State Street SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) 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 Insurance ETF (KIE) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $446.7M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.63 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR S&P Insurance ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P Insurance Select Industry Index (the "Index")Seeks to provide exposure to the insurance segment of the S&P TMI, which comprises the following sub-industries: Insurance Brokers, Life & Health Insurance, Multi-Line Insurance, Property & Casualty Insurance, and ReinsuranceSeeks to track a modified equal weighted index which provides the potential for unconcentrated industry exposure across large, mid and small cap stocksAllows investors to take strategic or tactical positions at a more targeted level than traditional sector based investing public since 2005-11-15.
Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $56.55
- Call OI
- 5.6K
- Put OI
- 38.6K
- Total OI
- 44.2K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.68
As of May 15, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) has 44.2K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 6.95 (put-heavy positioning, often indicating hedging or bearish bias). 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 KIE open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on State Street SPDR S&P Insurance 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 19.5% 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.
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Frequently asked KIE open interest history questions
- What is the current KIE options open interest?
- As of May 15, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) has 44.2K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 5.6K calls and 38.6K 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 KIE put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 6.95 is put-heavy, often indicating hedging demand or bearish positioning.
- What does KIE 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.