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Can Open Interest Be Reliably Tracked in the Non-Transparent OTC Market?

No, OTC trades are private and lack a centralized reporting mechanism, making open interest tracking impossible.
Greeks.Live22.11.25

Can Open Interest Be Reliably Tracked in the Non-Transparent OTC Market?

No, open interest cannot be reliably tracked in the OTC market. Since OTC trades are private and bilateral, there is no centralized reporting mechanism to aggregate the total number of outstanding contracts.

This lack of transparency is a major difference from exchange-traded derivatives, where open interest is a public, regulated metric.

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