Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (WH) 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.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (WH) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Travel Lodging industry, with a market capitalization near $5.49B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 2,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.64 to the broader market. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Led by Geoffrey A. Ballotti, public since 2018-05-21.
Snapshot as of Aug 14, 2026.
- Spot Price
- $73.56
- Call OI
- 5.3K
- Put OI
- 4.7K
- Total OI
- 10.0K
- Put/Call Ratio
- 2.40
As of Aug 14, 2026, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (WH) has 10.0K total contracts outstanding across all expirations. Put/call OI ratio is 0.89 (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 WH open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection
Strategy selection on Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, 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 32.5% 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 WH open-interest data
The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, 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 2.40, put-heavy - protective or bearish positioning dominates. Total call OI of 5.3K versus put OI of 4.7K gives a put/call OI ratio of 0.89 - structurally a slower-moving signal than the volume-based ratio.
WH 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 WH 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 WH sits at 35 days, so near-dated volume currently dominates the flow reading.
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Daily open-interest history for WH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5.3K | 4.7K | 10.0K | 0.89 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 5.3K | 4.7K | 10.0K | 0.89 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 5.3K | 4.7K | 10.0K | 0.89 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 5.3K | 4.7K | 10.0K | 0.89 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 5.3K | 4.7K | 10.0K | 0.88 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 5.3K | 4.7K | 10.0K | 0.88 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 5.3K | 4.7K | 9.9K | 0.89 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 5.3K | 4.7K | 9.9K | 0.89 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 5.2K | 4.7K | 9.8K | 0.90 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 4.8K | 4.3K | 9.1K | 0.90 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4.8K | 4.3K | 9.1K | 0.90 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 4.8K | 4.3K | 9.1K | 0.90 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 4.8K | 4.3K | 9.1K | 0.90 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 4.8K | 4.3K | 9.0K | 0.89 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 4.4K | 4.2K | 8.6K | 0.97 |
WH highest open-interest contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $75.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 0 | 3.4K | 26.9% | $0.85 | $2.35 |
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 WH open interest history questions
- What is the current WH options open interest?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (WH) has 10.0K total contracts outstanding across all listed expirations, split as 5.3K calls and 4.7K 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 WH put/call open interest ratio?
- Put/call OI ratio of 0.89 is balanced.
- What does WH 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.