What is VZ max pain this week?

VZ max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-05-22) is $47.00. Total call open interest: 25,603. Total put open interest: 19,206.

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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VZ

Verizon Communications Inc.Close $48.27EOD only

Max Pain

$47.00

Next expiry May 22, 2026

Expected Move

±$0.69

1.4% from close

Price Gap

-1.27

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.89

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

4/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: May 21, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

This page reflects VZ options positioning from the latest published market-close snapshot. Intraday price and contract changes are not displayed.

Published Snapshot

May 21, 2026 close

Max Pain — VZ

Data as of market close May 21, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-05-22 shows max pain at $47.00 (1.27 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$47.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$0.69

±1.4%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

25,603

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

19,206

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.75

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$48.27

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	$47.00	5/8/2026, 11:33:32 PM
2026-05-15	$48.00	5/15/2026, 11:45:17 PM
2026-05-22NextUpdated	$47.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-05-29	$47.50	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-06-05	$48.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-06-12	$48.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-06-18	$47.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-06-26	$47.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-07-17	$46.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-09-18	$45.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-10-16	$46.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2026-12-18	$42.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2027-01-15	$42.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM
2027-03-19	$45.00	5/21/2026, 11:36:43 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-05-22 at max pain $47.00.

VZ pain by strike for 2026-05-22 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
30	0	30519900	30519900
35	3500	20917400	20920900
36	6500	18997000	19003500
37	10800	17076600	17087400
38	19600	15156200	15175800
39	33800	13235800	13269600
40	48700	11317700	11366400
40.5	56550	10360000	10416550
41	64700	9402300	9467000
41.5	73050	8447750	8520800
42	81550	7493200	7574750
42.5	97350	6546800	6644150
43	113350	5601600	5714950
43.5	129600	4766150	4895750
44	145900	3936250	4082150
44.5	162700	3151200	3313900
45	179750	2369000	2548750
45.5	206950	1726400	1933350
46	234500	1118400	1352900
46.5	269000	556350	825350

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.