Free UHS Max Pain - Options Max Pain Calculator
Use free UHS Max Pain to find the candidate strike with the lowest combined call and put intrinsic value for UHS at one selected expiration. Compare the full pain curve alongside business context that includes product demand, regulation, company results, and customer spending.
How to use the UHS Max Pain tool
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Calculate Max Pain
Generate the result, then compare Max Pain with price and the full pain chart.
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What is Max Pain?
Max Pain is the strike price at which option sellers (market makers) would lose the least amount of money if the stock expired at that price. The theory suggests stocks tend to gravitate toward this price near expiration.
Chart Legend:
- Green bars: Call option pain per strike
- Red bars: Put option pain per strike
- Blue line: Max Pain strike
- Red line: Current underlying price
Key levels
UHS max pain in detail
Computed
Spot
$176.88
Max pain strike
$180
1.8% above spot
Expiration
2026-10-16
Lowest total pain by strike
| Strike | Call pain | Put pain | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $180 | $583K | $194K | $776K |
| $175 | $448K | $333K | $781K |
| $170 | $326K | $535K | $860K |
| $185 | $787K | $94K | $881K |
| $165 | $234K | $780K | $1.0M |
Reviewed by the QuantWheel research team. Computed from listed UHS open interest for the expiration shown; a reference level, not a forecast. Read how we compute UHS max pain.
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Understanding UHS Max Pain
The UHS options chain represents UHS. Evaluate its open-interest distribution alongside business context that includes product demand, regulation, company results, and customer spending. Compare Max Pain across available expirations because the distribution can differ from one expiration to another.
For UHS, the calculator tests each candidate strike against call and put open interest for the selected expiration. Review the full curve with the result. The calculation describes the selected chain and does not predict where UHS will trade.
How the UHS Max Pain calculation works
QuantWheel tests each strike as a possible expiration price. It adds the intrinsic value of open calls and puts at that price, weighted by open interest and the contract multiplier. The strike with the lowest combined value is displayed as UHS Max Pain.
This calculation uses the selected options chain. It does not measure dealer inventory, intent, future order flow or the probability that UHS will finish at the calculated strike.
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UHS Max Pain FAQ
What is UHS Max Pain?
UHS Max Pain is the candidate expiration price where the combined intrinsic value of outstanding UHS calls and puts is lowest for the selected expiration. It is a calculation based on open interest, not a prediction of where UHS will trade.
How is UHS Max Pain calculated?
For each candidate price, QuantWheel calculates call and put intrinsic value across the selected UHS options chain, multiplies each value by open interest and the 100-share contract multiplier, then adds the totals. The candidate price with the lowest combined total is the Max Pain strike.
Which UHS expiration should I select?
Select the exact UHS expiration you want to examine. Weekly and monthly expirations can have different open-interest distributions, so compare them separately instead of applying one result to every date.
How should I use UHS Max Pain?
Compare the calculated strike with UHS price and the full call and put pain chart for the same expiration. Use it as expiration context alongside liquidity, gamma exposure and your own risk plan rather than as a standalone trading signal.
Is UHS Max Pain a price target?
No. UHS Max Pain does not forecast price and does not prove that traders or market makers will move UHS toward a particular strike. News, volatility, liquidity and positioning can outweigh any expiration-related pinning effect.
Is the UHS Max Pain calculator free?
Yes. QuantWheel provides a limited number of free UHS Max Pain calculations. The calculator shows how many free calculations remain before you run another expiration.