GLD Options History — October 2024

In October 2024, GLD traded between $240.95 and $257.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.6%, placing in the 70.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 11.8%). Max pain ranged from $229.00 to $238.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2024-10-18: Highest Volume — 390,170 contracts
  • 2024-10-31: Largest IV spike — 4.3% change
  • 2024-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 79.0%
  • 2024-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$248.57$240.95$257.31$245.76$253.81
Max Pain$232.87$229.00$238.00$230.00$238.00
ATM IV16.6%15.7%17.5%16.7%17.5%
Expected Move4.9%4.6%5.8%4.9%5.8%
HV 20d11.8%10.2%13.6%13.1%11.7%
HV 60d13.3%12.2%14.4%14.3%12.6%
IV Rank70.4%61.1%79.0%71.1%79.0%
IV Percentile90.4%78.6%97.6%93.3%97.6%
Term Structure-0.2%-0.8%1.1%0.8%-0.1%
VWIV17.7%16.4%20.4%17.5%20.4%
Skew 25d-0.4%-1.1%0.2%-0.8%0.1%
Skew 10d-0.3%-1.5%1.4%-1.1%1.3%
Call IV 25d17.2%16.2%18.0%17.5%17.8%
Put IV 25d16.7%15.3%17.9%16.6%17.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.031.662.522.512.25
Gamma HHI0.110.090.150.090.10
Net GEX1.11B535.8M1.46B1.06B979.9M
Net DEX-20.77B-26.14B-15.46B-21.07B-20.50B
Net VEX-58.0M-61.8M-54.8M-60.0M-61.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.421.310.610.59
Total Volume215,677.13100,027390,170336,631320,383
Total OI2,817,930.9572,546,4643,002,2622,704,0512,914,107

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-10-01$245.76$230.0016.7%4.9%13.1%71.1%17.5%-0.8%0.8%1.06B-21.07B-60.0M0.612.51209,510127,1211,625,8911,078,160
2024-10-02$245.61$230.0016.3%4.7%13.1%66.5%16.5%-0.9%0.9%1.02B-20.09B-59.6M0.431.66145,13162,4951,641,0181,083,748
2024-10-03$245.51$229.0016.3%4.9%13.0%67.2%17.3%-1.1%1.1%1.04B-19.99B-60.4M0.602.2192,70555,1691,660,3301,083,136
2024-10-04$244.72$230.0015.7%4.7%12.6%61.1%17.1%-0.8%1.1%1.06B-19.44B-59.9M0.532.52138,69973,2531,714,6551,116,540
2024-10-07$244.22$230.0016.3%4.7%12.8%67.1%16.8%-0.6%-0.2%1.03B-18.66B-58.0M0.922.0766,60261,3771,707,1931,095,771
2024-10-08$241.91$230.0016.5%4.7%13.5%69.2%16.9%-0.5%-0.2%769.6M-16.24B-58.8M0.422.46221,49092,7771,721,3981,129,390
2024-10-09$240.95$230.0016.5%4.7%13.6%68.8%16.9%-0.3%-0.1%535.8M-15.46B-59.3M0.942.0770,95166,6301,722,6621,136,102
2024-10-10$242.82$231.0016.3%4.6%12.3%67.3%16.6%-0.5%-0.3%879.3M-17.56B-58.3M0.691.9472,97550,5551,712,3791,160,963
2024-10-11$245.37$231.0016.3%4.6%12.4%67.2%16.5%-0.7%-0.2%1.16B-20.41B-56.4M0.431.96130,74655,9541,737,1081,171,121
2024-10-14$244.88$231.0016.4%4.7%12.4%67.9%16.7%-0.8%-0.3%1.15B-19.88B-56.1M0.511.8966,11933,9081,710,7911,143,688
2024-10-15$245.88$231.0016.2%4.6%12.2%66.0%16.4%-0.8%-0.4%1.29B-20.98B-55.1M0.711.8677,39854,8481,724,7541,136,327
2024-10-16$247.07$232.0016.3%4.7%11.9%66.6%16.5%-0.7%-0.5%1.38B-22.34B-54.8M0.431.67173,22973,8441,753,8651,160,708
2024-10-17$248.63$232.0016.3%4.7%11.3%67.4%17.1%-0.6%-0.5%1.46B-23.50B-55.7M0.632.0391,29457,0881,768,4201,195,790
2024-10-18$251.25$232.0016.6%4.8%10.9%69.9%17.1%-0.4%-0.5%1.41B-26.14B-55.2M0.641.99237,579152,5911,785,2291,217,033
2024-10-21$251.19$233.0016.9%5.0%10.9%72.4%17.5%-0.5%-0.7%978.5M-20.39B-55.7M0.531.89205,906109,4621,548,232998,232
2024-10-22$253.75$236.0017.3%5.1%10.4%77.0%18.5%-0.2%-0.7%1.28B-22.48B-57.7M0.952.12102,19196,9021,626,5811,046,166
2024-10-23$251.06$236.0017.4%5.2%11.3%77.9%18.8%0.1%-0.6%1.02B-19.90B-59.4M0.972.20131,448127,9051,653,6701,087,455
2024-10-24$252.61$236.0017.2%5.2%11.4%76.2%18.4%-0.0%-0.8%1.17B-21.31B-60.2M1.311.8061,34280,3361,677,0801,110,054
2024-10-25$253.47$236.0017.2%5.3%10.8%75.9%19.0%-0.3%-0.8%1.12B-22.09B-59.7M0.661.99119,72378,5961,690,6631,140,131
2024-10-28$253.30$237.0016.8%5.3%10.2%72.0%19.4%0.1%-0.2%1.11B-21.13B-57.8M0.582.1195,35355,6851,665,9601,108,438
2024-10-29$256.10$237.0016.9%5.4%10.2%72.4%19.2%0.0%-0.1%1.31B-23.63B-56.0M0.571.68204,096116,8931,660,5991,106,071
2024-10-30$257.31$238.0016.8%5.4%10.2%71.8%19.9%0.2%-0.1%1.38B-24.49B-58.3M1.171.74111,636130,6791,715,7061,169,097
2024-10-31$253.81$238.0017.5%5.8%11.7%79.0%20.4%0.1%-0.1%979.9M-20.50B-61.8M0.592.25201,777118,6061,725,9951,188,112