ProShares - Short S&P500 (SH) 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.
ProShares - Short S&P500 (SH) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $1.14B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -0.96 to the broader market. ProShares Short S&P500 seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the S&P 500. public since 2006-06-21.
Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $33.53
- Call OI
- 20.8K
- Put OI
- 23.7K
- Total OI
- 44.5K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 1.05
As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - Short S&P500 (SH) has 44.5K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 1.14 (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 SH open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on ProShares - Short S&P500 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 17.0% 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 SH open interest history questions
- What is the current SH options open interest?
- As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - Short S&P500 (SH) has 44.5K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 20.8K calls and 23.7K 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 SH put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 1.14 is balanced.
- What does SH 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.