What is WTRG max pain this week?

WTRG max pain for the nearest expiration (2026-06-18) is $35.00. Total call open interest: 693. Total put open interest: 428.

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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Essential Utilities, Inc.Close $36.54EOD only

Max Pain

$35.00

Next expiry Jun 18, 2026

Expected Move

±$2.88

7.9% from close

Price Gap

-1.54

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

Low premium

P/C OI

0.35

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

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Published snapshot: May 20, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

May 20, 2026 close

Max Pain — WTRG

Data as of market close May 20, 2026

Nearest listed expiration 2026-06-18 shows max pain at $35.00 (1.54 below spot). Use this page to evaluate pin-risk zones, strike pressure, and open-interest concentration before selecting trade structure.

Max Pain Strike

$35.00

Nearest expiry

Expected Move

±$2.88

±7.9%

Days to Expiry

Calendar days

Total Call OI

693

Nearest expiry

Total Put OI

428

Nearest expiry

P/C OI Ratio

0.62

Put-heavy

Spot Price

$36.54

Published close

Consensus

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Max Pain by Expiration

Pain by Strike

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Selected: 2026-06-18

Expiration	Max Pain Strike	Last Updated
2026-04-17	$35.00	4/17/2026, 11:30:49 PM
2026-05-15	$40.00	5/15/2026, 11:44:39 PM
2026-06-18NextUpdated	$35.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:45 PM
2026-09-18	$35.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:45 PM
2026-12-18	$35.00	5/20/2026, 11:40:45 PM

Selected expiration: 2026-06-18 at max pain $35.00.

WTRG pain by strike for 2026-06-18 expiration
Strike	Call Pain	Put Pain	Total Pain
20	0	568500	568500
25	0	354500	354500
30	0	140500	140500
35	0	20500	20500
40	79500	0	79500
45	318000	0	318000
50	658000	0	658000
55	1003000	0	1003000
60	1349500	0	1349500

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.