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Max Pain: Why Option Writers Quietly Pull Price Toward One Strike

21 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

MAX PAIN STRIKE LOWER STRIKES HIGHER STRIKES

The strike where aggregate option-writer losses are minimized isn't folklore — it's a computable, trackable dollar-value pain curve across the chain.

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