GLD Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, GLD traded between $114.01 and $125.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.7%, placing in the 67.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 17.7%). Max pain ranged from $115.00 to $118.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-15: Highest Volume — 430,899 contracts
  • 2015-01-15: Largest IV spike — 18.7% change
  • 2015-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 93.1%
  • 2015-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$120.39$114.01$125.28$114.01$123.27
Max Pain$116.30$115.00$118.00$115.00$118.00
ATM IV18.7%16.4%21.6%18.4%18.0%
Expected Move5.3%4.6%6.2%5.2%5.2%
HV 20d17.7%15.5%19.3%18.4%18.5%
HV 60d21.0%20.1%21.7%20.1%21.7%
IV Rank67.7%48.4%93.1%65.3%62.0%
IV Percentile89.2%77.0%99.6%90.9%83.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-0.6%0.1%-0.1%0.1%
VWIV19.2%16.3%22.4%19.9%18.6%
Skew 25d0.3%-1.5%2.4%2.4%-0.1%
Skew 10d0.6%-2.6%4.8%4.8%-0.1%
Call IV 25d19.1%16.5%23.0%17.9%18.5%
Put IV 25d19.4%17.4%21.5%20.3%18.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.022.845.914.943.87
Gamma HHI0.090.040.570.060.09
Net GEX244.3M-84.2M1.28B-84.2M130.6M
Net DEX-1.60B-4.49B1.97B1.97B-2.97B
Net VEX-26.4M-31.7M-20.6M-20.6M-29.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.293.161.110.68
Total Volume174,900.0551,481430,899156,331147,043
Total OI2,054,800.751,491,4482,591,3132,219,8331,831,746

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$114.01$115.0018.4%5.2%18.4%65.3%19.9%2.4%-0.1%-84.2M1.97B-20.6M1.114.9473,93782,3941,367,116852,717
2015-01-05$115.80$115.0019.1%5.3%19.3%71.8%19.5%2.1%-0.0%22.3M1.10B-21.7M0.484.18114,97555,2641,352,150847,311
2015-01-06$117.12$115.0018.8%5.3%19.2%68.6%18.9%1.9%-0.1%102.8M326.8M-23.4M0.753.7861,69146,1251,424,656863,226
2015-01-07$116.43$115.0018.7%5.2%19.0%67.8%21.3%1.5%-0.0%85.3M685.5M-22.9M3.163.8122,94972,4291,442,253869,829
2015-01-08$116.01$115.0017.6%4.9%17.5%58.9%17.9%1.6%-0.2%53.2M999.8M-22.4M1.093.7398,149107,1451,447,235893,910
2015-01-09$117.24$115.0017.0%4.8%18.0%53.2%17.0%1.4%0.0%175.0M258.3M-22.8M0.643.53142,16291,6141,492,179875,814
2015-01-12$118.47$115.0016.4%4.6%18.4%48.4%16.3%0.8%-0.3%243.6M-462.4M-23.4M0.563.86100,87956,3991,519,541847,874
2015-01-13$118.23$115.0016.5%4.6%18.4%48.8%16.4%0.9%-0.3%251.2M-402.1M-24.1M0.803.8666,41753,3211,562,546854,475
2015-01-14$118.10$115.0017.0%4.8%15.9%53.0%17.3%1.1%-0.2%251.7M-286.5M-24.4M1.213.6261,19874,0921,571,715864,524
2015-01-15$120.94$115.0020.1%5.6%17.7%80.3%20.0%-0.3%-0.6%328.4M-2.45B-26.6M0.294.73332,91597,9841,581,082883,851
2015-01-16$122.52$116.0020.9%5.9%17.8%86.9%20.8%-1.5%-0.6%1.28B-3.68B-28.1M0.354.50203,97972,1391,687,157904,156
2015-01-20$124.20$117.0021.6%6.2%18.1%93.1%22.4%-1.4%-0.5%306.8M-3.94B-29.3M0.604.03108,25464,761999,451491,997
2015-01-21$124.23$117.0020.7%5.9%18.0%84.9%21.1%-1.2%-0.4%310.6M-3.95B-29.9M0.615.91101,49161,6431,033,770528,095
2015-01-22$125.28$118.0019.7%5.7%15.5%76.9%20.2%-1.1%-0.1%319.0M-4.49B-30.3M0.523.69164,04685,5631,070,320557,880
2015-01-23$124.27$118.0019.2%5.5%16.2%72.0%19.7%-1.1%-0.0%274.9M-4.10B-31.7M0.874.5095,40382,7391,146,190596,863
2015-01-26$122.99$118.0018.4%5.3%17.0%65.6%19.4%-0.6%-0.1%210.1M-2.71B-29.6M0.713.8136,72926,0091,081,730585,236
2015-01-27$124.40$118.0018.6%5.4%16.6%67.2%19.3%-0.7%-0.0%271.0M-3.47B-29.9M0.693.9830,46121,0201,098,262593,613
2015-01-28$123.53$118.0018.0%5.3%16.4%62.0%18.5%-0.5%-0.0%234.7M-2.96B-29.2M0.503.27115,73757,4081,098,912601,475
2015-01-29$120.81$118.0018.6%5.4%18.5%67.5%19.3%0.4%0.1%116.6M-1.42B-28.7M0.952.84108,320103,2171,159,034616,124
2015-01-30$123.27$118.0018.0%5.2%18.5%62.0%18.6%-0.1%0.1%130.6M-2.97B-29.9M0.683.8787,57559,4681,184,079647,667