What is VST max pain this week?

VST max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $141.00. Total call open interest: 10,268. Total put open interest: 11,128.

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 $144.00EOD only

Max Pain

$141.00

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$4.86

3.4% from close

Price Gap

-3.00

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.83

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 20, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

May 20, 2026 close

Max Pain — VST

Data as of market close May 20, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $141.00 (3.00 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$141.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$4.86

±3.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

10,268

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

11,128

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

1.08

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$144.00

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-05-22

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-05-08	$160.00	5/8/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-05-15	$148.00	5/15/2026, 11:48:00 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated	$141.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-05-29	$146.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-06-05	$150.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-06-12	$140.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-06-18	$155.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-06-26	$150.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-07-17	$150.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-08-21	$150.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-09-18	$160.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-10-16	$155.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-11-20	$120.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2026-12-18	$155.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2027-01-15	$185.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM
2027-03-19	$175.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:20 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $141.00.

VST pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
85	0	47366400	47366400
90	2500	41802400	41804900
95	5000	36238900	36243900
100	7500	30734900	30742400
110	12500	19730900	19743400
115	15000	15229900	15244900
118	16500	12609100	12625600
119	17000	11746000	11763000
120	17500	10884100	10901600
121	18000	10115100	10133100
122	18500	9346200	9364700
123	19000	8632400	8651400
124	19500	7925700	7945200
125	20000	7222400	7242400
126	20500	6601400	6621900
127	21100	5989100	6010200
128	21700	5400800	5422500
129	24500	4830700	4855200
130	27300	4274300	4301600
131	34700	3770400	3805100

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.