GLD Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, GLD traded between $110.26 and $115.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.5%, placing in the 9.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 11.5%). Max pain ranged from $112.00 to $115.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-13: Highest Volume — 257,056 contracts
  • 2017-01-17: Largest IV spike — 6.9% change
  • 2017-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 19.0%
  • 2017-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$113.74$110.26$115.85$110.26$115.38
Max Pain$113.65$112.00$115.00$115.00$114.00
ATM IV13.5%12.5%14.8%14.8%13.3%
Expected Move3.9%3.6%4.3%4.3%3.9%
HV 20d11.5%10.1%13.0%10.9%11.7%
HV 60d13.0%12.2%13.4%12.2%13.4%
IV Rank9.6%2.6%19.0%19.0%8.6%
IV Percentile7.7%1.6%25.8%25.8%7.1%
Term Structure0.0%-0.1%0.4%-0.0%0.3%
VWIV13.9%12.7%15.3%15.3%14.2%
Skew 25d-0.2%-0.9%0.2%0.1%-0.9%
Skew 10d-0.6%-1.9%0.5%-0.4%-1.9%
Call IV 25d14.0%12.7%15.3%15.3%14.2%
Put IV 25d13.8%12.8%15.4%15.4%13.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.892.473.522.873.52
Gamma HHI0.060.040.200.040.06
Net GEX233.8M51.9M442.8M57.6M321.3M
Net DEX-795.3M-2.64B1.41B1.41B-2.13B
Net VEX-27.1M-31.6M-22.6M-22.6M-29.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.270.710.390.42
Total Volume183,311.1124,589257,056157,593210,149
Total OI3,260,079.72,576,3173,810,3473,380,2362,740,328

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$110.26$115.0014.8%4.3%10.9%19.0%15.3%0.1%-0.0%57.6M1.41B-22.6M0.392.87113,58344,0102,534,603845,633
2017-01-04$110.93$115.0013.8%3.9%11.1%12.0%14.0%0.2%0.1%131.1M1.00B-23.2M0.382.92124,67247,2632,569,026856,272
2017-01-05$112.59$112.0013.7%3.9%12.3%11.2%14.3%-0.2%0.0%214.7M-62.6M-25.2M0.383.19161,71560,7812,584,321867,720
2017-01-06$111.66$113.0013.3%3.8%12.6%8.4%13.9%0.0%0.0%118.2M677.1M-23.8M0.713.0789,88163,3852,606,508887,096
2017-01-09$112.74$113.0013.1%3.8%13.0%7.3%13.4%-0.2%-0.0%164.4M112.6M-25.1M0.532.8886,95345,8952,576,876879,957
2017-01-10$113.13$113.0013.2%3.8%12.4%7.6%13.2%-0.2%-0.1%226.3M-198.3M-25.7M0.482.89108,74652,6552,600,316887,879
2017-01-11$113.47$113.0013.8%3.9%12.4%11.6%14.0%-0.2%-0.1%213.7M-359.5M-25.3M0.452.97139,16963,1972,618,980906,136
2017-01-12$113.94$113.0013.5%3.9%12.4%9.8%14.1%-0.0%-0.0%321.8M-867.5M-26.8M0.692.72134,00491,8162,650,576927,515
2017-01-13$114.15$113.0013.4%3.8%10.8%9.2%13.5%-0.0%-0.1%342.1M-966.2M-26.8M0.272.63202,61554,4412,683,481957,879
2017-01-17$115.85$113.0014.3%4.1%10.1%15.8%14.8%-0.8%-0.1%390.8M-2.64B-31.6M0.552.71157,84987,0682,772,692938,051
2017-01-18$114.72$114.0014.0%4.0%11.2%13.1%14.2%-0.4%-0.1%318.3M-1.50B-30.1M0.572.95111,73264,0502,802,552965,480
2017-01-19$114.84$114.0013.8%4.0%11.2%11.9%14.1%-0.3%-0.0%313.4M-1.48B-29.6M0.602.47101,84261,5942,822,161986,703
2017-01-20$115.08$114.0013.4%3.8%10.6%9.0%13.7%-0.4%-0.1%442.8M-1.88B-30.8M0.462.60164,69075,2902,822,006988,341
2017-01-23$115.76$114.0013.6%3.9%10.5%10.6%14.0%-0.5%0.1%296.3M-2.20B-29.0M0.612.8177,41847,1711,941,221635,096
2017-01-24$115.14$114.0013.1%3.8%10.8%6.9%13.3%-0.4%0.1%265.6M-1.78B-28.4M0.592.7987,37651,6521,951,461647,990
2017-01-25$114.32$114.0012.8%3.7%11.4%4.8%13.3%-0.2%0.1%189.5M-1.05B-27.5M0.682.7882,70956,4571,968,800666,169
2017-01-26$113.36$114.0012.9%3.7%12.0%5.5%13.5%0.1%0.2%83.8M-339.4M-26.4M0.392.59136,31552,8721,985,946680,546
2017-01-27$113.46$114.0012.5%3.6%12.0%2.6%12.7%0.0%0.3%51.9M-521.3M-26.8M0.482.90126,07760,5032,056,756691,934
2017-01-30$114.00$114.0013.2%3.8%11.4%7.6%14.1%-0.5%0.4%212.3M-1.13B-28.5M0.443.44117,15451,4732,033,487663,100
2017-01-31$115.38$114.0013.3%3.9%11.7%8.6%14.2%-0.9%0.3%321.3M-2.13B-29.0M0.423.52148,18961,9602,061,027679,301