State Street SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE) 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.
State Street SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $424.1M, listed on AMEX, employing roughly 8,119 people, carrying a beta of 1.16 to the broader market. KCE offers an equal-weighted portfolio of capital markets companies. Led by Pitharn Ongkosit, public since 2005-11-15.
Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $147.22
- Call OI
- 44
- Put OI
- 56
- Total OI
- 100
As of Jun 30, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE) has 100 total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 1.27 (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 KCE open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on State Street SPDR S&P Capital Markets 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 22.5% 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 KCE open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total State Street SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF options inventory outstanding day by day. OI is a stock measure - the cumulative position count - so trends flag accumulating or distributing positioning. Total call OI of 44 versus put OI of 56 gives a put/call OI ratio of 1.27 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
KCE 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 KCE 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 KCE sits at 17 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 KCE options over the last ~33 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 | 44 | 56 | 100 | 1.27 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 44 | 56 | 100 | 1.27 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 44 | 56 | 100 | 1.27 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 40 | 55 | 95 | 1.38 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 38 | 26 | 64 | 0.68 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 64 | 49 | 113 | 0.77 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 57 | 48 | 105 | 0.84 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 57 | 48 | 105 | 0.84 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 56 | 48 | 104 | 0.86 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 55 | 48 | 103 | 0.87 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 54 | 48 | 102 | 0.89 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 54 | 48 | 102 | 0.89 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 54 | 48 | 102 | 0.89 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 44 | 45 | 89 | 1.02 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 43 | 45 | 88 | 1.05 |
Frequently asked KCE open interest history questions
- What is the current KCE options open interest?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE) has 100 total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 44 calls and 56 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 KCE put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 1.27 is balanced.
- What does KCE 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.