PHYS - Latest News

Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS), operates in Financial Services / Asset Management, trades on AMEX.

Market capitalization stands near $16.11B.

The article list below shows the most recent PHYS headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent PHYS Headlines

The Big 3: GSG, PHYS, GDX

youtube.com - Aug 17, 2026

Monday's Big 3 is focused on the commodity space, as Dan Russo turns to three products he sees holding potential in the coming weeks and months. He w

Arkadios Wealth Advisors Invests $736,000 in Sprott Physical Gold Trust $PHYS

defenseworld.net - Aug 6, 2026

Arkadios Wealth Advisors bought a new position in shares of Sprott Physical Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:PHYS) in the first quarter, according to the company

Avoid These 3 CEFs To Protect Your Retirement Portfolio

forbes.com - Jul 31, 2026

Most investors love to talk about their winners. That's understandable, but it's still a shame, because losing investments can often teach us a lot m

Silver falls towards $58.50: what is driving the latest price decline?

invezz.com - Jul 31, 2026

Silver fell towards $58. 50 an ounce on Friday as a modest rebound in the US dollar prompted traders to trim positions after two sessions of gains.

The Emergence of Gold in a Multipolar World

etftrends.com - Jul 30, 2026

Fundamentally, a dollar rally is applying downward pressure on gold, but it's also building strength behind the curtain.  A stronger dollar increases

How News Affects PHYS Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track PHYS's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked PHYS news questions

What is the latest PHYS news headline?

The most recent PHYS headline (Aug 17, 2026) is "The Big 3: GSG, PHYS, GDX". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the PHYS news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What PHYS news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual PHYS options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.