Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (MCRI) 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.
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (MCRI) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Gambling, Resorts & Casinos industry, with a market capitalization near $2.38B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 2,900 people, carrying a beta of 1.35 to the broader market. Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. Led by John Farahi, public since 1993-08-06.
Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $131.81
- Call OI
- 1.3K
- Put OI
- 69
- Total OI
- 1.3K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 1.00
As of Jun 30, 2026, Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (MCRI) has 1.3K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.05 (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 MCRI open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Monarch Casino & Resort, 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 40.5% 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 MCRI open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Monarch Casino & Resort, 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 1.00, roughly balanced. Total call OI of 1.3K versus put OI of 69 gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.05 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
MCRI 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 MCRI 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 MCRI sits at 17 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for MCRI options over the last ~41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.3K | 69 | 1.3K | 0.05 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 1.3K | 60 | 1.3K | 0.05 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 561 | 59 | 620 | 0.11 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 560 | 56 | 616 | 0.10 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 550 | 55 | 605 | 0.10 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 549 | 55 | 604 | 0.10 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 542 | 54 | 596 | 0.10 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 965 | 168 | 1.1K | 0.17 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 982 | 167 | 1.1K | 0.17 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 543 | 167 | 710 | 0.31 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 540 | 165 | 705 | 0.31 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 476 | 163 | 639 | 0.34 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 477 | 159 | 636 | 0.33 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 336 | 160 | 496 | 0.48 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 342 | 156 | 498 | 0.46 |
Frequently asked MCRI open interest history questions
- What is the current MCRI options open interest?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (MCRI) has 1.3K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 1.3K calls and 69 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 MCRI put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.05 is call-heavy, often a directional bullish or upside-speculation signal.
- What does MCRI 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.