JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) 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.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Diversified industry, with a market capitalization near $801.92B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 318,477 people, carrying a beta of 1.02 to the broader market. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Led by James Dimon, public since 1980-03-17.
Snapshot as of May 29, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $299.32
- Call OI
- 340.7K
- Put OI
- 387.2K
- Total OI
- 727.9K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.47
As of May 29, 2026, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) has 727.9K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 1.14 (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 JPM open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on JPMorgan Chase & 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 24.3% 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 JPM open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total JPMorgan Chase & 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 0.47, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 340.7K versus put OI of 387.2K gives a put/call OI ratio of 1.14 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
JPM 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 JPM 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 JPM sits at 28 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for JPM options over the last ~39 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 29, 2026 | 340.7K | 387.2K | 727.9K | 1.14 |
| May 28, 2026 | 331.5K | 381.5K | 713.0K | 1.15 |
| May 27, 2026 | 322.1K | 367.2K | 689.4K | 1.14 |
| May 26, 2026 | 316.0K | 354.5K | 670.5K | 1.12 |
| May 21, 2026 | 332.0K | 353.1K | 685.1K | 1.06 |
| May 20, 2026 | 324.6K | 344.0K | 668.6K | 1.06 |
| May 19, 2026 | 320.7K | 341.7K | 662.4K | 1.07 |
| May 18, 2026 | 312.6K | 335.3K | 647.9K | 1.07 |
| May 15, 2026 | 375.9K | 382.0K | 758.0K | 1.02 |
| May 14, 2026 | 369.2K | 376.7K | 745.9K | 1.02 |
| May 13, 2026 | 359.3K | 371.1K | 730.5K | 1.03 |
| May 12, 2026 | 353.3K | 367.6K | 720.8K | 1.04 |
| May 11, 2026 | 343.7K | 364.2K | 707.9K | 1.06 |
| May 8, 2026 | 353.1K | 360.6K | 713.6K | 1.02 |
| May 7, 2026 | 337.0K | 354.7K | 691.7K | 1.05 |
Frequently asked JPM open interest history questions
- What is the current JPM options open interest?
- As of May 29, 2026, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) has 727.9K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 340.7K calls and 387.2K 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 JPM put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 1.14 is balanced.
- What does JPM 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.