American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) Open Interest

American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) has 728,645 call contracts and 1,377,987 put contracts open across all listed expirations — a put/call open interest ratio of 1.89. Open interest counts the contracts currently outstanding at each strike. This page shows where AAL positioning concentrates, which strikes act as walls, and how the totals have trended over the past year.

Data as of Jul 10, 2026, 8:00 PM ET · OPRA data 15 minutes delayed · For information only — not investment advice.

Last close
$16.94
52-week range
$10.16 – $18.13
ATM IV (30d)
48.9%
IV rank
33 / 100
Low
Expected move
±$1.15 (±6.8%)
Put/call OI
1.89
Put-heavy
Max pain
$15
↓ 11.4% below close
Next earnings
Jul 23, 2026

AAL Open Interest by Strike

096.6K193.3K289.9KSpotMax painCall wallPut wall101415.501718.5020

AAL open interest by strike, all expirations combined — calls in green, puts in red.

Total call open interest728,645
Total put open interest1,377,987
Put/call OI ratio1.89
Open interest rank (31 day)64 / 100
Call wall (largest call OI)$17
Put wall (largest put OI)$10
Top volume strike$17
Volume / OI ratio0.50

AAL Open Interest Trend

256.2K703.6K1.2M1.6M2MCall OIPut OIFeb '26May '26Jul '26

AAL total call vs. put open interest, past year.

0.691.051.401.762.11Feb '26May '26Jul '26

AAL put/call open interest ratio, past year.

A put/call open interest ratio of 1.89 means meaningfully more puts than calls are outstanding — elevated hedging or bearish positioning. In total, 728,645 call contracts and 1,377,987 put contracts are open across all listed expirations. The put/call OI ratio is little changed from 1.89 in Feb '26 to 1.89 today.

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AAL Options FAQ

What is AAL's put/call ratio?

AAL's put/call open interest ratio is 1.89 as of Jul 10, 2026, with 1,377,987 put contracts and 728,645 call contracts outstanding.

Which AAL strikes have the highest open interest?

As of Jul 10, 2026, the largest call open interest sits at $17 (the call wall) and the largest put open interest sits at $10 (the put wall). Strikes with heavy open interest often act as reference levels because a lot of hedging activity is anchored to them.

Is AAL open interest unusually high right now?

AAL's total open interest ranks 64 out of 100 versus the past 31 trading days as of Jul 10, 2026 — in the middle of its recent range.

Methodology. IV rank compares the current 30-day at-the-money implied volatility with its highest and lowest values over the past 52 weeks. Max pain is the strike that minimizes the total payout to option holders at expiration. The call and put walls are the strikes carrying the largest call and put open interest across all expirations. Net gamma exposure (GEX) is measured from the dealer perspective. All statistics are derived from delayed OPRA options data.

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