This page reflects UNFI options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.
Published Snapshot
Aug 18, 2026 close
Max Pain — UNFI
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $45.00 (1.86 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$45.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$1.65
±3.5%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
1,957
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
638
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.33
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$46.86
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
2026-06-18
$50.00
6/18/2026, 11:35:52 PM
2026-07-17
$47.00
7/17/2026, 11:38:10 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$45.00
8/18/2026, 11:35:16 PM
2026-09-18
$45.00
8/18/2026, 11:35:16 PM
2026-11-20
$48.00
8/18/2026, 11:35:16 PM
2027-01-15
$30.00
8/18/2026, 11:35:16 PM
2027-02-19
$42.00
8/18/2026, 11:35:16 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $45.00.
UNFI pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
20
0
1540300
1540300
25
0
1221300
1221300
26
0
1157600
1157600
27
200
1094100
1094300
28
400
1030700
1031100
29
600
967400
968000
30
800
904200
905000
31
1000
841100
842100
32
1200
778200
779400
33
1700
715600
717300
34
2200
653000
655200
35
2700
590400
593100
36
5400
528200
533600
37
8100
466500
474600
38
10800
407200
418000
39
14500
354300
368800
40
29800
306300
336100
41
48200
262900
311100
45
131000
109700
240700
46
155200
87400
242600
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.