What is RH max pain this week?

RH max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-08-21) is $175.00. Total call open interest: 5,103. Total put open interest: 5,824.

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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RHClose $169.97EOD only

Max Pain

$175.00

Next expiry Aug 21, 2026

Expected Move

±$7.13

4.2% from close

Price Gap

+5.03

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Middle-high premium

P/C OI

0.92

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Aug 19, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Aug 19, 2026 close

Max Pain — RH

Data as of market close Aug 19, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $175.00 (5.03 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$175.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$7.13

±4.2%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

5,103

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

5,824

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.14

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$169.97

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	$165.00	8/7/2026, 11:32:03 PM
2026-08-14	$185.00	8/14/2026, 11:30:38 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated	$175.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2026-08-28	$180.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2026-09-04	$170.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2026-09-11	$190.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2026-09-18	$170.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2026-09-25	$185.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2026-11-20	$160.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2026-12-18	$155.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2027-01-15	$180.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2027-02-19	$150.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2027-03-19	$175.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM
2027-06-17	$165.00	8/19/2026, 11:31:57 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $175.00.

RH pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
60	0	49741500	49741500
65	0	46849500	46849500
70	0	43966500	43966500
75	6000	41088500	41094500
80	12500	38221500	38234000
85	21000	35358500	35379500
90	29500	32502500	32532000
95	45500	29744500	29790000
100	61500	27151000	27212500
105	85000	24591000	24676000
110	109000	22073500	22182500
115	136500	19749500	19886000
120	165500	17435500	17601000
125	197500	15192500	15390000
130	278500	12998000	13276500
135	377000	10877500	11254500
140	502000	8942000	9444000
145	747000	7154000	7901000
150	1018000	5723000	6741000
152.5	1181250	5137000	6318250

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.