Global X - Uranium ETF (URA) 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.
Global X - Uranium ETF (URA) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $4.51B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.41 to the broader market. The Global X Uranium ETF, identified by the symbol URA, aims to replicate the overall performance of the Solactive Global Uranium & Nuclear Components Total Return Index. public since 2010-11-05.
Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $45.05
- Call OI
- 185.4K
- Put OI
- 156.6K
- Total OI
- 342.0K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.32
As of Aug 14, 2026, Global X - Uranium ETF (URA) has 342.0K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.84 (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 URA open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Global X - Uranium 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 43.7% 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 URA open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Global X - Uranium 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 0.32, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 185.4K versus put OI of 156.6K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.84 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
URA 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 URA 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 URA 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 URA 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 | 185.4K | 156.6K | 342.0K | 0.84 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 184.9K | 155.8K | 340.7K | 0.84 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 183.6K | 152.4K | 336.0K | 0.83 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 182.4K | 148.7K | 331.0K | 0.82 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 180.4K | 148.1K | 328.5K | 0.82 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 191.4K | 148.9K | 340.3K | 0.78 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 191.5K | 148.1K | 339.7K | 0.77 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 190.6K | 149.3K | 339.9K | 0.78 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 184.7K | 140.5K | 325.1K | 0.76 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 178.5K | 140.2K | 318.7K | 0.79 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 182.5K | 141.1K | 323.6K | 0.77 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 179.5K | 140.6K | 320.0K | 0.78 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 179.0K | 135.1K | 314.1K | 0.75 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 178.3K | 124.8K | 303.0K | 0.70 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 174.4K | 122.4K | 296.7K | 0.70 |
Frequently asked URA open interest history questions
- What is the current URA options open interest?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Global X - Uranium ETF (URA) has 342.0K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 185.4K calls and 156.6K 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 URA put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.84 is balanced.
- What does URA 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.