What is TTD max pain this week?

TTD max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-08-21) is $14.50. Total call open interest: 73,103. Total put open interest: 30,571.

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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The Trade Desk, Inc.Close $13.42EOD only

Max Pain

$14.50

Next expiry Aug 21, 2026

Expected Move

±$0.58

4.3% from close

Price Gap

+1.08

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.40

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Aug 18, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Aug 18, 2026 close

Max Pain — TTD

Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $14.50 (1.08 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$14.50

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$0.58

±4.3%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

73,103

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

30,571

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.42

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$13.42

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-08-21

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-08-07	$18.50	8/7/2026, 11:36:39 PM
2026-08-14	$14.00	8/14/2026, 11:42:52 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated	$14.50	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-08-28	$14.00	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-09-04	$14.50	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-09-11	$15.00	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-09-18	$20.00	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-09-25	$14.50	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-10-02	$13.50	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-10-16	$15.00	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-11-20	$20.00	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2026-12-18	$20.00	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2027-01-15	$22.50	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2027-03-19	$20.00	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM
2027-06-17	$17.50	8/18/2026, 11:42:06 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $14.50.

TTD pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
3	0	34740500	34740500
4	1600	31684000	31685600
5	3500	28627600	28631100
6	6200	25571700	25577900
7	9700	22516400	22526100
7.5	11650	20989100	21000750
8	14450	19461900	19476350
8.5	17600	17939150	17956750
9	20900	16418600	16439500
9.5	24200	14900100	14924300
10	27650	13384750	13412400
10.5	33900	11939350	11973250
11	40500	10495700	10536200
11.5	48700	9052700	9101400
12	57450	7614800	7672250
12.5	79250	6200850	6280100
13	118150	4880900	4999050
13.5	232900	3851350	4084250
14	439000	3003000	3442000
14.5	1029150	2401450	3430600

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.