Open interest
Open interest is one name, oi.
| Name | Type | Holds |
|---|---|---|
oi | series float | The bar’s open interest |
It is a float series, so it changes from bar to bar as a price does.
There is no open-interest namespace, and no second open-interest name. Anything you want from open interest, you build from oi.
A script that plots it
indicator("Open interest")
plot(oi)The plot call sits at the top level of the script. Chart-output functions have to be called there.
Where open interest is available
Which instruments carry open-interest data is settled by the data, not by the language. This manual does not list them; see Data availability by market.
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