This page reflects ROST options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
May 20, 2026 close
Max Pain — ROST
Data as of market close May 20, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $212.50 (5.29 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$212.50
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$14.60
±6.7%
Days to Expiry
2
Calendar days
Total Call OI
2,340
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
2,805
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
1.20
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$217.79
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
$225.00
5/8/2026, 11:27:26 PM
2026-05-15
$210.00
5/15/2026, 11:37:31 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated
$212.50
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-05-29
$212.50
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-06-05
$220.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-06-12
$210.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-06-18
$210.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-06-26
$195.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-07-17
$210.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-08-21
$210.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-09-18
$195.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-11-20
$185.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2026-12-18
$175.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2027-01-15
$195.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
2027-03-19
$230.00
5/20/2026, 11:30:07 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $212.50.
ROST pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
125
0
21127250
21127250
165
0
9919250
9919250
170
0
8519750
8519750
180
1000
5727750
5728750
185
2500
4389250
4391750
187.5
3250
3815000
3818250
190
4000
3241500
3245500
192.5
5750
2688000
2693750
195
7500
2164500
2172000
197.5
10750
1681000
1691750
200
14000
1231250
1245250
202.5
33250
906000
939250
205
52500
653000
705500
207.5
84750
409250
494000
210
117000
222750
339750
212.5
173500
120500
294000
215
335750
82250
418000
217.5
522000
58000
580000
220
718750
39750
758500
222.5
988750
26250
1015000
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.