OUNZ - VanEck Merk Gold ETF
VanEck Merk Gold ETF seeks to provide investors with a convenient and cost-efficient way to buy and hold gold through an exchange traded product with the option to take physical delivery of gold.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $43.78, ATM IV 24.9%, net GEX $75.7K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $2.32B
- Beta
- 0.08
- 52-Week Range
- 30.515-53.35
- IPO Date
- May 16, 2014
- Exchange
- AMEX
What OUNZ Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 32.5% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($75.7K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.096) prices puts richer than calls, the typical equity downside-protection skew.
What This Page Covers
The OUNZ overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked OUNZ overview questions
- What is OUNZ?
- OUNZ is the ticker symbol for VanEck Merk Gold ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. VanEck Merk Gold ETF seeks to provide investors with a convenient and cost-efficient way to buy and hold gold through an exchange traded product with the option to take physical delivery of gold. Listed on AMEX. OUNZ is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the OUNZ options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the OUNZ options snapshot shows spot at $43.78, ATM IV 24.9%, IV rank 32.5%, net GEX $75.7K, expected move 7.14%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are OUNZ's key statistics?
- VanEck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ) carries a market capitalization of $2.32B, 52-week range of 30.515-53.35. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does OUNZ belong to?
- VanEck Merk Gold ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare OUNZ's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the OUNZ data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.