Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) 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.
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $8.46B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 1.95 to the broader market. Seeks to provide a high and sustainable level of current income. public since 2009-11-23.
Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $73.78
- Call OI
- 2.0K
- Put OI
- 2.1K
- Total OI
- 4.0K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.93
As of May 15, 2026, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) has 4.0K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 1.04 (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 VCLT open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond 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 8.2% 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 VCLT open interest history questions
- What is the current VCLT options open interest?
- As of May 15, 2026, Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCLT) has 4.0K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 2.0K calls and 2.1K 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 VCLT put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 1.04 is balanced.
- What does VCLT 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.