Westar Energy, Inc. (WR) 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.

Westar Energy, Inc. (WR) operates in the Utilities sector, specifically the General Utilities industry, listed on NYSE, carrying a beta of 0.31 to the broader market. public since 1987-08-25.

Snapshot as of May 29, 2026.

Spot Price

$25.48

Call OI

0

Put OI

0

Total OI

0

As of May 29, 2026, Westar Energy, Inc. (WR) has 0 total contracts outstanding across all expirations. 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 WR open interest history Data Feeds Strategy Selection

Strategy selection on Westar Energy, 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 62.7% 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 WR open-interest data

The open-interest time-series above tracks the total Westar Energy, Inc. options inventory outstanding day by day. OI is a stock measure - the cumulative position count - so trends flag accumulating or distributing positioning.

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

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Daily open-interest history for WR options over the last ~2 trading days. Each row reflects the end-of-day total OI summed across all listed strikes and expirations.

Most recent 2 trading days (descending). Older history appears in the chart above.