AT&T Inc. (T) 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.
AT&T Inc. (T) operates in the Communication Services sector, specifically the Telecommunications Services industry, with a market capitalization near $157.87B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 139,970 people, carrying a beta of 0.40 to the broader market. Globally, AT&T Inc. Led by John T. Stankey, public since 1983-11-21.
Snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $20.66
- Call OI
- 590.4K
- Put OI
- 437.1K
- Total OI
- 1.0M
- Put/Call Ratio
- 0.71
As of Jun 30, 2026, AT&T Inc. (T) has 1.0M total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.74 (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 T open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on AT&T 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 33.2% 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 T open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total AT&T 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 0.71, roughly balanced. Total call OI of 590.4K versus put OI of 437.1K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.74 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
T 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 T 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 T sits at 31 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for T options over the last ~36 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 | 590.4K | 437.1K | 1.0M | 0.74 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 571.2K | 415.4K | 986.6K | 0.73 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | 577.7K | 422.4K | 1.0M | 0.73 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 565.1K | 419.7K | 984.8K | 0.74 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 536.5K | 412.1K | 948.6K | 0.77 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 518.6K | 403.3K | 921.9K | 0.78 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 696.4K | 487.6K | 1.2M | 0.70 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 680.4K | 482.2K | 1.2M | 0.71 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | 676.0K | 480.8K | 1.2M | 0.71 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 660.4K | 478.1K | 1.1M | 0.72 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 688.7K | 489.3K | 1.2M | 0.71 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 680.2K | 489.0K | 1.2M | 0.72 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 652.8K | 478.9K | 1.1M | 0.73 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 654.7K | 480.3K | 1.1M | 0.73 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 618.8K | 473.4K | 1.1M | 0.76 |
T highest open-interest contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $20.50 | Jul 2, 2026 | 3.4K | 191 | 36.8% | $0.14 | $0.16 |
Top 1 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by oi within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked T open interest history questions
- What is the current T options open interest?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, AT&T Inc. (T) has 1.0M total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 590.4K calls and 437.1K 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 T put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.74 is balanced.
- What does T 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.