This page reflects UUUU 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 — UUUU
Data as of market close Aug 18, 2026
Nearest listed expiration 2026-08-21 shows max pain at $13.00 (1.09 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.
Max Pain Strike
$13.00
Nearest expiry
Expected Move
±$0.79
±5.6%
Days to Expiry
3
Calendar days
Total Call OI
23,846
Nearest expiry
Total Put OI
14,313
Nearest expiry
P/C OI Ratio
0.60
Put-heavy
Spot Price
$14.09
Published close
Consensus
-
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Max Pain by Expiration
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Selected: 2026-08-21
Expiration
Max Pain Strike
Last Updated
2026-08-07
$12.00
8/7/2026, 11:36:56 PM
2026-08-14
$13.00
8/14/2026, 11:40:33 PM
2026-08-21NextUpdated
$13.00
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2026-08-28
$13.50
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2026-09-04
$14.00
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2026-09-11
$15.00
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2026-09-18
$12.00
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2026-09-25
$14.00
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2026-10-02
$13.50
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2026-10-16
$15.00
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2026-11-20
$15.00
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
2027-01-15
$10.00
8/18/2026, 11:39:48 PM
Selected expiration: 2026-08-21 at max pain $13.00.
UUUU pain by strike for 2026-08-21 expiration
Strike
Call Pain
Put Pain
Total Pain
3
0
13490900
13490900
4
700
12059700
12060400
5
1700
10628600
10630300
6
4300
9197500
9201800
7
7300
7766400
7773700
8
10600
6336400
6347000
8.5
12950
5623550
5636500
9
15300
4910800
4926100
9.5
20500
4225300
4245800
10
25850
3550400
3576250
10.5
37850
2956650
2994500
11
50550
2378200
2428750
11.5
107100
1947050
2054150
12
171100
1520850
1691950
12.5
358750
1193500
1552250
13
564200
879000
1443200
13.5
881950
610900
1492850
14
1240800
391800
1632600
14.5
1748900
269350
2018250
15
2277400
172050
2449450
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.