S&P 500 Income Target ETF (SPYT) 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.
S&P 500 Income Target ETF (SPYT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $152.2M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.92 to the broader market. This ETF allocates its assets primarily to external, passively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to mirror the performance of an underlying index. public since 2024-03-07.
Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $17.55
- Call OI
- 116
- Put OI
- 73
- Total OI
- 189
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.00
As of Jun 30, 2026, S&P 500 Income Target ETF (SPYT) has 189 total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.63 (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 SPYT open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on S&P 500 Income Target 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 56.0% 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 SPYT open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total S&P 500 Income Target 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 116 versus put OI of 73 gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.63 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
SPYT 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 SPYT 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 SPYT sits at 17 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for SPYT options over the last ~39 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 30, 2026 | 116 | 73 | 189 | 0.63 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 106 | 72 | 178 | 0.68 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 107 | 71 | 178 | 0.66 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 104 | 70 | 174 | 0.67 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 103 | 45 | 148 | 0.44 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 111 | 35 | 146 | 0.32 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 139 | 60 | 199 | 0.43 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 139 | 60 | 199 | 0.43 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 140 | 59 | 199 | 0.42 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 138 | 51 | 189 | 0.37 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 129 | 41 | 170 | 0.32 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 127 | 42 | 169 | 0.33 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 126 | 38 | 164 | 0.30 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 121 | 37 | 158 | 0.31 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 118 | 37 | 155 | 0.31 |
Frequently asked SPYT open interest history questions
- What is the current SPYT options open interest?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, S&P 500 Income Target ETF (SPYT) has 189 total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 116 calls and 73 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 SPYT put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.63 is call-heavy, often a directional bullish or upside-speculation signal.
- What does SPYT 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.