Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) 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.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Aerospace & Defense industry, with a market capitalization near $26.73B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 9,200 people, carrying a beta of 0.88 to the broader market. Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW), along with its affiliated entities, delivers highly engineered products, comprehensive solutions, and a variety of services to a global client base across the aerospace, defense, general industrial, and power generation sectors. Led by Lynn Bamford, public since 1980-03-17.
Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $696.59
- Call OI
- 1.5K
- Put OI
- 1.5K
- Total OI
- 3.0K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.65
As of Aug 14, 2026, Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) has 3.0K 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 CW open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Curtiss-Wright Corporation 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 39.6% 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 CW open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Curtiss-Wright Corporation 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 0.65, roughly balanced. Total call OI of 1.5K versus put OI of 1.5K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.98 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
CW 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 CW 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 CW sits at 35 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for CW 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 | 1.5K | 1.5K | 3.0K | 0.98 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 1.5K | 1.5K | 3.0K | 0.99 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 1.5K | 1.5K | 3.0K | 0.96 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 1.5K | 1.5K | 3.0K | 0.96 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 1.5K | 1.4K | 2.9K | 0.93 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 1.6K | 1.5K | 3.1K | 0.98 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 1.6K | 1.5K | 3.0K | 0.95 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 1.6K | 1.5K | 3.0K | 0.94 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 1.4K | 1.4K | 2.8K | 1.03 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 1.3K | 1.4K | 2.7K | 1.09 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.3K | 1.4K | 2.7K | 1.13 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 1.3K | 1.4K | 2.7K | 1.15 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 1.2K | 1.5K | 2.6K | 1.23 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 1.2K | 1.4K | 2.5K | 1.17 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 1.2K | 1.3K | 2.5K | 1.15 |
Frequently asked CW open interest history questions
- What is the current CW options open interest?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) has 3.0K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 1.5K calls and 1.5K 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 CW put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.98 is balanced.
- What does CW 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.