Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) 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.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Agricultural Farm Products industry, with a market capitalization near $38.43B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 41,147 people, carrying a beta of 0.61 to the broader market. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) stands as a major global enterprise in the agricultural sector, focused on the sourcing, transportation, storage, processing, and distribution of a wide array of agricultural commodities, finished goods, and essential ingredients. Led by Juan Ricardo Luciano, public since 1980-03-17.
Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $80.34
- Call OI
- 60.0K
- Put OI
- 29.5K
- Total OI
- 89.6K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.21
As of Aug 14, 2026, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) has 89.6K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.49 (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 ADM open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 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 28.3% 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 ADM open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 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 0.21, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 60.0K versus put OI of 29.5K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.49 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
ADM 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 ADM 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 ADM sits at 35 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 ADM 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 | 60.0K | 29.5K | 89.6K | 0.49 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 58.9K | 29.4K | 88.3K | 0.50 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 58.8K | 29.3K | 88.1K | 0.50 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 58.6K | 29.0K | 87.6K | 0.49 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 57.7K | 28.5K | 86.2K | 0.49 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 57.2K | 28.4K | 85.6K | 0.50 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 57.2K | 28.1K | 85.3K | 0.49 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 56.9K | 28.2K | 85.1K | 0.50 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 56.6K | 28.0K | 84.6K | 0.50 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 56.8K | 27.8K | 84.5K | 0.49 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 56.7K | 27.8K | 84.5K | 0.49 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 56.5K | 27.8K | 84.3K | 0.49 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 56.4K | 27.3K | 83.7K | 0.48 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 56.2K | 27.2K | 83.4K | 0.48 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 56.0K | 26.7K | 82.7K | 0.48 |
Frequently asked ADM open interest history questions
- What is the current ADM options open interest?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) has 89.6K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 60.0K calls and 29.5K 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 ADM put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.49 is call-heavy, often a directional bullish or upside-speculation signal.
- What does ADM 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.