GLD Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, GLD traded between $151.05 and $157.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 25.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 19.5%). Max pain ranged from $154.00 to $158.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-01: Highest Volume — 594,673 contracts
  • 2012-06-14: Largest IV spike — 34.8% change
  • 2012-06-01: Highest IV Rank — 39.5%
  • 2012-06-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$155.43$151.05$157.93$157.50$155.19
Max Pain$155.29$154.00$158.00$158.00$154.00
ATM IV18.8%15.7%22.8%22.8%15.7%
Expected Move5.6%4.7%6.5%6.5%4.7%
HV 20d19.5%16.8%21.5%21.5%16.8%
HV 60d16.1%15.3%16.6%16.6%16.5%
IV Rank25.5%14.8%39.5%39.5%14.8%
IV Percentile41.3%10.7%65.9%65.9%10.7%
Term Structure0.5%-0.4%1.1%-0.3%1.0%
VWIV20.2%17.0%23.7%23.6%17.0%
Skew 25d0.6%-1.0%1.9%-1.0%1.0%
Skew 10d1.6%-2.0%5.0%-2.0%2.6%
Call IV 25d20.0%16.6%24.3%24.3%16.6%
Put IV 25d20.6%17.6%23.4%23.3%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.622.634.804.003.25
Gamma HHI0.050.040.080.050.07
Net GEX470.2M134.6M730.0M553.0M617.1M
Net DEX-4.19B-7.07B90.7M-7.02B-4.29B
Net VEX-85.7M-95.6M-73.0M-95.6M-77.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.451.210.720.66
Total Volume217,624.1983,710594,673594,673219,455
Total OI4,504,328.8573,680,9655,281,9714,825,3293,942,722

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$157.50$158.0022.8%6.5%21.5%39.5%23.6%-1.0%-0.3%553.0M-7.02B-95.6M0.724.00346,725247,9483,271,3521,553,977
2012-06-04$157.32$158.0022.7%6.5%21.4%39.0%23.7%-0.2%0.2%555.4M-6.20B-94.4M0.633.72120,84975,9793,337,2381,568,769
2012-06-05$157.14$158.0021.3%6.1%21.4%34.2%22.0%-0.5%0.4%564.8M-5.98B-93.7M0.664.04125,59382,6003,377,7541,586,926
2012-06-06$157.21$158.0020.8%6.0%20.2%32.4%21.6%-0.2%-0.1%593.0M-6.00B-93.7M0.984.80125,184122,6433,426,3791,609,572
2012-06-07$154.50$158.0018.5%6.0%20.9%24.6%21.7%0.8%-0.4%304.6M-1.96B-88.8M0.864.08184,691159,5033,465,1351,642,828
2012-06-08$154.73$157.0017.4%5.7%20.9%20.7%20.9%0.4%-0.0%373.9M-2.26B-88.3M0.833.44117,41897,6013,478,2851,666,485
2012-06-11$155.36$154.0019.0%5.9%20.7%26.1%21.3%0.2%0.5%483.9M-3.20B-87.4M0.454.4380,03435,6203,479,1531,646,377
2012-06-12$156.46$154.0018.2%6.0%20.0%23.4%21.6%0.3%0.7%584.1M-4.88B-89.2M0.853.45111,14995,0303,501,4041,647,432
2012-06-13$157.12$154.0016.1%6.3%19.5%16.1%22.3%0.1%0.5%646.7M-6.14B-92.3M0.653.2588,50657,3573,547,7331,677,688
2012-06-14$157.75$154.0021.7%6.2%19.4%35.5%22.5%0.1%0.8%650.5M-7.07B-91.4M0.773.0993,09471,3203,550,9971,681,554
2012-06-15$157.84$154.0020.4%5.9%18.0%31.3%20.9%0.6%0.6%730.0M-6.83B-89.8M0.533.35188,059100,2893,567,1641,714,807
2012-06-18$157.93$154.0018.3%5.3%17.7%23.9%19.0%0.8%1.1%616.3M-7.05B-87.3M0.744.3781,17560,1132,540,6301,140,335
2012-06-19$157.16$154.0018.4%5.3%17.8%24.0%18.7%0.9%0.5%569.3M-6.22B-85.1M1.212.6379,40496,1102,567,1141,158,748
2012-06-20$155.97$155.0017.5%5.0%16.9%21.0%17.9%1.3%0.6%413.1M-4.57B-83.1M0.653.62197,369127,7672,592,0811,204,659
2012-06-21$152.01$155.0018.6%5.3%19.4%24.9%19.0%1.9%0.4%134.6M-503.3M-77.4M0.713.82170,295121,5722,647,6881,249,432
2012-06-22$152.64$155.0017.6%5.0%19.4%21.3%18.2%1.7%0.8%267.7M-1.35B-79.2M0.854.0190,76277,5532,680,0181,260,030
2012-06-25$153.76$155.0017.7%5.1%19.4%21.8%18.1%0.8%0.7%395.3M-2.99B-79.5M0.453.0589,46040,2052,641,9041,222,898
2012-06-26$152.62$154.0017.4%5.0%19.1%20.9%17.7%1.2%0.7%327.3M-1.76B-76.9M0.683.6792,02662,5212,667,7111,229,092
2012-06-27$152.83$154.0017.0%4.9%19.0%19.1%17.3%1.2%1.0%325.2M-1.84B-76.7M0.552.8754,09129,6192,666,6301,246,769
2012-06-28$151.05$154.0017.4%5.0%19.5%20.7%18.3%1.5%0.9%168.0M90.7M-73.0M1.193.0970,05683,3632,679,3661,254,070
2012-06-29$155.19$154.0015.7%4.7%16.8%14.8%17.0%1.0%1.0%617.1M-4.29B-77.4M0.663.25132,08787,3682,679,0811,263,641