MS / Morgan Stanley - Put/Call Ratio, Options Sentiment, Unusual Options Activity

Morgan Stanley
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US6174464486

Put/Call Ratios - Forward Looking and Historical

The OI Put/Call Ratio for MS / Morgan Stanley is 1.32. The Put/Call Ratio shows the total number of disclosed open put option positions divided by the number of open call options. Since puts are generally a bearish bet and calls are a bullish bet, put/call ratios greater than 1 indicate a bearish sentiment, and ratios less than one indicate a bullish sentiment.

Update Frequency: Daily

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1.32
455 out of 4,046
By looking at the put/call ratios of specific expirations, we can deduce what the options markets think of the short, medium, and long-term outlook of the company.
MS / Morgan Stanley Put/Call Ratio by Expiry
Expiry DTX Open Put
Interest
Open Call
Interest
Put/Call
Ratio
2025-09-12 6 2,617
2025-09-19 13 42,587
2025-09-26 20 766
2025-10-03 27 371
2025-10-10 34 108
2025-10-17 41 16,281
2025-10-24 48 19
2025-11-21 76 7,773
2025-12-19 104 34,857
2026-01-16 132 87,627
2026-03-20 195 12,244
2026-04-17 223 160
2026-05-15 251 466
2026-06-18 285 17,118
2026-09-18 377 4,990
2026-12-18 468 7,882
2027-01-15 496 21,129
2027-12-17 832 24,619
MS / Morgan Stanley Put/Call Ratio
Date Put OI Put OI
(OTM)
Call OI Call OI
(OTM)
Put/Call
Ratio
Put/Call
Ratio (OTM)
2025-09-05 308,508 299,733
2025-09-04 306,136 300,127
2025-09-03 304,423 297,660
2025-09-02 301,767 295,806
2025-08-29 307,223 302,317
2025-08-28 304,421 299,999
2025-08-27 302,674 298,702
2025-08-26 300,879 296,929
2025-08-25 299,193 294,501
2025-08-22 303,682 299,907
2025-08-21 302,728 285,440
2025-08-20 301,622 284,757
2025-08-19 298,060 281,243
2025-08-18 291,241 279,790
2025-08-15 317,922 304,867
2025-08-14 317,168 313,379
2025-08-13 311,367 307,958
2025-08-12 307,450 305,830
2025-08-11 305,252 297,451
2025-08-08 307,264 299,107
Unusual Options Activity - Trade Volume

The Put/Call Ratio shows the total number of disclosed open put option positions divided by the number of open call option options. Since puts are generally a bearish bet and calls are a bullish bet, put/call ratios greater than 1 indicate a bearish sentiment, and ratios less than one indicate a bullish sentiment.

Unusual options activity (UOA) is generally considered a strong signal for a directional price movement. One metric of unusual options activity is the total volume of put or call options divided by the open interest in the same option type. If the total volume of call or put options exceeds the current open interest, then that is considered unusual and indicates a strong directional signal. In the table below, any date on which the volume of an option exceeds the current open interest is highlighted in green (for call options) or red (for put options).

For example, if, on any trading day, the call volume exceeds the current call open interest, then the Call Volume/Call OI ratio will be greater than one and that cell in the able will be highlighted in green. This would indicate a significant purchase of call options, which is a bullish signal. Likewise, if the opposite is true - the put volume exceeds the put open interest, then the table cell would be highlighted in red and represent a strong bearish signal.

Update Frequency: Daily

MS / Morgan Stanley Call Options Volume MS / Morgan Stanley Put Options Volume
Date Put
Volume
Put
OI
Put Volume
/Put OI
Call
Volume
Call
OI
Call Volume
/Call OI
2025-09-05 11,070 308,508 13,707 254,575
2025-09-04 5,977 306,136 7,218 251,099
2025-09-03 3,483 304,423 4,214 249,691
2025-09-02 6,271 301,767 5,895 247,292
2025-08-29 6,950 307,223 7,189 253,371
2025-08-28 5,294 304,421 4,974 252,485
2025-08-27 5,025 302,674 5,861 251,150
2025-08-26 4,131 300,879 4,102 249,768
2025-08-25 3,341 299,193 6,843 244,541
2025-08-22 8,602 303,682 10,731 248,057
2025-08-21 5,264 302,728 4,734 246,442
2025-08-20 4,846 301,622 11,634 240,146
2025-08-19 10,671 298,060 5,017 237,983
2025-08-18 8,741 291,241 11,197 231,089
2025-08-15 14,591 317,922 11,865 258,384
2025-08-14 4,995 317,168 9,530 255,585
2025-08-13 8,915 311,367 10,656 251,276
2025-08-12 12,908 307,450 19,348 248,532
2025-08-11 4,346 305,252 3,172 247,769
2025-08-08 9,826 307,264 15,118 254,574
2025-08-07 6,262 305,595 19,014 249,464
2025-08-06 6,039 303,003 6,560 246,694
2025-08-05 7,065 301,189 7,018 245,803
2025-08-04 3,818 299,520 9,771 237,131
2025-08-01 8,654 304,332 14,534 247,799
Source: CBOE
Option Premium Bought/Sold - Total Market

