What is SBUX max pain this week?

SBUX max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $103.00. Total call open interest: 2,366. Total put open interest: 6,118.

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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SBUX

Starbucks CorporationClose $104.27EOD only

Max Pain

$103.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$3.16

3.0% from close

Price Gap

-1.27

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.00

Balanced positioning

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — SBUX

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $103.00 (1.27 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$103.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$3.16

±3.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

2,366

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

6,118

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

2.59

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$104.27

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	$101.00	6/26/2026, 11:26:48 PM
2026-07-02	$102.00	7/2/2026, 11:29:28 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$103.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-07-17	$102.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-07-24	$99.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-07-31	$102.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-08-07	$105.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-08-21	$100.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-09-18	$95.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-10-16	$100.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-11-20	$100.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2026-12-18	$90.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2027-01-15	$90.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2027-02-19	$100.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2027-03-19	$100.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM
2027-06-17	$105.00	7/3/2026, 11:25:21 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $103.00.

SBUX pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
85	0	8404200	8404200
86	0	7796400	7796400
87	0	7188700	7188700
88	0	6581800	6581800
89	0	5976700	5976700
90	0	5373600	5373600
91	0	4778500	4778500
92	0	4183700	4183700
93	200	3593100	3593300
94	600	3003000	3003600
95	1000	2419900	2420900
96	2300	1844700	1847000
97	5200	1274200	1279400
98	9000	915500	924500
99	13300	586400	599700
100	18500	399400	417900
101	30000	248900	278900
102	45500	150700	196200
103	78000	72500	150500
104	167700	19600	187300

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.