Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (KW) 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.

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (KW) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the Real Estate - Development industry, with a market capitalization near $1.52B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 321 people, carrying a beta of 0.95 to the broader market. Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. Led by William J. McMorrow, public since 2007-12-03.

Snapshot as of Jun 29, 2026.

Spot Price

$8.75

Call OI

48

Put OI

145

Total OI

193

As of Jun 29, 2026, Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (KW) has 193 total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 3.02 (put-heavy positioning, often indicating hedging or bearish bias). 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 KW open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection

Strategy selection on Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, 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 154.7% 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 KW open-interest data

The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. options inventory outstanding day by day. OI is a stock measure - the cumulative position count - so trends flag accumulating or distributing positioning. Total call OI of 48 versus put OI of 145 gives a put/call OI ratio of 3.02 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.

KW 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 KW 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 KW sits at 18 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.

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Daily open-interest history for KW options over the last ~28 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.