What is WMT max pain this week?

WMT max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-07-10) is $109.00. Total call open interest: 29,171. Total put open interest: 12,262.

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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Walmart Inc.Close $111.84EOD only

Max Pain

$109.00

Next expiry Jul 10, 2026

Expected Move

±$3.06

2.7% from close

Price Gap

-2.84

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.85

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

3/4

Partial coverage

Published snapshot: Jul 2, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Jul 2, 2026 close

Max Pain — WMT

Data as of market close Jul 2, 2026

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Nearest listed expiration 2026-07-10 shows max pain at $109.00 (2.84 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$109.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$3.06

±2.7%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

29,171

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

12,262

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.42

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$111.84

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	$117.00	6/26/2026, 11:33:18 PM
2026-07-02	$110.00	7/2/2026, 11:36:58 PM
2026-07-10NextUpdated	$109.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2026-07-17	$115.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2026-07-24	$113.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2026-07-31	$111.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2026-08-07	$110.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2026-08-21	$120.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2026-09-18	$115.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2026-11-20	$120.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2026-12-18	$97.50	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2027-01-15	$110.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2027-03-19	$120.00	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM
2027-06-17	$97.50	7/3/2026, 11:34:22 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-07-10 at max pain $109.00.

WMT pain by strike for 2026-07-10 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
70	0	46125800	46125800
75	12500	39994800	40007300
80	25500	33863800	33889300
85	40000	27732800	27772800
90	57500	21601800	21659300
95	75500	15477800	15553300
100	93500	9602300	9695800
102	105500	7466100	7571600
103	111500	6436200	6547700
104	117500	5419900	5537400
105	137800	4454500	4592300
106	212400	3730600	3943000
107	295900	3068100	3364000
108	406100	2551000	2957100
109	649500	2066600	2716100
110	1112100	1606800	2718900
111	1774600	1210400	2985000
112	2496400	855200	3351600
113	3268700	539500	3808200
114	4111300	280800	4392100

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.