Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) 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.

Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Travel Services industry, with a market capitalization near $37.42B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 12,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.57 to the broader market. Viking Holdings Ltd engages in the passenger shipping and other forms of passenger transport in North America, the United Kingdom, and internationally. Led by Torstein Hagen, public since 2010-06-14.

Snapshot as of May 29, 2026.

Spot Price
$92.61
Call OI
14.7K
Put OI
15.4K
Total OI
30.1K
Put/Call Ratio
0.28

As of May 29, 2026, Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) has 30.1K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 1.05 (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 VIK open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection

Strategy selection on Viking Holdings Ltd 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 43.2% 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 VIK open-interest data

The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Viking Holdings Ltd 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 0.28, call-heavy - speculative or bullish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 14.7K versus put OI of 15.4K gives a put/call OI ratio of 1.05 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.

VIK 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 VIK 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 VIK sits at 20 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.

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Daily open-interest history for VIK options over the last ~41 trading days. Each row reflects the end-of-day total OI summed across all listed strikes and expirations.

VIK call and put open interest by trading day from option_ticker_snapshotsVIK Open Interest History12.0K14.0K16.0K18.0K20.0K22.0K04-0105-21Trading DayOpen InterestCall OIPut OI
Daily values from end-of-day option_ticker_snapshots. Series sparse on illiquid tickers reflects gaps in the upstream end-of-day options data feed.

Most recent 15 trading days (descending). Older history appears in the chart above.

DateCall OIPut OITotal OIP/C OI
May 29, 202614.7K15.4K30.1K1.05
May 28, 202614.1K15.2K29.3K1.08
May 27, 202613.0K15.1K28.1K1.16
May 26, 202613.0K15.2K28.2K1.17
May 22, 202612.9K14.8K27.7K1.15
May 21, 202612.9K14.9K27.8K1.16
May 20, 202611.8K15.5K27.3K1.31
May 19, 202611.3K14.5K25.9K1.29
May 18, 202610.8K14.2K25.1K1.31
May 15, 202616.8K23.8K40.5K1.42
May 14, 202617.7K23.4K41.1K1.32
May 13, 202616.5K21.8K38.3K1.32
May 12, 202616.6K20.8K37.4K1.25
May 11, 202616.6K20.5K37.1K1.24
May 8, 202616.6K20.4K37.0K1.23

Frequently asked VIK open interest history questions

What is the current VIK options open interest?
As of May 29, 2026, Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) has 30.1K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 14.7K calls and 15.4K 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 VIK put/call open interest ratio?
Put/call OI ratio of 1.05 is balanced.
What does VIK 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.