Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (ASPN) 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.

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (ASPN) operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically the Chemicals - Specialty industry, with a market capitalization near $509.7M, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 854 people, carrying a beta of 2.97 to the broader market. Aspen Aerogels, Inc. Led by Donald R. Young, public since 2014-06-13.

Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.

Spot Price

$5.86

Call OI

16.7K

Put OI

3.7K

Total OI

20.4K

Put/Call Ratio

0.23

As of Aug 14, 2026, Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (ASPN) has 20.4K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.22 (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 ASPN open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection

Strategy selection on Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 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 53.6% 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 ASPN open-interest data

The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 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 0.23, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 16.7K versus put OI of 3.7K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.22 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.

ASPN 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 ASPN 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 ASPN sits at 35 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.

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Daily open-interest history for ASPN 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.

Frequently asked ASPN open interest history questions

What is the current ASPN options open interest?

As of Aug 14, 2026, Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (ASPN) has 20.4K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 16.7K calls and 3.7K 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 ASPN put/call open interest ratio?

Put/call OI ratio of 0.22 is call-heavy, often a directional bullish or upside-speculation signal.

What does ASPN 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.