Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI) 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.
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Waste Management industry, with a market capitalization near $259.7M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 293 people, carrying a beta of 0.52 to the broader market. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. Led by Mark J. Duff, public since 1992-12-08.
Snapshot as of Jun 26, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $11.98
- Call OI
- 10.1K
- Put OI
- 708
- Total OI
- 10.8K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.21
As of Jun 26, 2026, Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI) has 10.8K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.07 (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 PESI open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Perma-Fix Environmental Services, 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 102.7% 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 PESI open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Perma-Fix Environmental Services, 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 0.21, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 10.1K versus put OI of 708 gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.07 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
PESI 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 PESI 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 PESI sits at 21 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for PESI 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | 10.1K | 708 | 10.8K | 0.07 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 9.2K | 702 | 9.9K | 0.08 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 8.9K | 503 | 9.4K | 0.06 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 14.5K | 1.9K | 16.4K | 0.13 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 14.1K | 1.9K | 16.0K | 0.14 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.9K | 1.9K | 15.9K | 0.14 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 13.7K | 2.1K | 15.8K | 0.15 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 13.7K | 2.1K | 15.8K | 0.15 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 13.7K | 2.1K | 15.8K | 0.15 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 13.7K | 2.1K | 15.8K | 0.15 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 13.7K | 2.1K | 15.8K | 0.15 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 13.7K | 2.1K | 15.8K | 0.15 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 13.4K | 2.1K | 15.5K | 0.16 |
| May 29, 2026 | 13.4K | 2.5K | 15.9K | 0.19 |
| May 28, 2026 | 13.3K | 2.5K | 15.8K | 0.19 |
Frequently asked PESI open interest history questions
- What is the current PESI options open interest?
- As of Jun 26, 2026, Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI) has 10.8K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 10.1K calls and 708 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 PESI put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.07 is call-heavy, often a directional bullish or upside-speculation signal.
- What does PESI 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.