GLD Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, GLD traded between $106.82 and $113.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.0%, placing in the 33.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 14.9%). Max pain ranged from $107.00 to $110.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-14: Highest Volume — 262,364 contracts
  • 2015-10-14: Largest IV spike — 7.3% change
  • 2015-10-14: Highest IV Rank — 54.3%
  • 2015-10-14: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$110.87$106.82$113.83$106.82$109.25
Max Pain$109.05$107.00$110.00$107.00$110.00
ATM IV15.0%13.1%17.3%14.7%13.1%
Expected Move4.3%3.8%4.9%3.9%3.8%
HV 20d14.9%11.8%16.2%13.7%11.8%
HV 60d13.6%13.0%14.4%13.3%13.4%
IV Rank33.1%16.2%54.3%30.8%16.2%
IV Percentile39.2%10.3%69.4%36.1%10.3%
Term Structure0.1%-0.3%0.7%0.5%0.5%
VWIV15.5%13.4%17.7%14.0%13.4%
Skew 25d-0.7%-1.4%0.5%-0.2%0.5%
Skew 10d-1.2%-2.3%1.1%-0.6%1.1%
Call IV 25d15.8%13.1%18.7%15.3%13.1%
Put IV 25d15.1%13.6%17.3%15.1%13.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.902.224.212.222.95
Gamma HHI0.060.050.080.050.05
Net GEX399.1M193.1M574.0M193.3M193.6M
Net DEX-2.65B-5.76B-160.4M-214.8M-160.4M
Net VEX-38.3M-42.4M-33.9M-35.4M-33.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.301.530.501.05
Total Volume149,277.86488,180262,364132,266137,552
Total OI2,761,497.6822,629,8062,952,5552,714,2562,737,424

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$106.82$107.0014.7%3.9%13.7%30.8%14.0%-0.2%0.5%193.3M-214.8M-35.4M0.502.2288,11344,1531,942,851771,405
2015-10-02$109.02$107.0014.4%3.8%15.4%28.1%13.7%-0.8%0.6%395.8M-1.84B-37.7M0.402.40137,68055,2471,941,395779,297
2015-10-05$108.77$108.0014.5%4.3%15.4%29.3%15.2%-0.3%0.1%342.6M-1.47B-36.2M0.304.2167,79720,3831,927,564777,462
2015-10-06$109.78$108.0015.3%4.5%15.7%36.0%15.8%-1.3%0.2%448.1M-2.44B-37.6M0.353.44157,14654,7901,967,393787,313
2015-10-07$109.73$108.0015.1%4.4%14.8%34.4%15.9%-1.0%0.1%468.7M-2.47B-38.8M0.633.1870,38044,4022,036,747806,161
2015-10-08$109.19$108.0015.2%4.4%15.0%34.7%16.6%-0.9%0.0%406.8M-1.84B-37.8M0.443.3698,17443,2432,047,172819,785
2015-10-09$110.80$108.0015.3%4.4%15.6%36.0%15.9%-0.7%-0.1%539.3M-3.39B-39.5M0.592.9499,54459,0922,040,933826,244
2015-10-12$111.30$108.0015.5%4.4%15.6%38.1%17.2%-0.9%-0.1%508.4M-3.54B-39.5M0.342.72140,15048,3162,006,876814,634
2015-10-13$111.79$109.0016.2%4.7%15.5%43.8%16.8%-1.0%0.1%531.7M-3.95B-40.0M0.333.33113,23437,6721,992,014831,216
2015-10-14$113.83$109.0017.3%4.9%16.1%54.3%17.7%-1.4%-0.1%574.0M-5.76B-41.4M0.352.93194,27668,0881,991,602837,471
2015-10-15$113.29$109.0017.1%4.9%16.1%52.2%17.1%-1.1%-0.2%568.4M-5.38B-42.4M0.522.95126,84566,1982,073,673860,330
2015-10-16$112.76$110.0015.9%4.5%16.1%41.4%16.3%-1.1%-0.1%419.0M-4.62B-40.9M0.652.80103,04667,3562,063,014889,541
2015-10-19$111.93$110.0015.9%4.5%16.2%41.1%16.3%-0.9%-0.2%388.4M-3.01B-39.9M0.992.9660,70060,1061,854,224789,963
2015-10-20$112.52$110.0015.8%4.5%16.0%40.2%16.3%-0.8%-0.3%441.6M-3.45B-40.3M0.962.7760,94958,5901,868,449805,218
2015-10-21$111.75$110.0014.8%4.2%16.2%31.1%15.1%-0.6%-0.2%396.3M-2.75B-39.1M1.042.7051,50253,3911,890,403813,548
2015-10-22$111.64$110.0014.3%4.1%14.7%27.5%14.7%-0.8%-0.2%385.8M-2.60B-38.3M0.642.6079,76951,3771,903,195823,917
2015-10-23$111.47$110.0014.3%4.1%14.5%27.0%15.2%-0.8%-0.2%387.6M-2.46B-38.0M1.032.5759,84561,7091,925,215832,742
2015-10-26$111.35$110.0014.1%4.1%13.5%25.4%14.5%-0.6%0.2%340.2M-2.23B-37.2M1.112.6152,37358,1671,818,804811,002
2015-10-27$111.62$110.0013.4%3.9%13.4%19.2%15.0%-0.5%0.5%358.3M-2.40B-37.0M1.082.9656,07060,5471,824,992825,587
2015-10-28$110.76$110.0013.6%4.0%13.1%20.7%14.6%-0.2%0.7%299.4M-1.67B-36.1M1.012.8788,58589,4011,846,790830,903
2015-10-29$109.69$110.0013.6%3.9%13.7%20.3%14.4%0.3%0.5%193.1M-701.6M-35.3M1.532.2554,55983,5961,869,775848,705
2015-10-30$109.25$110.0013.1%3.8%11.8%16.2%13.4%0.5%0.5%193.6M-160.4M-33.9M1.052.9567,05170,5011,869,410868,014