53

±7.7%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

26,038

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

14,913

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.57

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$176.25

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	$205.00	6/26/2026, 11:26:30 PM
2026-07-02	$192.50	7/2/2026, 11:28:28 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$192.50	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-07-17	$200.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-07-24	$195.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-07-31	$187.50	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-08-07	$190.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-08-21	$200.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-09-18	$180.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-10-16	$185.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-11-20	$190.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2026-12-18	$185.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2027-01-15	$200.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2027-03-19	$195.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM
2027-06-17	$180.00	7/3/2026, 11:23:05 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $192.50.

QCOM pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
120	0	82285800	82285800
125	2500	74891300	74893800
130	5500	67565800	67571300
135	33500	60405800	60439300
140	62000	53513800	53575800
144	88800	48156600	48245400
145	95500	46829200	46924700
146	107100	45528900	45636000
147	118700	44244400	44363100
148	130300	42961800	43092100
149	141900	41680300	41822200
150	153500	40409000	40562500
152.5	185750	37316000	37501750
155	218000	34229000	34447000
157.5	254250	31415500	31669750
160	299750	28648500	28948250
162.5	350500	26200500	26551000
165	401250	23818000	24219250
167.5	474750	21634750	22109500
170	548250	19506750	20055000

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.