iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) Open Interest History
Open interest tracks the total number of outstanding options contracts. Rising OI alongside price moves can indicate growing commitment to the trend; declining OI suggests positions are being closed.
iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $4.53B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.45 to the broader market. The iShares China Large-Cap ETF aims to mirror the performance of an index consisting of major Chinese companies whose shares are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. public since 2004-10-08.
Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $31.64
- Call OI
- 1.9M
- Put OI
- 1.4M
- Total OI
- 3.3M
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.92
As of Jun 30, 2026, iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) has 3.3M total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.73 (balanced positioning). Open interest reflects accumulated positions from prior sessions; persistent growth indicates sustained directional or hedging interest, while sharp drops typically mean post-expiration clean-up.
How FXI open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on iShares China Large-Cap ETF options does not derive from any single metric in isolation. The open interest history view above sits inside a broader read: ATM IV currently sits at 25.6% and dealer gamma exposure is negative, so dealer hedging amplifies directional moves. Combine the open interest history data here with the volatility-skew surface, dealer-gamma exposure, max-pain level, and upcoming-events calendar to build a positioning thesis. Risk-defined structures (credit spreads, debit spreads, iron condors) are usually safer than naked positions while the regime is uncertain; the data on this page anchors the inputs but does not by itself constitute a trade thesis.
How to read the FXI open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total iShares China Large-Cap ETF options inventory outstanding day by day. OI is a stock measure - the cumulative position count - so trends flag accumulating or distributing positioning. Current put/call ratio is 0.92, roughly balanced. Total call OI of 1.9M versus put OI of 1.4M gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.73 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
FXI flow vs positioning
Volume tells you what flows happened today; OI tells you what positions accumulated. Both can move in opposite directions: rising volume with falling OI means contracts are being closed (covering); rising volume with rising OI means new positions are being opened. The combination matters more than either alone for reading sentiment. Combined with the current negative dealer-gamma regime, large OI clusters tend to act as price repellents that accelerate moves through key strikes.
Using FXI OI/volume data alongside other surfaces
Per-strike OI is the input to dealer-gamma calculations: strikes with elevated call OI generate gamma walls that dealers must hedge into as spot approaches them. The gamma-exposure page combines this distribution with the dealers' assumed-long-gamma assumption to project hedge flow. Volume cross-checks recent positioning shifts in the chain that haven't yet shown up in cumulative OI. Pair both with the term-structure view on the volatility page to determine whether the activity is concentrated in near-dated event hedging or longer-dated structural positioning. Front-month expiration for FXI sits at 31 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
Learn how open interest is reported and how to read the data →
Daily open-interest history for FXI options over the last ~38 trading days. Each row reflects the end-of-day total OI summed across all listed strikes and expirations.
Most recent 15 trading days (descending). Older history appears in the chart above.
| Date | Call OI | Put OI | Total OI | P/C OI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.9M | 1.4M | 3.3M | 0.73 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 1.9M | 1.4M | 3.2M | 0.75 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 1.8M | 1.4M | 3.2M | 0.81 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 1.8M | 1.4M | 3.2M | 0.82 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 1.7M | 1.4M | 3.1M | 0.81 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 2.7M | 2.0M | 4.7M | 0.76 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 2.7M | 2.1M | 4.8M | 0.79 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 2.6M | 2.1M | 4.7M | 0.81 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.6M | 2.2M | 4.8M | 0.85 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 2.5M | 2.2M | 4.7M | 0.85 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 2.5M | 2.2M | 4.7M | 0.85 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 2.5M | 2.2M | 4.7M | 0.86 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 2.4M | 2.1M | 4.6M | 0.88 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 2.4M | 2.2M | 4.6M | 0.89 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 2.4M | 2.1M | 4.5M | 0.89 |
FXI highest open-interest contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $40.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 0 | 136.0K | 25.5% | $0.04 | $0.06 |
| PUT | $36.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 1 | 113.3K | 24.4% | $4.30 | $4.70 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by oi within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked FXI open interest history questions
- What is the current FXI options open interest?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) has 3.3M total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 1.9M calls and 1.4M puts. Open interest reflects accumulated positions from prior trading sessions; it does not include today's volume until end-of-day reconciliation.
- What is the FXI put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.73 is balanced.
- What does FXI open interest tell traders?
- Persistent OI growth indicates sustained directional or hedging interest; sharp drops typically mean post-expiration position cleanup. Heavy OI concentrations at specific strikes act as support and resistance levels because dealer hedging amplifies near those strikes - the gamma profile of the dealer book is concentrated there. Comparing today's volume to standing OI separates opening flow from closing flow.