NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (QQQI) 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.
NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (QQQI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $5.38B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.90 to the broader market. The NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to generate high monthly income in a tax efficient manner with the potential for equity appreciation. public since 2024-01-30.
Snapshot as of May 29, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $57.27
- Call OI
- 15.9K
- Put OI
- 14.4K
- Total OI
- 30.3K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 1.85
As of May 29, 2026, NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (QQQI) has 30.3K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.91 (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 QQQI open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income 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 14.1% 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 QQQI open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income 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 1.85, put-heavy - protective or bearish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 15.9K versus put OI of 14.4K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.91 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
QQQI 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 QQQI 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 QQQI sits at 20 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 QQQI options over the last ~41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | 15.9K | 14.4K | 30.3K | 0.91 |
| May 28, 2026 | 15.7K | 14.3K | 30.0K | 0.91 |
| May 27, 2026 | 15.3K | 14.2K | 29.5K | 0.93 |
| May 26, 2026 | 14.4K | 13.7K | 28.1K | 0.95 |
| May 22, 2026 | 13.9K | 13.5K | 27.3K | 0.97 |
| May 21, 2026 | 13.8K | 13.0K | 26.7K | 0.94 |
| May 20, 2026 | 12.9K | 12.9K | 25.8K | 1.00 |
| May 19, 2026 | 14.1K | 12.7K | 26.8K | 0.90 |
| May 18, 2026 | 13.4K | 11.1K | 24.5K | 0.83 |
| May 15, 2026 | 22.0K | 22.2K | 44.2K | 1.01 |
| May 14, 2026 | 21.7K | 20.2K | 42.0K | 0.93 |
| May 13, 2026 | 22.1K | 20.2K | 42.2K | 0.91 |
| May 12, 2026 | 22.4K | 19.7K | 42.1K | 0.88 |
| May 11, 2026 | 22.2K | 18.3K | 40.5K | 0.82 |
| May 8, 2026 | 21.5K | 18.0K | 39.5K | 0.83 |
Frequently asked QQQI open interest history questions
- What is the current QQQI options open interest?
- As of May 29, 2026, NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (QQQI) has 30.3K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 15.9K calls and 14.4K 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 QQQI put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.91 is balanced.
- What does QQQI 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.