GLD Options History — November 2016

In November 2016, GLD traded between $111.70 and $124.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.0%, placing in the 27.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 12.7%). Max pain ranged from $120.00 to $122.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2016-11-23: Highest Volume — 588,797 contracts
  • 2016-11-11: Largest IV spike — 22.4% change
  • 2016-11-11: Highest IV Rank — 55.7%
  • 2016-11-11: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$117.81$111.70$124.39$122.94$111.70
Max Pain$120.95$120.00$122.00$121.00$120.00
ATM IV16.0%13.6%20.0%16.9%16.0%
Expected Move4.7%4.0%5.8%5.3%5.2%
HV 20d12.7%7.1%15.7%8.3%15.4%
HV 60d12.6%11.2%13.7%11.2%13.1%
IV Rank27.7%10.2%55.7%34.0%27.6%
IV Percentile47.4%7.1%88.9%69.4%50.8%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.1%0.6%-0.2%0.4%
VWIV17.4%14.2%21.2%20.4%18.9%
Skew 25d0.2%-3.3%3.4%-3.3%2.8%
Skew 10d0.7%-6.7%7.3%-6.7%6.1%
Call IV 25d16.5%13.2%21.0%19.3%15.3%
Put IV 25d16.7%14.7%21.8%16.0%18.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.902.345.282.442.46
Gamma HHI0.050.040.080.060.04
Net GEX261.3M-100.7M952.1M792.0M-100.7M
Net DEX-504.3M-8.87B3.87B-6.43B3.87B
Net VEX-40.5M-57.2M-28.7M-51.1M-28.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.221.670.321.12
Total Volume279,726.619153,347588,797332,299215,022
Total OI4,505,132.6673,985,8264,939,3724,269,7944,245,798

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-11-01$122.94$121.0016.9%5.3%8.3%34.0%20.4%-3.3%-0.2%792.0M-6.43B-51.1M0.322.44251,30880,9913,357,013912,781
2016-11-02$123.61$121.0017.3%5.5%8.3%36.3%20.8%-3.2%-0.3%873.2M-7.41B-53.5M0.432.34281,658120,0463,451,017949,057
2016-11-03$124.32$122.0017.9%4.9%7.1%40.7%18.7%-3.1%-0.6%935.4M-8.42B-55.9M0.223.24334,08772,9533,517,542971,949
2016-11-04$124.39$122.0018.6%5.1%7.1%45.5%17.7%-3.3%-0.8%952.1M-8.87B-57.2M0.603.23188,959113,3623,625,593993,746
2016-11-07$122.11$122.0016.6%4.7%10.1%31.5%17.0%-2.9%-0.0%739.3M-5.12B-51.4M0.462.95190,11487,3253,581,143989,262
2016-11-08$121.61$122.0015.9%4.6%10.1%26.8%17.2%-3.1%0.1%697.0M-4.49B-49.2M0.572.93158,25690,2103,625,9761,023,371
2016-11-09$121.58$122.0015.1%4.5%10.1%21.0%16.1%-1.4%0.6%585.7M-3.79B-47.0M0.722.82194,104139,4463,653,4871,058,090
2016-11-10$119.88$122.0016.4%4.8%11.3%30.0%17.4%0.2%0.5%298.7M-1.31B-45.3M0.813.48178,158144,7223,676,5731,089,937
2016-11-11$116.69$122.0020.0%5.8%14.7%55.7%21.2%2.1%0.2%60.8M2.06B-42.1M1.675.28132,887222,1373,707,1241,135,370
2016-11-14$116.28$122.0018.1%5.2%14.7%42.0%18.9%1.3%-0.7%24.6M2.41B-38.6M0.923.38132,450121,9633,617,9301,145,062
2016-11-15$116.99$122.0014.6%4.2%14.6%17.5%14.9%0.1%-0.1%-5.2M2.13B-36.8M0.752.75128,55295,9073,663,0181,168,444
2016-11-16$116.83$120.0014.2%4.1%14.5%14.9%14.5%0.1%-0.1%-28.6M2.29B-35.2M0.672.4791,68961,6583,705,2911,171,914
2016-11-17$115.90$120.0015.7%4.5%14.6%25.2%16.3%1.7%-0.1%-35.8M3.02B-35.5M1.082.39120,449130,3003,722,5181,167,899
2016-11-18$115.15$120.0015.3%4.4%14.6%22.6%16.2%1.6%-0.3%-82.5M3.80B-33.4M0.812.51146,862118,9893,745,4101,193,962
2016-11-21$115.55$120.0014.1%4.1%14.8%13.9%14.9%1.7%-0.5%26.0M1.58B-33.5M1.102.4077,80085,7252,994,669991,157
2016-11-22$115.53$120.0013.6%4.0%14.3%10.2%14.2%1.5%-0.4%18.8M1.69B-32.0M0.992.6479,22178,1933,012,8931,003,034
2016-11-23$113.28$120.0015.6%4.7%15.5%24.6%18.4%3.4%-0.4%-87.8M3.40B-29.8M0.812.69324,809263,9883,032,0041,017,874
2016-11-25$112.61$120.0016.0%4.9%15.3%27.6%18.4%3.0%-1.1%-94.1M3.66B-30.8M1.113.48128,690142,8833,165,1131,110,123
2016-11-28$113.65$120.0014.6%4.6%15.7%17.3%17.2%2.3%0.5%-50.9M2.63B-31.5M0.952.6189,27084,6513,101,9951,090,785
2016-11-29$113.35$120.0014.5%4.5%15.6%16.7%16.6%2.2%0.0%-31.6M2.71B-31.9M0.692.35103,00071,4653,121,1001,100,762
2016-11-30$111.70$120.0016.0%5.2%15.4%27.6%18.9%2.8%0.4%-100.7M3.87B-28.7M1.122.46101,436113,5863,142,9261,102,872