Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X ETF (NAIL) 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.
Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X ETF (NAIL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $601.8M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 3.86 to the broader market. The Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X ETF is designed to provide daily investment outcomes that are triple (300%) the performance of the Dow Jones U. public since 2015-08-19.
Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $41.71
- Call OI
- 35.6K
- Put OI
- 20.7K
- Total OI
- 56.3K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 1.38
As of Aug 14, 2026, Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X ETF (NAIL) has 56.3K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.58 (call-heavy 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 NAIL open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X 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 81.5% and dealer gamma exposure is positive, so dealer hedging is mechanically mean-reverting. 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 NAIL open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X 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 1.38, put-heavy - protective or bearish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 35.6K versus put OI of 20.7K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.58 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
NAIL 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 positive dealer-gamma regime, large OI clusters tend to act as price magnets through expiration cycles.
Using NAIL 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 NAIL sits at 28 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 NAIL options over the last ~32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | 35.6K | 20.7K | 56.3K | 0.58 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 35.0K | 20.2K | 55.1K | 0.58 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 34.3K | 18.8K | 53.1K | 0.55 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 32.8K | 18.7K | 51.4K | 0.57 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 32.4K | 16.5K | 48.9K | 0.51 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 41.3K | 18.8K | 60.1K | 0.46 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 41.7K | 18.1K | 59.8K | 0.43 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 40.5K | 18.1K | 58.6K | 0.45 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 34.7K | 18.0K | 52.6K | 0.52 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 29.4K | 17.4K | 46.8K | 0.59 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 33.1K | 18.3K | 51.4K | 0.55 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 34.6K | 18.0K | 52.6K | 0.52 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 37.9K | 17.7K | 55.7K | 0.47 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 36.1K | 17.6K | 53.7K | 0.49 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 34.7K | 17.0K | 51.8K | 0.49 |
Frequently asked NAIL open interest history questions
- What is the current NAIL options open interest?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X ETF (NAIL) has 56.3K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 35.6K calls and 20.7K 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 NAIL put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.58 is call-heavy, often a directional bullish or upside-speculation signal.
- What does NAIL 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.