GLD Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, GLD traded between $104.22 and $112.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.9%, placing in the 32.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.6% (HV 20d: 10.3%). Max pain ranged from $110.00 to $114.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.83.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-17: Highest Volume — 338,953 contracts
  • 2015-07-20: Largest IV spike — 19.2% change
  • 2015-07-20: Highest IV Rank — 58.8%
  • 2015-07-27: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$108.20$104.22$112.02$111.99$104.99
Max Pain$112.30$110.00$114.00$113.50$110.00
ATM IV14.9%12.6%17.8%13.3%14.9%
Expected Move4.3%3.5%5.2%3.9%4.2%
HV 20d10.3%7.5%12.6%9.5%12.6%
HV 60d11.7%11.1%12.7%12.1%11.3%
IV Rank32.7%12.6%58.8%18.6%32.7%
IV Percentile44.1%11.9%77.0%27.0%48.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.5%0.5%-0.2%0.3%
VWIV15.4%12.8%18.5%14.1%15.7%
Skew 25d2.0%0.7%3.4%0.8%2.6%
Skew 10d4.1%1.2%7.6%1.2%5.8%
Call IV 25d14.3%12.4%16.5%13.4%13.9%
Put IV 25d16.3%13.5%19.8%14.1%16.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.421.924.553.642.17
Gamma HHI0.050.040.080.040.08
Net GEX-51.7M-147.2M44.4M44.4M-117.6M
Net DEX2.11B782.7M3.48B860.8M2.86B
Net VEX-25.7M-28.4M-23.3M-28.4M-23.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.830.341.320.860.89
Total Volume177,989.136115,390338,953115,390172,490
Total OI2,204,759.2732,009,6902,397,4022,026,1442,397,402

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$111.99$113.5013.3%3.9%9.5%18.6%14.1%0.8%-0.2%44.4M860.8M-28.4M0.863.6462,14753,2431,323,952702,192
2015-07-02$111.70$113.5012.8%3.7%9.3%14.7%13.3%0.7%0.1%23.6M1.14B-27.7M1.103.5862,56568,8741,347,270713,716
2015-07-06$112.02$114.0012.8%3.7%9.2%14.3%13.1%0.7%0.1%36.8M782.7M-27.8M0.803.6073,32758,8931,316,881692,809
2015-07-07$110.87$114.0013.6%3.9%9.8%21.4%14.6%1.0%0.0%-40.4M1.49B-26.4M1.323.0974,86199,0041,342,591708,762
2015-07-08$111.10$114.0014.1%4.0%9.8%26.4%14.2%1.1%-0.1%-31.4M1.28B-27.3M0.383.35118,21044,7341,364,329740,265
2015-07-09$111.29$114.0013.8%4.0%9.2%23.5%14.0%1.0%-0.1%1.9M1.07B-28.3M0.343.67134,63846,4511,438,879750,369
2015-07-10$111.47$114.0013.0%3.7%9.2%16.1%14.0%1.0%-0.1%11.6M994.0M-28.0M0.563.82110,79061,5141,469,480754,538
2015-07-13$111.01$114.0012.9%3.6%9.3%15.5%13.1%1.0%-0.1%-8.2M1.31B-26.7M0.393.82112,24343,6641,412,288730,891
2015-07-14$110.74$114.0012.6%3.5%9.1%12.6%12.8%1.1%-0.2%-18.3M1.37B-27.1M0.583.9073,66342,9401,473,954741,134
2015-07-15$110.16$114.0013.1%3.8%9.1%17.4%13.3%1.3%-0.1%-56.2M1.72B-26.3M0.653.75127,50483,3811,480,771744,676
2015-07-16$109.77$112.0012.9%3.7%8.9%15.0%13.2%1.4%-0.1%-66.1M1.96B-25.8M0.894.0182,34673,6071,527,304771,931
2015-07-17$108.63$112.0014.9%4.2%7.5%33.2%15.7%2.3%-0.4%-80.4M2.59B-25.2M0.763.72192,394146,5591,529,267778,963
2015-07-20$105.69$112.0017.8%5.1%11.5%58.8%17.4%3.4%-0.4%-87.3M2.92B-24.1M0.853.71163,351139,2431,354,318729,543
2015-07-21$105.41$111.0017.3%5.0%10.9%54.9%17.5%3.3%-0.2%-105.6M3.05B-24.0M1.193.9786,917103,7191,395,994767,440
2015-07-22$104.82$111.0017.6%5.0%10.9%57.1%18.3%3.3%-0.3%-124.8M3.27B-23.7M1.083.6088,99696,4251,417,318786,182
2015-07-23$104.23$111.0017.5%5.0%10.9%56.3%18.1%3.4%-0.3%-147.2M3.48B-23.4M1.133.6073,32983,1151,438,812809,542
2015-07-24$105.38$111.0017.3%5.0%12.1%54.4%18.1%3.3%-0.5%-109.1M2.93B-24.9M0.874.55127,574110,8601,449,467827,737
2015-07-27$104.87$110.5017.7%5.2%11.9%58.3%18.5%3.1%0.0%-52.6M2.70B-24.9M0.583.26132,62977,0931,452,889784,520
2015-07-28$104.96$110.5016.2%4.7%11.8%44.8%17.4%3.0%0.2%-46.5M2.79B-24.6M0.832.1176,20163,1801,510,448813,113
2015-07-29$105.12$110.5015.2%4.5%11.9%36.0%16.5%2.5%0.5%-45.0M2.72B-24.5M0.952.3170,58966,9691,524,072819,609
2015-07-30$104.22$110.0015.4%4.5%12.0%37.7%15.9%2.4%0.2%-117.9M3.17B-23.3M1.191.9261,85773,6721,539,155829,931
2015-07-31$104.99$110.0014.9%4.2%12.6%32.7%15.7%2.6%0.3%-117.6M2.86B-23.7M0.892.1791,17081,3201,549,448847,954