GLD Options History — July 2014

In July 2014, GLD traded between $123.39 and $128.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.8%, placing in the 14.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Max pain ranged from $125.00 to $125.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2014-07-17: Highest Volume — 188,686 contracts
  • 2014-07-18: Largest IV drop — 8.5% change
  • 2014-07-17: Highest IV Rank — 24.9%
  • 2014-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 4.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$126.23$123.39$128.78$127.70$123.39
Max Pain$125.00$125.00$125.00$125.00$125.00
ATM IV12.8%11.7%14.1%12.6%13.6%
Expected Move4.0%3.9%4.2%4.0%4.2%
HV 20d14.0%12.9%17.5%13.5%14.0%
HV 60d12.6%11.4%13.3%12.3%13.2%
IV Rank14.8%6.4%24.9%11.2%21.6%
IV Percentile13.1%5.6%25.4%6.7%23.8%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.3%0.1%-0.1%-0.2%
VWIV14.6%12.9%16.6%15.4%16.6%
Skew 25d0.3%-0.3%0.7%0.1%0.5%
Skew 10d0.5%-0.6%1.7%0.4%0.7%
Call IV 25d13.1%11.8%14.5%12.9%13.9%
Put IV 25d13.3%12.0%14.5%13.0%14.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.257.399.317.988.00
Gamma HHI0.100.060.140.120.06
Net GEX375.3M35.7M717.3M507.1M35.7M
Net DEX-1.93B-4.37B583.5M-3.25B583.5M
Net VEX-37.9M-39.8M-35.6M-38.4M-38.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.391.500.390.92
Total Volume117,962.90959,495188,686110,608128,982
Total OI2,382,302.9092,225,1122,562,0842,225,1122,562,084

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-07-01$127.70$125.0012.6%4.0%13.5%11.2%15.4%0.1%-0.1%507.1M-3.25B-38.4M0.397.9879,75830,8501,511,287713,825
2014-07-02$127.70$125.0012.7%4.0%13.4%12.6%15.0%0.2%-0.2%563.7M-3.36B-38.6M0.487.4561,43229,7101,543,979720,814
2014-07-03$127.16$125.0011.9%3.9%13.5%7.3%15.2%0.1%0.1%477.7M-2.72B-37.5M0.427.8162,32326,0581,561,783730,807
2014-07-07$127.02$125.0011.8%3.9%13.5%7.0%14.4%0.3%-0.2%485.6M-2.69B-36.8M0.647.6337,27923,7481,539,528705,114
2014-07-08$127.07$125.0011.7%3.9%13.5%6.4%12.9%0.4%-0.3%496.6M-2.71B-36.4M0.448.1086,04437,8831,557,419716,355
2014-07-09$127.84$125.0011.9%3.9%13.5%8.0%13.8%-0.1%-0.2%587.3M-3.42B-37.7M0.518.7088,59944,9901,581,211732,347
2014-07-10$128.54$125.0011.7%3.9%13.5%6.8%13.7%-0.3%-0.1%717.3M-4.21B-38.9M0.549.2698,11553,2081,621,256743,559
2014-07-11$128.78$125.0012.0%3.9%13.3%9.0%13.8%0.2%-0.2%635.9M-4.37B-39.3M0.558.9344,09424,2011,632,448766,924
2014-07-14$125.72$125.0012.8%4.0%16.3%15.2%14.0%0.4%0.0%362.1M-1.57B-36.5M0.678.65107,81272,3651,604,597752,393
2014-07-15$124.53$125.0013.4%4.0%16.6%19.4%14.0%0.7%-0.0%238.5M-572.2M-35.6M0.609.31115,03568,6581,649,177779,029
2014-07-16$124.97$125.0013.2%4.0%16.6%18.5%14.3%0.5%-0.1%274.6M-953.8M-36.6M0.458.9594,92942,4821,670,875795,286
2014-07-17$127.09$125.0014.1%4.1%17.5%24.9%14.9%0.0%-0.2%538.9M-3.14B-39.8M0.677.81113,24375,4431,714,337802,734
2014-07-18$126.13$125.0012.9%4.1%12.9%15.8%14.3%0.2%0.0%372.9M-2.09B-38.7M0.737.4772,68752,9931,723,690826,876
2014-07-21$126.34$125.0013.2%4.1%12.9%18.6%14.8%0.4%-0.2%342.8M-1.78B-38.5M1.057.4544,17346,1731,583,141715,300
2014-07-22$125.74$125.0013.3%4.1%12.9%19.0%14.9%0.5%-0.1%287.1M-1.31B-38.6M0.867.7754,74947,0301,607,729738,398
2014-07-23$125.62$125.0012.8%4.0%12.9%15.2%15.2%0.3%-0.1%256.4M-1.09B-38.1M1.178.1537,38343,6171,612,623764,688
2014-07-24$124.35$125.0013.1%4.0%13.4%17.5%15.5%0.6%-0.3%124.8M-49.7M-36.9M1.508.3551,82477,6131,635,917781,747
2014-07-25$125.79$125.0013.2%4.0%14.1%18.1%15.2%0.2%-0.2%267.5M-1.27B-38.6M0.708.8265,35545,6351,646,312805,919
2014-07-28$125.58$125.0013.0%4.0%14.1%17.0%14.6%0.3%-0.0%272.0M-1.10B-38.4M1.218.8626,89532,6001,618,175770,468
2014-07-29$125.20$125.0013.4%4.1%13.5%19.5%14.7%0.1%-0.1%223.5M-780.5M-38.0M0.457.3964,20628,8401,628,828784,274
2014-07-30$124.83$125.0013.1%4.1%13.5%17.2%14.8%0.2%-0.0%187.8M-571.4M-38.2M0.428.66109,99846,1721,663,461793,950
2014-07-31$123.39$125.0013.6%4.2%14.0%21.6%16.6%0.5%-0.2%35.7M583.5M-38.0M0.928.0067,03961,9431,742,599819,485