What is RH max pain this week?

RH max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $116.00. Total call open interest: 3,930. Total put open interest: 1,366.

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 $133.16EOD only

Max Pain

$116.00

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$6.05

4.5% from close

Price Gap

-17.16

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.84

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 20, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

May 20, 2026 close

Max Pain — RH

Data as of market close May 20, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $116.00 (17.16 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

±$6.05

±4.5%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

3,930

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

1,366

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.35

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$133.16

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	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-05-29	$130.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-06-05	$125.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-06-12	$122.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-06-18	$155.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-06-26	$130.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-07-17	$160.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-08-21	$150.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-09-18	$150.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-11-20	$120.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2026-12-18	$135.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2027-01-15	$180.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 PM
2027-03-19	$150.00	5/20/2026, 11:30:25 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	5691300	5691300
80	0	5009800	5009800
85	0	4329800	4329800
95	0	2972800	2972800
96	0	2837700	2837700
100	0	2298100	2298100
102	0	2037100	2037100
105	0	1645900	1645900
106	0	1519200	1519200
107	300	1393900	1394200
108	900	1268600	1269500
109	2100	1155700	1157800
110	4000	1051100	1055100
111	6400	970600	977000
112	37700	890600	928300
113	98400	812300	910700
114	160100	735200	895300
115	221900	660900	882800
116	283700	598800	882500
117	348700	546500	895200

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.