The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) 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.
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Household & Personal Products industry, with a market capitalization near $342.53B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 104,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.38 to the broader market. The Procter & Gamble Company, commonly referred to as P&G, is a global enterprise that supplies a broad spectrum of branded consumer products to markets worldwide. Led by Shailesh G. Jejurikar, public since 1978-01-13.
Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $144.80
- Call OI
- 234.6K
- Put OI
- 158.7K
- Total OI
- 393.3K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.58
As of Aug 14, 2026, The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) has 393.3K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.68 (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 PG open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on The Procter & Gamble Company 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 17.8% 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 PG open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total The Procter & Gamble Company 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 0.58, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 234.6K versus put OI of 158.7K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.68 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
PG 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 PG 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 PG sits at 28 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for PG options over the last ~29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | 234.6K | 158.7K | 393.3K | 0.68 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 233.6K | 157.9K | 391.5K | 0.68 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 232.2K | 155.7K | 387.9K | 0.67 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 229.3K | 154.0K | 383.3K | 0.67 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 226.0K | 152.2K | 378.2K | 0.67 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 237.3K | 159.7K | 397.0K | 0.67 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 234.7K | 157.3K | 392.0K | 0.67 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 227.7K | 144.6K | 372.3K | 0.63 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 215.3K | 141.6K | 357.0K | 0.66 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 197.4K | 137.4K | 334.8K | 0.70 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 215.9K | 144.8K | 360.6K | 0.67 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 212.0K | 141.7K | 353.8K | 0.67 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 202.9K | 136.2K | 339.1K | 0.67 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 195.2K | 123.6K | 318.8K | 0.63 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 213.4K | 131.7K | 345.0K | 0.62 |
Frequently asked PG open interest history questions
- What is the current PG options open interest?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) has 393.3K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 234.6K calls and 158.7K 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 PG put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.68 is call-heavy, often a directional bullish or upside-speculation signal.
- What does PG 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.