GLD Options History — February 2017

In February 2017, GLD traded between $115.18 and $119.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.9%, placing in the 6.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 10.1%). Max pain ranged from $114.00 to $117.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2017-02-14: Highest Volume — 297,873 contracts
  • 2017-02-06: Largest IV spike — 6.0% change
  • 2017-02-28: Highest IV Rank — 11.8%
  • 2017-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$117.63$115.18$119.75$115.18$118.99
Max Pain$115.21$114.00$117.00$114.00$117.00
ATM IV12.9%11.9%13.8%12.8%13.1%
Expected Move3.8%3.4%4.1%3.7%4.0%
HV 20d10.1%8.3%11.8%11.8%8.7%
HV 60d11.9%10.4%13.4%13.3%10.4%
IV Rank6.5%0.0%11.8%4.6%11.8%
IV Percentile5.8%0.0%14.3%2.0%8.7%
Term Structure0.2%-0.2%0.6%0.4%-0.0%
VWIV13.9%12.5%16.6%13.4%14.6%
Skew 25d-1.1%-1.7%-0.5%-0.5%-1.1%
Skew 10d-2.4%-2.9%-1.1%-1.1%-2.4%
Call IV 25d13.9%13.0%15.3%13.5%14.1%
Put IV 25d12.8%11.6%13.6%13.0%12.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.862.553.303.302.90
Gamma HHI0.070.060.100.060.07
Net GEX553.4M362.0M718.5M362.0M595.2M
Net DEX-4.06B-5.59B-1.99B-1.99B-4.50B
Net VEX-35.2M-39.2M-29.0M-29.0M-38.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.300.700.510.70
Total Volume201,090.684129,972297,873141,956207,701
Total OI3,070,954.4742,804,4893,305,5022,804,4893,280,134

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-02-01$115.18$114.0012.8%3.7%11.8%4.6%13.4%-0.5%0.4%362.0M-1.99B-29.0M0.513.3093,70548,2512,117,209687,280
2017-02-02$115.82$115.0013.1%3.9%11.7%7.1%14.8%-1.0%0.3%447.3M-2.64B-30.1M0.382.83154,62459,0092,147,492697,191
2017-02-03$116.11$115.0013.0%3.9%10.7%6.3%16.6%-1.2%0.5%560.7M-3.14B-33.1M0.303.01201,49460,4672,209,857712,792
2017-02-06$117.68$115.0013.8%4.1%10.9%11.8%15.1%-1.7%0.5%543.2M-4.27B-33.8M0.572.90114,97765,1242,236,318680,849
2017-02-07$117.53$115.0013.6%4.0%10.6%10.4%14.8%-1.3%0.4%546.8M-4.04B-32.8M0.482.9287,70942,2632,246,746699,956
2017-02-08$118.13$115.0013.6%4.0%10.7%10.4%14.7%-1.2%0.5%593.1M-4.62B-34.2M0.363.04182,06766,4072,248,265708,298
2017-02-09$117.32$115.0013.3%3.9%11.1%8.5%14.3%-1.1%0.4%558.8M-3.92B-34.0M0.502.63105,95652,9732,349,029727,353
2017-02-10$117.51$115.0013.4%4.0%11.1%9.1%14.1%-1.1%0.6%484.2M-4.11B-34.3M0.572.65133,51075,5602,369,767733,497
2017-02-13$116.87$115.0013.5%3.9%11.4%11.1%14.0%-1.0%-0.2%497.8M-3.49B-33.9M0.462.74133,70462,0992,354,785700,016
2017-02-14$116.91$115.0013.2%3.8%10.2%8.4%13.6%-0.8%-0.2%516.6M-3.69B-35.9M0.453.01205,27392,6002,411,685713,237
2017-02-15$117.44$115.0012.6%3.6%9.5%3.6%12.8%-1.0%-0.1%569.0M-4.26B-36.5M0.402.69155,83962,2662,463,882747,613
2017-02-16$118.03$115.0012.6%3.6%9.6%3.9%13.0%-1.2%-0.1%644.9M-5.00B-37.2M0.542.55123,70566,6652,503,899762,234
2017-02-17$117.76$115.0012.2%3.5%9.7%0.7%12.5%-1.3%-0.1%561.8M-4.59B-36.7M0.392.72159,20261,4592,531,348774,154
2017-02-21$117.73$115.0012.3%3.6%9.5%1.6%12.8%-1.2%0.1%485.7M-3.66B-35.8M0.662.8786,27156,8162,428,109601,083
2017-02-22$117.96$115.0011.9%3.4%9.2%0.0%12.5%-1.3%0.0%534.3M-3.92B-36.8M0.623.0088,53355,0552,460,632618,029
2017-02-23$118.98$116.0012.2%3.5%9.0%3.3%12.9%-1.4%0.1%688.0M-4.92B-37.8M0.622.99129,12080,3402,476,953634,644
2017-02-24$119.75$116.0012.2%3.6%8.3%2.9%13.1%-1.2%0.1%718.5M-5.59B-39.2M0.452.95147,53966,2362,503,283659,710
2017-02-27$119.21$116.0012.7%3.8%8.6%7.9%13.8%-1.2%0.0%607.6M-4.84B-38.3M0.402.57168,43167,7732,507,651643,155
2017-02-28$118.99$117.0013.1%4.0%8.7%11.8%14.6%-1.1%-0.0%595.2M-4.50B-38.6M0.702.90121,87485,8272,595,950684,184