GDX Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, GDX traded between $29.67 and $38.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.3%, placing in the 28.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.1% (HV 20d: 65.4%). Max pain ranged from $32.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-19: Highest Volume — 66,308 contracts
  • 2009-03-12: Largest IV spike — 31.2% change
  • 2009-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 34.8%
  • 2009-03-10: Largest Expected Move — 19.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.31$29.67$38.57$31.09$36.88
Max Pain$33.00$32.00$35.00$33.00$35.00
ATM IV56.3%45.8%66.2%66.2%47.4%
Expected Move17.0%13.6%19.4%19.0%13.6%
HV 20d65.4%58.3%74.8%59.4%63.9%
HV 60d64.1%61.9%66.0%65.9%64.1%
IV Rank28.4%21.6%34.8%34.8%22.6%
IV Percentile57.4%43.3%71.4%71.4%43.3%
Term Structure4.0%-0.5%10.5%2.4%7.2%
VWIV60.1%50.0%69.1%67.2%50.0%
Skew 25d12.3%7.1%16.9%10.7%13.5%
Skew 10d17.8%13.5%23.5%15.0%19.2%
Call IV 25d55.9%48.6%64.5%64.5%48.7%
Put IV 25d68.1%58.9%76.1%75.2%62.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.239.7323.5212.9118.35
Gamma HHI0.100.070.180.070.08
Net GEX5.6M213.9K16.0M2.2M3.9M
Net DEX-216.4M-553.4M-9.1M-63.0M-245.3M
Net VEX-1.8M-2.1M-1.5M-1.6M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.231.420.750.90
Total Volume26,531.7739,42866,30848,9809,698
Total OI387,134268,676477,500381,443327,476

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$31.09$33.0066.2%19.0%59.4%34.8%67.2%10.7%2.4%2.2M-63.0M-1.6M0.7512.9127,98820,992247,410134,033
2009-03-03$31.68$32.0056.0%16.1%58.5%28.2%61.7%15.8%7.2%3.7M-123.6M-1.7M0.6412.4820,44513,168249,856133,895
2009-03-04$31.40$32.0055.5%15.9%58.3%27.9%55.7%13.8%10.5%4.1M-110.2M-1.7M0.669.738,3805,500255,469129,968
2009-03-05$33.02$32.0055.3%15.9%60.7%27.8%52.4%12.6%8.5%5.8M-177.7M-1.8M0.2310.4324,8805,628258,282131,274
2009-03-06$32.88$32.0057.0%18.8%60.3%28.8%62.8%14.7%4.6%6.3M-201.9M-1.8M1.0018.1916,53316,498267,857135,318
2009-03-09$31.55$32.0045.8%19.2%61.1%21.6%65.3%16.9%3.8%4.7M-135.2M-1.6M0.4321.6222,2489,474273,847143,050
2009-03-10$29.67$32.0049.5%19.4%63.7%24.0%66.3%12.7%4.1%213.9K-9.1M-1.5M0.5119.0521,15910,796273,137147,209
2009-03-11$31.34$32.0048.5%18.8%67.4%23.4%69.1%12.4%3.9%3.7M-110.9M-1.7M0.9218.2614,94913,750285,185149,450
2009-03-12$32.68$32.0063.7%18.3%64.5%33.2%66.2%11.0%2.5%6.8M-177.0M-1.9M1.4221.026,3078,952293,239158,506
2009-03-13$33.08$32.0062.1%17.8%64.7%32.2%62.1%11.3%1.5%7.0M-203.2M-1.8M0.9718.876,9706,784288,372162,009
2009-03-16$32.56$32.0062.4%17.9%64.5%32.3%62.5%13.5%2.4%4.7M-147.1M-1.7M1.0119.615,7995,860288,154160,688
2009-03-17$31.85$33.0061.6%17.7%62.9%31.8%60.3%14.7%4.2%2.3M-100.3M-1.7M0.5020.246,3283,177290,815163,165
2009-03-18$35.07$32.0065.1%18.7%72.8%34.1%65.7%10.3%-0.5%11.6M-315.7M-1.8M0.4420.5934,23815,042292,943162,879
2009-03-19$37.46$33.0062.7%18.0%74.8%32.5%63.0%11.3%-0.1%15.1M-553.4M-1.9M0.3921.7147,74818,560302,779165,630
2009-03-20$37.55$33.0059.4%17.0%73.6%30.4%58.7%12.3%3.6%16.0M-550.8M-2.0M0.2920.7029,5558,591303,755173,745
2009-03-23$37.71$34.0055.7%16.0%73.3%28.0%56.3%13.7%5.0%3.9M-260.8M-2.0M0.6523.529,8796,420168,582100,094
2009-03-24$36.86$34.0051.8%14.9%66.6%25.5%55.8%10.9%5.1%3.8M-243.6M-1.9M0.7721.647,3675,681173,371103,296
2009-03-25$38.47$34.0053.6%15.4%67.3%26.7%56.1%9.0%2.9%4.2M-279.6M-2.0M0.6919.7820,17913,973175,634106,265
2009-03-26$38.57$35.0052.0%14.9%67.2%25.6%53.3%12.5%4.7%4.3M-289.3M-2.1M0.9318.327,6987,162187,218115,649
2009-03-27$37.00$35.0052.1%14.9%69.3%25.7%55.9%9.8%4.6%4.0M-241.9M-2.0M1.3117.5412,92816,987192,202119,758
2009-03-30$36.40$35.0056.4%16.2%64.0%28.5%56.8%7.1%-0.1%3.7M-220.5M-2.0M0.5516.556,0793,349201,249124,235
2009-03-31$36.88$35.0047.4%13.6%63.9%22.6%50.0%13.5%7.2%3.9M-245.3M-2.0M0.9018.355,0994,599199,022128,454