Monitoring PBT open interest helps you see where real money is positioned on Permian Basin Royalty Trust's options and which strikes are attracting the most commitment from traders. Permian Basin Royalty Trust'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 PBT 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 PBT 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 Permian Basin Royalty Trust to settle.
Permian Basin Royalty Trust, an express trust, holds overriding royalty interests in various oil and gas properties in the United States. The company owns a 75% net overriding royalty interest in the Waddell Ranch properties comprising Dune, Sand Hills (Judkins), Sand Hills (McKnight), Sand Hills (Tubb), University-Waddell (Devonian), and Waddell fields located in Crane County, Texas. It also holds a 95% net overriding royalty in the Texas Royalty properties, which consist of various producing oil fields, such as Yates, Wasson, Sand Hills, East Texas, Kelly-Snyder, Panhandle Regular, N. Cowden, Todd, Keystone, Kermit, McElroy, Howard-Glasscock, Seminole, and others located in 33 counties in Texas.
Its Texas Royalty properties comprise approximately 125 separate royalty interests containing approximately 51,000 net producing acres. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Pin risk into expiration, dealer positioning, liquidity checks for large orders — all of it starts with knowing where PBT open interest is concentrated. Our scanner maps Permian Basin Royalty Trust'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 Permian Basin Royalty Trust's options open interest as the signal it is, not as an afterthought.
