State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) 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.

State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $22.70B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.18 to the broader market. The State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index (the "Index")The Index seeks to provide an effective representation of the consumer discretionary sector of the S&P 500 IndexSeeks to provide precise exposure to companies in specialty retail; broadline retail; hotels, restaurants and leisure; textiles, apparel and luxury goods; household durables; automobiles; automobile components; distributors; leisure products; and diversified consumer services. public since 1998-12-22.

Snapshot as of May 15, 2026.

Spot Price
$116.56
Call OI
127.2K
Put OI
357.3K
Total OI
484.5K
Put/Call Ratio
1.01

As of May 15, 2026, State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) has 484.5K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 2.81 (put-heavy positioning, often indicating hedging or bearish bias). 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 XLY open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection

Strategy selection on State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR 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 20.5% 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 XLY open interest history questions

What is the current XLY options open interest?
As of May 15, 2026, State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) has 484.5K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 127.2K calls and 357.3K 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 XLY put/call open interest ratio?
Put/call OI ratio of 2.81 is put-heavy, often indicating hedging demand or bearish positioning.
What does XLY 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.