Overview
Max-pain strike for a stock's options chain: the strike where outstanding calls and puts lose the most value at expiry, computed from total open interest -- a widely watched positioning signal for options traders. Returns the max-pain strike plus the full pain curve across every strike, from real Yahoo Finance options data. Supports optional expiration date selection (defaults to nearest). $0.02/call.
Protocol
x402
Price
$0.02
Payment Asset
USD Coin
Payment Network
eip155:8453
Category
uncategorized
Provider
Options Max Pain Strike
Indexed
2026-11-08 07:00:13
Health
Status
unknown
Latency (p50)
—
Uptime (30d)
—
Reliability Score
—
Last Checked
Never
Last Healthy
Never
Consecutive Failures
0
Output Schema
{
"example": {
"as_of": "2026-11-07",
"available_expirations": [
"2026-11-13",
"2026-11-20",
"2026-12-18"
],
"expiration": "2026-11-13",
"max_pain_strike": 250,
"max_pain_value_usd": 123456,
"pain_by_strike": [
{
"strike": 240,
"total_pain_usd": 234567
},
{
"strike": 250,
"total_pain_usd": 123456
},
{
"strike": 260,
"total_pain_usd": 345678
}
],
"put_call_volume_ratio": 0.5705,
"ticker": "AAPL"
},
"type": "json"
}