GLD Options History — June 2008

In June 2008, GLD traded between $85.55 and $91.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.6%. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 24.9%). Max pain ranged from $86.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2008-06-26: Highest Volume — 60,839 contracts
  • 2008-06-20: Largest IV spike — 9.1% change
  • 2008-06-23: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$87.82$85.55$91.47$86.88$91.40
Max Pain$86.58$86.00$90.00$87.00$86.00
ATM IV23.6%21.3%25.7%21.6%24.6%
Expected Move6.8%6.1%7.4%6.2%7.1%
HV 20d24.9%23.3%26.4%24.1%25.0%
Term Structure0.9%0.1%1.7%0.5%1.5%
VWIV24.0%21.1%26.2%21.6%25.0%
Skew 25d-1.0%-2.0%-0.4%-0.4%-1.4%
Skew 10d-2.2%-3.7%-0.9%-0.9%-2.5%
Call IV 25d24.7%21.9%27.0%22.1%26.0%
Put IV 25d23.6%21.2%25.9%21.7%24.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.379.8718.1417.4310.53
Gamma HHI0.150.110.370.220.11
Net GEX19.5M-2.6M62.6M049.0M
Net DEX-205.2M-672.9M19.5M0-672.9M
Net VEX-1.5M-2.9M00-2.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.172.702.700.22
Total Volume22,734.16,38260,83920,81610,247
Total OI126,914.050249,1460249,146

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-06-03$86.88$0.0021.6%6.2%0.0%0.0%21.6%-0.4%0.5%0002.7017.435,62515,19100
2008-06-04$86.65$87.0021.3%6.1%0.0%0.0%21.1%-0.8%0.8%-2.6M18.1M-271.9K0.6515.588,1215,2945,30712,627
2008-06-05$86.45$86.0021.3%6.1%0.0%0.0%21.6%-0.4%0.5%-2.4M19.5M-445.5K0.6115.867,3324,47913,28819,353
2008-06-06$89.06$90.0022.0%6.6%0.0%0.0%23.2%-1.1%0.2%-757.6K-26.0M-579.5K0.7818.0010,9338,54819,07622,570
2008-06-09$87.99$89.0022.9%6.7%0.0%0.0%23.8%-1.3%1.3%338.2K-17.4M-834.3K0.1816.7411,0891,95129,19530,723
2008-06-10$85.55$89.0024.6%6.8%0.0%0.0%24.2%-1.1%0.8%-174.0K14.5M-970.9K0.3118.1440,66712,69337,80332,380
2008-06-11$87.02$86.0023.9%6.8%0.0%0.0%24.1%-0.9%0.9%10.1M-116.3M-1.5M0.7915.826,0994,81570,47043,487
2008-06-12$85.60$86.0023.8%6.8%0.0%0.0%23.9%-1.5%1.0%7.0M-47.8M-1.5M0.4315.9313,2575,68370,51247,362
2008-06-13$85.83$86.0023.4%6.7%0.0%0.0%24.2%-1.0%1.3%10.3M-75.6M-1.6M0.4313.558,6153,68677,06250,220
2008-06-16$87.01$86.0023.8%6.8%0.0%0.0%24.2%-1.1%0.7%17.5M-165.4M-1.6M0.2614.8820,6745,43481,86351,372
2008-06-17$87.25$86.0023.7%6.8%0.0%0.0%23.6%-0.6%0.7%24.1M-187.7M-1.7M0.5615.934,0872,29591,72254,680
2008-06-18$88.28$86.0022.5%6.5%0.0%0.0%23.0%-0.8%1.7%28.3M-254.1M-1.7M0.1713.8025,6284,32293,11356,017
2008-06-19$88.42$86.0022.9%6.6%0.0%0.0%23.2%-0.8%1.4%35.7M-325.0M-1.8M0.3416.5016,6325,661110,81658,548
2008-06-20$88.95$86.0025.0%7.2%0.0%0.0%25.1%-1.1%0.6%62.6M-379.7M-1.9M0.2413.4243,67110,456116,75361,931
2008-06-23$87.09$86.0025.7%7.4%0.0%0.0%26.2%-1.6%0.1%22.8M-224.9M-2.2M0.3411.7313,3344,488119,15554,289
2008-06-24$87.47$86.0024.8%7.1%24.1%0.0%25.7%-1.2%0.7%27.2M-269.5M-2.2M0.2011.626,7631,384124,49947,458
2008-06-25$87.42$86.0024.8%7.1%23.3%0.0%25.4%-0.8%1.0%26.8M-268.1M-2.3M0.4510.1113,2445,928129,83658,132
2008-06-26$90.61$86.0025.2%7.2%26.4%0.0%25.7%-1.0%0.8%36.0M-525.7M-2.5M0.239.8749,56811,271138,35360,405
2008-06-27$91.47$86.0024.3%7.0%25.7%0.0%24.8%-2.0%1.7%38.4M-599.1M-2.4M0.2911.9119,7495,768138,35360,405
2008-06-30$91.40$86.0024.6%7.1%25.0%0.0%25.0%-1.4%1.5%49.0M-672.9M-2.9M0.2210.538,3821,865172,76076,386