What is VST max pain this week?

VST max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $157.50. Total call open interest: 5,130. Total put open interest: 3,685.

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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Vistra Corp.Close $151.05EOD only

Max Pain

$157.50

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$8.62

5.7% from close

Price Gap

+6.45

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.83

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 — VST

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $157.50 (6.45 above spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$157.50

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$8.62

±5.7%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

5,130

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

3,685

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.72

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$151.05

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	$157.50	6/26/2026, 11:35:48 PM
2026-07-02	$160.00	7/2/2026, 11:37:49 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$157.50	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-07-17	$155.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-07-24	$150.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-07-31	$150.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-08-07	$155.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-08-21	$155.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-09-18	$160.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-10-16	$160.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-11-20	$165.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2026-12-18	$155.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2027-01-15	$180.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2027-03-19	$170.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM
2027-06-17	$150.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:14 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $157.50.

VST pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
80	0	23038450	23038450
95	1500	17510950	17512450
110	3000	11984950	11987950
115	5500	10269450	10274950
120	8000	8561950	8569950
125	13000	6991450	7004450
130	20500	5456450	5476950
135	30500	4046450	4076950
136	33300	3774450	3807750
137	36100	3503650	3539750
138	38900	3234050	3272950
140	44500	2699850	2744350
141	70900	2492750	2563650
142	97400	2289250	2386650
145	176900	1698850	1875750
146	206100	1521450	1727550
148	264500	1189050	1453550
149	295300	1022850	1318150
150	326100	861250	1187350
152.5	414350	579500	993850

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.