Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA) 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.
Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $8.50B, listed on AMEX, employing roughly 8,700 people, carrying a beta of 0.87 to the broader market. The fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise the underlying index. Led by Andrew J. Schlossberg, public since 2005-10-26.
Snapshot as of Jun 29, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $173.06
- Call OI
- 493
- Put OI
- 83
- Total OI
- 576
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.00
As of Jun 29, 2026, Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA) has 576 total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.17 (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 PPA open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Invesco Aerospace & Defense 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 20.3% 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 PPA open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Invesco Aerospace & Defense 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 0.00, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 493 versus put OI of 83 gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.17 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
PPA 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 PPA 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 PPA sits at 18 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for PPA 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 29, 2026 | 493 | 83 | 576 | 0.17 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 494 | 83 | 577 | 0.17 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 485 | 83 | 568 | 0.17 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 489 | 82 | 571 | 0.17 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 481 | 68 | 549 | 0.14 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 749 | 140 | 889 | 0.19 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 729 | 139 | 868 | 0.19 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 724 | 140 | 864 | 0.19 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 720 | 138 | 858 | 0.19 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 718 | 135 | 853 | 0.19 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 714 | 134 | 848 | 0.19 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 714 | 134 | 848 | 0.19 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 717 | 134 | 851 | 0.19 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 662 | 134 | 796 | 0.20 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 680 | 131 | 811 | 0.19 |
Frequently asked PPA open interest history questions
- What is the current PPA options open interest?
- As of Jun 29, 2026, Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA) has 576 total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 493 calls and 83 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 PPA put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.17 is call-heavy, often a directional bullish or upside-speculation signal.
- What does PPA 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.