GLD Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, GLD traded between $120.99 and $129.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.9%, placing in the 16.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 15.0%). Max pain ranged from $100.00 to $130.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-14: Highest Volume — 221,382 contracts
  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 8.7% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 26.2%
  • 2014-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$125.39$120.99$129.21$121.32$127.62
Max Pain$119.56$100.00$130.00$119.00$127.00
ATM IV14.9%13.7%17.1%17.1%13.8%
Expected Move5.4%5.0%5.7%5.7%5.1%
HV 20d15.0%10.4%16.3%16.3%10.4%
HV 60d17.0%15.8%17.5%17.5%15.8%
IV Rank16.8%11.9%26.2%26.2%12.1%
IV Percentile16.7%8.7%28.6%28.6%9.5%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.6%0.8%-0.2%0.8%
VWIV19.8%17.7%22.5%19.8%18.7%
Skew 25d1.3%0.7%2.1%2.1%1.5%
Skew 10d3.1%1.8%4.1%4.1%2.6%
Call IV 25d14.8%13.8%16.8%16.8%13.8%
Put IV 25d16.1%14.8%18.9%18.9%15.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.002.836.492.835.68
Gamma HHI0.070.040.110.040.07
Net GEX287.6M122.5M385.3M122.5M272.4M
Net DEX-2.14B-3.93B198.0M164.4M-2.19B
Net VEX-43.0M-45.4M-40.4M-40.4M-45.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.271.420.410.68
Total Volume113,952.63267,165221,382136,509105,329
Total OI2,337,363.7892,170,5822,526,6192,170,5822,371,568

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$121.32$119.0017.1%5.7%16.3%26.2%19.8%2.1%-0.2%122.5M164.4M-40.4M0.412.8396,88639,6231,347,692822,890
2014-02-04$120.99$119.0016.6%5.7%16.3%23.8%21.3%2.0%-0.3%131.1M198.0M-40.8M0.634.2141,30425,8611,398,951835,950
2014-02-05$121.29$119.0016.6%5.6%16.2%24.0%21.1%1.9%-0.1%149.3M10.7M-41.0M0.724.1245,22832,7021,414,105845,582
2014-02-06$121.24$119.0016.2%5.6%16.0%22.5%20.1%1.8%-0.1%162.6M50.3M-40.6M0.534.6864,30134,2711,428,976849,775
2014-02-07$122.17$119.0014.8%5.5%16.1%16.5%19.9%1.6%0.2%306.9M-616.4M-41.1M0.533.8261,24432,1631,465,014854,619
2014-02-10$122.92$119.0015.3%5.6%15.4%18.7%21.4%1.3%-0.1%242.9M-1.05B-41.0M0.655.0772,92747,0481,432,892840,817
2014-02-11$124.36$119.0015.0%5.5%15.8%17.5%19.6%0.9%-0.0%329.5M-2.03B-42.6M0.635.6892,70358,1891,471,084860,151
2014-02-12$124.43$119.0014.5%5.5%15.3%15.4%20.6%1.1%0.1%340.5M-1.99B-43.0M0.786.4947,22637,0391,496,547888,307
2014-02-13$125.49$119.0014.4%5.6%15.4%15.0%19.6%0.9%0.2%369.5M-2.80B-43.4M0.665.1457,65437,9591,500,679902,376
2014-02-14$127.15$119.0014.5%5.6%15.8%15.3%19.9%0.7%0.1%359.3M-3.91B-43.8M0.275.23173,93647,4461,503,449913,150
2014-02-18$127.40$119.0014.4%5.5%15.7%14.9%19.9%0.7%0.1%356.2M-3.85B-44.2M0.734.4661,76145,1821,525,886905,938
2014-02-19$126.27$120.0014.8%5.5%15.5%16.4%19.2%1.1%0.0%323.0M-2.90B-43.2M0.575.6984,69248,4011,522,415917,260
2014-02-20$127.60$120.0014.2%5.4%15.5%14.2%18.9%0.8%0.0%385.3M-3.81B-43.7M0.495.56105,78751,7821,537,244928,036
2014-02-21$127.58$120.0013.9%5.4%14.0%12.6%19.1%0.9%0.1%377.0M-3.93B-44.0M0.675.4064,89143,1981,578,266948,353
2014-02-24$128.99$0.0014.2%5.1%14.3%13.9%22.5%0.8%-0.4%306.1M-3.25B-44.6M0.575.6964,98936,9171,391,673822,391
2014-02-25$129.21$100.0014.1%5.0%13.4%13.6%18.4%0.9%-0.4%351.4M-3.47B-45.4M1.084.8544,33747,9071,426,766836,125
2014-02-26$128.11$130.0014.5%5.1%14.0%15.3%17.7%1.5%-0.6%290.3M-2.60B-44.8M1.425.4855,73378,9351,430,507859,039
2014-02-27$128.20$126.0013.7%5.1%13.5%11.9%18.4%1.4%-0.5%289.4M-2.70B-44.9M0.664.9047,89731,6521,440,623894,816
2014-02-28$127.62$127.0013.8%5.1%10.4%12.1%18.7%1.5%0.8%272.4M-2.19B-45.3M0.685.6862,65742,6721,462,110909,458