Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) 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.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Apparel - Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $4.80B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 43,200 people, carrying a beta of 0.92 to the broader market. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Led by Fran Horowitz, public since 1996-09-26.
Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $108.54
- Call OI
- 22.0K
- Put OI
- 21.5K
- Total OI
- 43.5K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 3.79
As of Aug 14, 2026, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) has 43.5K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.98 (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 ANF open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Abercrombie & Fitch Co. 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 68.1% 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 ANF open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Abercrombie & Fitch Co. 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 3.79, put-heavy - protective or bearish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 22.0K versus put OI of 21.5K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.98 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
ANF 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 ANF 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 ANF sits at 28 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for ANF 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 | 22.0K | 21.5K | 43.5K | 0.98 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 22.2K | 21.7K | 43.9K | 0.97 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 21.8K | 21.1K | 42.9K | 0.97 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 21.1K | 20.0K | 41.1K | 0.95 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 19.7K | 18.1K | 37.8K | 0.92 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 21.9K | 19.5K | 41.4K | 0.89 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 21.5K | 19.0K | 40.5K | 0.88 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 21.3K | 18.9K | 40.2K | 0.89 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 20.8K | 18.3K | 39.1K | 0.88 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 19.6K | 17.1K | 36.8K | 0.87 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 23.0K | 19.9K | 42.8K | 0.86 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 22.6K | 19.6K | 42.2K | 0.87 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 22.5K | 19.2K | 41.7K | 0.85 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 21.6K | 18.1K | 39.6K | 0.84 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 20.4K | 17.8K | 38.2K | 0.87 |
ANF highest open-interest contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $110.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 1.1K | 1.0K | 49.0% | $3.10 | $4.00 |
| PUT | $115.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 254 | 200 | 53.8% | $6.20 | $7.60 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by oi within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked ANF open interest history questions
- What is the current ANF options open interest?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) has 43.5K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 22.0K calls and 21.5K 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 ANF put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.98 is balanced.
- What does ANF 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.