Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) 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.
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) operates in the Communication Services sector, specifically the Internet Content & Information industry, with a market capitalization near $4.80T, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 185,719 people, carrying a beta of 1.27 to the broader market. Alphabet Inc. Led by Sundar Pichai, public since 2004-08-19.
Snapshot as of May 18, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $397.77
- Call OI
- 1.5M
- Put OI
- 1.3M
- Total OI
- 2.8M
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.36
As of May 18, 2026, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) has 2.8M total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.83 (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 GOOGL open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Alphabet 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 32.6% 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 GOOGL open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Alphabet 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 0.36, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 1.5M versus put OI of 1.3M gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.83 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
GOOGL 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 GOOGL 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 GOOGL sits at 31 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for GOOGL options over the last ~33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | 1.5M | 1.3M | 2.8M | 0.83 |
| May 15, 2026 | 1.7M | 1.5M | 3.2M | 0.85 |
| May 14, 2026 | 1.7M | 1.4M | 3.1M | 0.84 |
| May 13, 2026 | 1.7M | 1.4M | 3.1M | 0.84 |
| May 12, 2026 | 1.7M | 1.4M | 3.1M | 0.85 |
| May 11, 2026 | 1.6M | 1.4M | 3.0M | 0.84 |
| May 8, 2026 | 1.8M | 1.4M | 3.2M | 0.81 |
| May 7, 2026 | 1.7M | 1.4M | 3.1M | 0.83 |
| May 6, 2026 | 1.7M | 1.4M | 3.1M | 0.84 |
| May 5, 2026 | 1.6M | 1.4M | 3.0M | 0.83 |
| May 4, 2026 | 1.6M | 1.4M | 3.0M | 0.82 |
| May 1, 2026 | 1.8M | 1.4M | 3.2M | 0.81 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 1.7M | 1.4M | 3.0M | 0.82 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | 1.6M | 1.3M | 2.9M | 0.82 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.6M | 1.3M | 2.8M | 0.80 |
GOOGL highest open-interest contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $402.50 | May 29, 2026 | 2.0K | 111 | 34.6% | $7.45 | $7.90 |
| CALL | $450.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 381 | 40.3K | 36.5% | $12.75 | $13.25 |
| CALL | $410.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 673 | 23.2K | 32.4% | $16.20 | $16.95 |
| CALL | $410.00 | May 22, 2026 | 16.4K | 7.7K | 45.5% | $3.05 | $3.15 |
| CALL | $410.00 | May 22, 2026 | 16.4K | 7.7K | 45.5% | $3.05 | $3.15 |
| CALL | $400.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 3.2K | 12.5K | 32.6% | $14.50 | $14.85 |
| CALL | $402.50 | May 22, 2026 | 1.1K | 6.3K | 44.3% | $5.35 | $5.50 |
| PUT | $390.00 | May 20, 2026 | 2.7K | 254 | 49.4% | $2.54 | $2.83 |
Top 8 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by oi within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked GOOGL open interest history questions
- What is the current GOOGL options open interest?
- As of May 18, 2026, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) has 2.8M total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 1.5M calls and 1.3M 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 GOOGL put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.83 is balanced.
- What does GOOGL 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.