What is RH max pain this week?

RH max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $116.00. Total call open interest: 5,079. Total put open interest: 1,394.

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 $139.08EOD only

Max Pain

$116.00

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$2.12

1.5% from close

Price Gap

-23.08

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.79

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 21, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

May 21, 2026 close

Max Pain — RH

Data as of market close May 21, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $116.00 (23.08 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$116.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$2.12

±1.5%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

5,079

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

1,394

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.27

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$139.08

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-05-22

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-05-08	$129.00	5/8/2026, 11:26:35 PM
2026-05-15	$130.00	5/15/2026, 11:34:32 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated	$116.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-05-29	$130.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-06-05	$125.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-06-12	$122.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-06-18	$155.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-06-26	$130.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-07-17	$155.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-08-21	$150.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-09-18	$150.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-11-20	$120.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-12-18	$135.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2027-01-15	$180.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2027-03-19	$150.00	5/21/2026, 11:34:23 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $116.00.

RH pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
75	0	5917200	5917200
80	0	5222700	5222700
85	0	4529700	4529700
95	0	3146700	3146700
96	0	3009000	3009000
100	0	2459000	2459000
102	0	2191000	2191000
105	0	1789300	1789300
106	0	1659000	1659000
107	300	1530100	1530400
108	1000	1401200	1402200
109	2400	1282800	1285200
110	4500	1172600	1177100
111	7000	1084800	1091800
112	38400	997700	1036100
113	99400	912400	1011800
114	161800	828300	990100
115	224300	748100	972400
116	286800	680200	967000
117	351800	622100	973900

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.