State Street SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) 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 SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $177.6M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.69 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) aims to mirror the investment performance of the S&P Transportation Select Industry Index, prior to accounting for fees and expenses. public since 2011-01-27.

Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Spot Price

$115.56

Call OI

72

Put OI

474

Total OI

546

Put/Call Ratio

0.00

As of Jun 30, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) has 546 total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 6.58 (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 XTN open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection

Strategy selection on State Street SPDR S&P Transportation 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 28.5% 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.

How to read the XTN open-interest data

The open-interest time-series above tracks the total State Street SPDR S&P Transportation 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 72 versus put OI of 474 gives a put/call OI ratio of 6.58 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.

XTN 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 negative dealer-gamma regime, large OI clusters tend to act as price repellents that accelerate moves through key strikes.

Using XTN 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 XTN sits at 17 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.

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Daily open-interest history for XTN options over the last ~41 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.

Frequently asked XTN open interest history questions

What is the current XTN options open interest?

As of Jun 30, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) has 546 total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 72 calls and 474 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 XTN put/call open interest ratio?

Put/call OI ratio of 6.58 is put-heavy, often indicating hedging demand or bearish positioning.

What does XTN 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.