GLD Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, GLD traded between $101.25 and $108.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.3%, placing in the 36.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 10.5%). Max pain ranged from $108.00 to $110.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-12: Highest Volume — 175,203 contracts
  • 2015-11-17: Largest IV spike — 10.8% change
  • 2015-11-17: Highest IV Rank — 59.3%
  • 2015-11-17: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$103.87$101.25$108.57$108.57$101.92
Max Pain$109.50$108.00$110.00$110.00$108.00
ATM IV15.3%12.8%17.9%12.8%15.0%
Expected Move4.6%3.6%5.2%3.6%4.7%
HV 20d10.5%8.4%12.8%12.0%11.5%
HV 60d13.3%12.8%13.8%13.5%13.1%
IV Rank36.1%13.4%59.3%13.4%33.4%
IV Percentile47.5%6.0%81.7%6.0%44.0%
Term Structure0.1%-0.7%1.2%0.4%-0.0%
VWIV16.3%12.8%18.2%12.8%16.8%
Skew 25d1.9%0.7%3.0%0.7%1.7%
Skew 10d3.8%1.7%6.1%1.7%3.5%
Call IV 25d14.9%13.1%17.0%13.1%14.7%
Put IV 25d16.8%13.8%20.0%13.8%16.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.441.675.432.652.02
Gamma HHI0.060.050.140.050.05
Net GEX-15.6M-106.3M157.4M157.4M-20.9M
Net DEX2.74B299.7M3.62B299.7M2.93B
Net VEX-25.1M-31.6M-20.2M-31.6M-21.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.291.701.310.55
Total Volume124,830.6550,076175,203164,420141,412
Total OI2,797,321.82,624,3673,013,5452,683,3442,669,741

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$108.57$110.0012.8%3.6%12.0%13.4%12.8%0.7%0.4%157.4M299.7M-31.6M1.312.6571,04993,3711,849,757833,587
2015-11-03$106.97$110.0014.1%4.1%12.5%25.6%14.6%1.4%0.2%71.2M1.37B-30.5M1.092.3482,23589,9381,874,554854,809
2015-11-04$105.99$110.0015.3%4.6%12.8%36.0%16.5%1.5%0.0%37.6M1.96B-29.1M1.182.7759,18469,7271,896,079872,886
2015-11-05$105.59$110.0015.4%4.6%12.8%36.9%17.2%1.3%-0.0%8.9M2.23B-28.5M0.982.2169,90468,4311,910,902888,876
2015-11-06$104.10$110.0014.9%4.5%12.0%32.7%15.9%1.4%0.2%-64.6M3.12B-26.7M1.705.4343,24673,4251,936,099905,354
2015-11-09$104.40$110.0014.7%4.6%11.9%30.3%15.7%1.7%1.1%-10.3M2.70B-26.1M0.425.2241,19217,2861,889,597871,564
2015-11-10$104.13$110.0014.5%4.5%11.5%29.1%15.9%1.8%1.1%-9.2M2.83B-25.8M0.652.0449,46132,3251,914,561876,276
2015-11-11$104.09$110.0014.8%4.5%8.4%31.3%16.1%1.7%0.9%-16.9M2.89B-25.4M0.622.7647,33929,1901,918,736880,054
2015-11-12$103.88$110.0015.4%4.7%8.4%37.4%16.7%2.5%1.2%-32.6M3.01B-25.5M0.741.95100,49274,7111,929,907895,697
2015-11-13$103.58$110.0015.5%4.6%8.4%37.9%17.1%2.9%0.9%-23.9M3.18B-25.2M0.851.8868,12058,0701,980,179923,042
2015-11-16$103.71$110.0016.2%4.7%8.6%43.7%17.2%2.7%-0.2%-10.1M2.99B-24.5M0.801.7232,13725,6621,956,078906,228
2015-11-17$102.36$110.0017.9%5.2%8.5%59.3%18.2%3.0%-0.7%-46.2M3.59B-23.4M0.832.0294,92878,8051,972,706916,511
2015-11-18$102.46$110.0017.5%5.0%8.7%56.0%17.6%2.9%-0.7%-54.7M3.62B-23.5M0.531.9178,04040,9822,005,843944,430
2015-11-19$103.59$110.0016.1%4.6%10.2%43.4%16.4%1.9%-0.3%25.0M2.91B-24.8M0.591.9079,70246,9652,037,603949,051
2015-11-20$103.11$110.0015.5%4.5%10.2%37.6%15.4%2.0%-0.3%-106.3M3.24B-23.5M0.862.0188,25975,8672,061,385952,160
2015-11-23$102.26$108.0015.7%4.7%10.2%39.9%16.9%2.1%-0.4%-41.7M2.97B-22.4M0.292.1991,41126,6701,778,974845,393
2015-11-24$102.94$108.0014.8%4.4%10.7%31.4%15.8%1.7%-0.4%-10.5M2.56B-23.1M0.711.9129,33520,7411,814,999850,100
2015-11-25$102.52$108.0014.6%4.4%10.6%29.4%15.7%1.7%-0.4%-69.6M2.87B-21.9M0.392.1395,58436,9201,823,422856,971
2015-11-27$101.25$108.0015.4%4.7%10.8%36.6%16.7%1.9%-0.5%-93.8M3.57B-20.2M0.371.67127,41947,0781,837,988864,337
2015-11-30$101.92$108.0015.0%4.7%11.5%33.4%16.8%1.7%-0.0%-20.9M2.93B-21.1M0.552.0291,06450,3481,832,370837,371