What is STX max pain this week?

STX max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $960.00. Total call open interest: 7,053. Total put open interest: 6,858.

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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STX

Seagate Technology Holdings PLCClose $820.16EOD only

Max Pain

$960.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$100.30

12.2% from close

Price Gap

+139.84

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

1.30

Slightly put-heavy

Consensus

5.5/10

Bearish tilt

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — STX

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $960.00 (139.84 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$960.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$100.30

±12.2%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

7,053

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

6,858

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.97

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$820.16

Published close

Consensus

5.5/10

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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	$1005.00	6/26/2026, 11:34:23 PM
2026-07-02	$940.00	7/2/2026, 11:34:44 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$960.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-07-17	$860.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-07-24	$955.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-07-31	$985.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-08-07	$930.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-08-21	$860.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-09-18	$550.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-10-16	$870.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-11-20	$830.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2026-12-18	$530.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2027-01-15	$280.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2027-03-19	$780.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM
2027-06-17	$430.00	7/3/2026, 11:30:06 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $960.00.

STX pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
435	0	253449750	253449750
440	500	250023250	250023750
455	3500	239743750	239747250
460	5000	236317250	236322250
465	8500	232890750	232899250
470	12500	229464250	229476750
480	20500	222612250	222632750
495	35500	212338750	212374250
500	42000	208916250	208958250
505	48500	205496250	205544750
510	55000	202077250	202132250
515	61500	198659250	198720750
520	68500	195242750	195311250
530	82500	188411750	188494250
535	90000	184997750	185087750
540	97500	181586250	181683750
545	106000	178176250	178282250
550	114500	174767750	174882250
555	123500	171635250	171758750
560	135000	168503250	168638250

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.