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put
Premium Bought
Put
Premium Sold
Net Put
Premium Bought
Call
Premium Bought
Call
Premium Sold
Net Call
Premium Bought
Net Long
Premium Bought
2025-09-05 564,150 665,762 -101,612 672,793 1,204,210 -531,417 -429,805
2025-09-04
2025-09-03
2025-09-02
2025-08-29
2025-08-28
2025-08-27
2025-08-26
2025-08-25
2025-08-22
2025-08-21
2025-08-20
2025-08-19
2025-08-18
2025-08-15
2025-08-14
2025-08-13
2025-08-12
2025-08-11
2025-08-08
Source: CBOE
Option Greeks - Delta, Gamma, Theta

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put Θ
(Avg)
Call Θ
(Avg)
Θ
(Avg)
Put Γ
(Avg)
Call Γ
(Avg)
Γ
(Avg)
Put Δ
(Avg)
Call Δ
(Avg)
Δ
(Avg)
2025-09-05
2025-09-04
2025-09-03
2025-09-02
2025-08-29
2025-08-28
2025-08-27
2025-08-26
2025-08-25
2025-08-22
2025-08-21
2025-08-20
2025-08-19
2025-08-18
2025-08-15
2025-08-14
2025-08-13
2025-08-12
2025-08-11
2025-08-08
Option Trading Volume - Total Market

Update Frequency: Daily

Date Put
Volume
Put Volume
(20d ma)
Put
Volume/20ma (%)
Call
Volume
Call Volume
(20d ma)
Call
Volume/20ma (%)
Total Volume Put/Call
Volume
Put/Call
Volume (20d ma)
2025-09-05 11,070 6,979 158.62 13,707 8,722 157.15 24,777 0.81 0.80
2025-09-04
2025-09-03
2025-09-02
2025-08-29
2025-08-28
2025-08-27
2025-08-26
2025-08-25
2025-08-22
2025-08-21
2025-08-20
2025-08-19
2025-08-18
2025-08-15
2025-08-14
2025-08-13
2025-08-12
2025-08-11
2025-08-08
Source: CBOE
Option Trading Volume - Exchange

Update Frequency: Daily

Date CBOE C2 EDGX BZX PHLX NASDAQ BX GEMX ISE MRX AMEX ARCA MIAX PEARL EMLD BOX Total
2025-09-05 7,948 336 492 747 1,148 497 84 1,053 2,466 337 1,016 3,227 1,801 571 297 2,318 24,777
2025-09-04 2,104 196 515 448 2,269 120 81 814 841 349 910 2,240 632 381 242 579 13,195
2025-09-03 583 176 258 378 1,264 678 75 386 397 143 383 1,467 483 68 391 194 7,697
2025-09-02 1,230 378 325 614 773 619 206 419 1,591 565 737 2,224 899 242 500 283 12,166
2025-08-29 1,731 248 477 1,141 2,681 306 97 713 752 474 500 1,809 1,466 137 347 625 14,139
2025-08-28 984 209 1,538 379 469 173 18 293 516 209 275 3,378 818 97 196 284 10,268
2025-08-27 999 156 355 755 945 452 131 589 430 424 661 2,732 892 313 302 475 10,886
2025-08-26 1,166 205 323 591 328 310 62 418 866 314 390 1,561 720 151 236 250 8,233
2025-08-25 894 312 309 535 278 472 75 268 526 194 624 4,100 516 195 301 167 10,184
2025-08-22 3,868 1,015 613 634 1,712 389 130 683 1,574 478 1,055 2,997 1,790 380 846 668 19,333
2025-08-21 2,335 308 232 362 260 393 138 128 306 168 334 1,657 732 270 323 1,510 9,998
2025-08-20 6,770 511 546 655 1,042 394 145 389 775 393 594 1,715 789 269 562 356 16,480
2025-08-19 829 358 387 982 3,518 1,015 184 335 516 371 1,465 1,608 2,121 264 545 678 15,688
2025-08-18 1,470 439 616 583 889 403 135 623 450 427 1,323 1,252 679 338 391 9,050 19,938
2025-08-15 4,779 497 1,511 1,236 1,897 847 187 1,242 2,681 993 924 4,426 2,024 619 608 1,014 26,456
2025-08-14 2,600 312 495 895 1,412 161 134 689 970 193 696 1,933 1,154 130 412 2,024 14,525
2025-08-13 2,587 777 629 973 1,233 1,490 187 888 2,085 418 1,193 2,245 1,413 676 993 718 19,571
2025-08-12 9,558 828 1,779 1,562 2,246 621 312 210 2,797 666 2,134 3,088 1,929 567 1,499 1,086 32,256
2025-08-11 1,427 121 275 204 678 612 150 137 571 335 541 878 507 145 271 341 7,518
2025-08-08 3,006 477 1,645 2,138 2,465 423 354 301 1,359 448 5,039 3,658 1,103 489 442 636 24,944
Source: CBOE
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