Barnes & Noble Education Inc
Barnes & Noble Education Inc (BNED) Options Open Interest
BNED options open interest is 11,075 contracts. The 2-week average daily volume is 205 contracts across the chain.
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Monitoring BNED open interest helps you see where real money is positioned on Barnes & Noble Education Inc's options and which strikes are attracting the most commitment from traders. Barnes & Noble Education Inc's open interest reflects the total number of outstanding contracts that have not been closed or exercised, making it a powerful gauge of liquidity, conviction, and potential support and resistance zones. Use our scanner to monitor BNED options open interest in real time and find the strikes that matter.
Open interest is distinct from volume: volume counts how many contracts are traded in a session, while open interest counts how many remain open at the end of the day. Rising BNED options open interest alongside rising volume suggests new positions are being built, while falling open interest signals positions are being closed. Heavy open interest at specific strikes often acts as a magnet near expiration and can hint at where dealers and large traders expect Barnes & Noble Education Inc to settle.
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. operates bookstores for college and university campuses, and K-12 institutions in the United States. It operates through three segments: Retail, Wholesale, and Digital Student Solutions. The company sells and rents new and used print textbooks, digital textbooks, and publisher hosted digital courseware through physical and virtual bookstores, as well as directly to students through Textbooks.com. It also offers First Day and First Day Complete access programs; BNC OER+, a turnkey solution for colleges and universities, that offers digital content, such as videos, activities, and auto-graded practice assessments; and general merchandise, including collegiate and athletic apparel, school spirit products, lifestyle products, technology products, supplies, graduation products, and convenience items.
In addition, the company sources, sells, and distributes new and used textbooks; and sells hardware and a software suite of applications that provides inventory management and point-of-sale solutions to approximately 350 college bookstores. Further, it offers direct-to-student subscription-based writing services; and bartleby, a direct-to-student subscription-based offering that includes textbook solutions, expert questions and answers, and writing and tutoring services. The company operates 805 physical college and university bookstores; 622 virtual bookstores; 8 True Spirit e-commerce websites; pop-up retail locations; 73 customized cafés and 11 stand-alone convenience stores; and a media channel for brands targeting the college demographic. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
Pin risk into expiration, dealer positioning, liquidity checks for large orders — all of it starts with knowing where BNED open interest is concentrated. Our scanner maps Barnes & Noble Education Inc's open interest across every strike and expiry, flags unusual buildups, and lets you drill into the contracts that institutional money is actually holding. Trade Barnes & Noble Education Inc's options open interest as the signal it is, not as an afterthought.
| 12.50 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 45% | +0.1887 | 27 |
| 15.00 | — | 0.85 | 0.85 | 175% | +0.3287 | 6 |
| 10.00 | 0.55 | 2.10 | 1.33 | 45% | +0.8644 | 1 |
| 2.50 | 7.70 | 9.70 | 8.70 | 52% | +1.0000 | 0 |
| 5.00 | 5.20 | 7.00 | 6.10 | 16% | +1.0000 | 0 |
| 12.50 | 1.05 | 3.70 | 2.38 | 143% | -0.5482 | 1,001 |
| 7.50 | — | 1.95 | 1.95 | 398% | -0.1831 | 5 |
| 10.00 | — | 2.30 | 2.30 | 279% | -0.3031 | 2 |
| 2.50 | — | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1,000% | -0.0322 | 0 |
| 5.00 | — | 1.00 | 1.00 | 438% | -0.0990 | 0 |
As of September 23, 2026
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