GLD Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, GLD traded between $79.79 and $91.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.6%, placing in the 28.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 28.4%). Max pain ranged from $82.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-23: Highest Volume — 215,015 contracts
  • 2009-01-13: Largest IV drop — 19.6% change
  • 2009-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 34.7%
  • 2009-01-05: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.94$79.79$91.31$86.23$91.31
Max Pain$83.15$82.00$85.00$82.00$85.00
ATM IV34.6%30.2%37.6%36.9%34.9%
Expected Move10.1%9.5%10.8%10.6%10.0%
HV 20d28.4%24.5%32.3%25.2%32.3%
HV 60d37.5%35.1%41.3%41.3%35.9%
IV Rank28.4%19.0%34.7%33.3%29.1%
IV Percentile48.2%41.9%56.2%50.0%47.9%
Term Structure2.0%1.1%4.4%2.7%4.4%
VWIV35.9%33.5%38.3%37.8%36.1%
Skew 25d-2.5%-3.6%-1.1%-2.3%-3.0%
Skew 10d-4.7%-7.0%-1.6%-4.7%-5.3%
Call IV 25d37.3%34.2%40.3%39.3%37.7%
Put IV 25d34.8%32.5%37.5%37.0%34.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.5310.1019.3916.0911.36
Gamma HHI0.090.060.140.110.14
Net GEX42.9M1.8M88.0M50.6M88.0M
Net DEX-1.05B-2.40B-63.6M-1.26B-2.40B
Net VEX-12.1M-16.3M-10.1M-11.3M-16.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.241.530.950.33
Total Volume65,731.5530,377215,01538,402120,908
Total OI896,614.6678,5911,019,962838,7731,013,313

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$86.23$82.0036.9%10.6%25.2%33.3%37.8%-2.3%2.7%50.6M-1.26B-11.3M0.9516.0919,73318,669574,664264,109
2009-01-05$84.48$84.0035.5%10.8%26.5%30.4%38.3%-2.6%1.8%37.2M-890.2M-10.8M0.9614.9815,53514,842572,922278,198
2009-01-06$85.13$84.0035.6%10.7%25.5%30.5%37.7%-3.6%1.7%42.0M-986.9M-10.9M0.4913.4836,55717,844579,310283,813
2009-01-07$82.75$84.0036.4%10.6%27.7%32.3%37.7%-2.8%1.2%33.7M-649.3M-10.7M0.8114.1621,13817,076600,866291,694
2009-01-08$84.46$84.0036.3%10.6%28.2%32.0%38.2%-2.2%1.3%43.3M-920.4M-11.0M0.3714.5831,25911,480605,345297,564
2009-01-09$83.92$83.0032.5%10.1%24.5%23.8%36.2%-3.1%1.7%44.1M-870.8M-11.0M0.8812.8128,17824,880623,635303,965
2009-01-12$80.76$83.0037.6%9.9%28.2%34.7%35.3%-2.3%1.3%19.1M-266.1M-10.1M0.9818.2032,60631,800635,973315,858
2009-01-13$80.88$83.0030.2%9.7%28.2%19.0%34.3%-2.6%1.1%25.1M-328.0M-10.3M1.5314.5825,98939,772651,069313,116
2009-01-14$79.79$83.0030.9%9.5%27.3%20.5%33.9%-2.1%1.4%1.8M-63.6M-10.2M0.6117.5039,78424,428661,838332,405
2009-01-15$80.39$82.0033.1%9.5%26.1%25.1%34.0%-1.2%2.1%9.0M-251.5M-10.6M0.5819.3239,87122,949667,744335,468
2009-01-16$82.71$82.0033.2%9.5%27.9%25.4%33.5%-2.1%1.8%40.2M-822.2M-11.2M0.6019.3941,21724,591682,123337,839
2009-01-20$84.52$82.0035.6%10.2%28.4%30.6%36.2%-1.1%1.2%28.8M-847.2M-11.3M0.5014.8835,46517,906456,006222,585
2009-01-21$84.15$82.0033.7%9.7%27.8%26.5%34.1%-1.6%2.1%30.9M-852.7M-11.4M0.2416.0130,6267,406476,570230,735
2009-01-22$84.58$82.0033.1%9.5%27.7%25.1%33.9%-1.7%2.9%33.5M-985.0M-12.1M0.4114.9436,01114,827498,728234,689
2009-01-23$88.53$82.0037.3%10.7%31.6%34.0%38.0%-2.9%1.1%46.6M-1.53B-13.3M0.2910.10166,37548,640526,142246,172
2009-01-26$88.95$83.0036.9%10.6%31.5%33.3%37.7%-3.2%1.8%70.8M-1.84B-14.9M0.6511.7433,35821,596640,258279,567
2009-01-27$88.38$83.0033.5%9.6%30.6%25.9%33.8%-2.3%2.7%72.2M-1.69B-14.7M0.6212.9133,33520,823648,289285,245
2009-01-28$87.42$85.0034.5%9.9%30.8%28.2%35.0%-3.5%2.1%65.5M-1.60B-15.2M0.6511.3337,81324,653676,557298,020
2009-01-29$89.50$85.0035.0%10.0%31.7%29.2%35.7%-2.9%2.6%76.0M-1.94B-15.6M0.2912.2965,77318,918678,300311,598
2009-01-30$91.31$85.0034.9%10.0%32.3%29.1%36.1%-3.0%4.4%88.0M-2.40B-16.3M0.3311.3690,68830,220699,698313,615