What is ULTA max pain this week?

ULTA max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $450.00. Total call open interest: 1,394. Total put open interest: 872.

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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Ulta Beauty, Inc.Close $461.33EOD only

Max Pain

$450.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$9.05

2.0% from close

Price Gap

-11.33

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.78

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — ULTA

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $450.00 (11.33 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$450.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$9.05

±2.0%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

1,394

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

872

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.63

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$461.33

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	$465.00	6/26/2026, 11:32:13 PM
2026-07-02	$455.00	7/2/2026, 11:36:44 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$450.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2026-07-17	$465.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2026-07-24	$465.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2026-07-31	$460.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2026-08-07	$475.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2026-08-21	$455.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2026-09-18	$490.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2026-11-20	$490.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2026-12-18	$550.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2027-01-15	$440.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2027-03-19	$480.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM
2027-06-17	$500.00	7/3/2026, 11:32:44 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $450.00.

ULTA pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
350	0	8353250	8353250
370	0	6613250	6613250
380	1000	5745250	5746250
390	13000	4882250	4895250
400	40000	4020250	4060250
405	66000	3590750	3656750
410	94500	3162250	3256750
415	129500	2737250	2866750
420	169500	2312250	2481750
425	223000	1893750	2116750
427.5	254000	1689250	1943250
430	285000	1484750	1769750
432.5	319250	1292250	1611500
435	353500	1109000	1462500
437.5	391250	929750	1321000
440	429000	755500	1184500
442.5	468000	617750	1085750
445	507000	483750	990750
447.5	552500	424500	977000
450	599750	369250	969000

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.