GS Options History — March 2023

In March 2023, GS traded between $303.22 and $357.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.4%, placing in the 47.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 31.6%). Max pain ranged from $335.00 to $360.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.28.

Notable Days

  • 2023-03-15: Highest Volume — 158,801 contracts
  • 2023-03-09: Largest IV spike — 21.1% change
  • 2023-03-17: Highest IV Rank — 90.6%
  • 2023-03-17: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$326.66$303.22$357.00$346.75$325.71
Max Pain$347.17$335.00$360.00$360.00$335.00
ATM IV32.4%22.4%42.1%24.9%29.7%
Expected Move9.5%5.9%12.3%6.8%8.7%
HV 20d31.6%19.9%39.4%19.9%36.9%
HV 60d27.2%23.4%29.7%23.9%29.7%
IV Rank47.9%3.8%90.6%14.8%35.9%
IV Percentile59.5%3.2%98.4%17.5%50.8%
Term Structure0.1%-1.2%1.7%0.0%-0.2%
VWIV33.4%21.0%43.1%23.0%31.7%
Skew 25d7.7%4.1%11.0%4.7%7.1%
Skew 10d15.1%7.9%21.6%9.1%14.2%
Call IV 25d28.9%20.4%37.3%22.5%26.3%
Put IV 25d36.5%24.5%48.3%27.2%33.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.522.418.213.202.41
Gamma HHI0.050.040.080.050.06
Net GEX-11.5M-52.9M58.9M-34.7M22.1M
Net DEX709.3M-496.1M1.74B559.2M278.4M
Net VEX-14.8M-15.5M-13.9M-14.8M-15.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.280.513.141.760.75
Total Volume43,993.47814,965158,80151,87930,399
Total OI341,599.696313,866383,047336,136357,962

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-03-01$346.75$360.0024.9%6.8%19.9%14.8%23.0%4.7%0.0%-34.7M559.2M-14.8M1.763.2018,77333,106156,518179,618
2023-03-02$349.20$355.0023.8%6.6%19.9%9.9%22.9%4.5%0.0%-23.2M168.1M-14.9M0.512.9619,86910,091160,079177,116
2023-03-03$356.50$355.0022.4%5.9%21.5%3.8%21.0%4.1%-0.1%58.9M-496.1M-14.9M0.893.9517,19515,243162,560178,247
2023-03-06$357.00$355.0023.0%7.3%21.5%6.5%25.8%4.3%0.5%35.2M-474.9M-14.9M1.113.237,7968,625144,243169,623
2023-03-07$346.03$355.0025.2%7.8%23.7%16.2%28.4%4.7%0.2%-14.7M268.3M-14.6M1.274.0710,26713,070146,542172,199
2023-03-08$349.50$355.0024.1%7.6%23.8%11.4%26.3%4.4%0.4%-459.7K7.0M-14.8M1.603.319,15614,673150,140175,345
2023-03-09$341.95$355.0029.2%8.8%24.5%33.9%30.2%6.3%-0.0%-26.8M478.1M-14.9M2.344.4216,67538,967151,125175,932
2023-03-10$326.37$355.0034.2%10.2%28.5%55.9%35.5%7.9%-0.6%-52.9M1.45B-14.4M1.616.2933,44653,705155,185186,176
2023-03-13$314.81$350.0039.1%11.5%30.0%77.6%37.7%9.1%1.0%-38.5M1.53B-13.9M1.188.2132,36538,327152,639178,176
2023-03-14$321.05$350.0034.4%10.3%31.0%56.8%36.7%8.3%1.7%-31.6M1.27B-14.5M0.886.5720,66018,079167,032183,515
2023-03-15$310.03$350.0040.7%11.9%32.4%84.6%42.8%10.6%0.9%-37.7M1.65B-14.2M3.148.0538,382120,419171,294186,281
2023-03-16$315.64$350.0035.0%10.4%33.6%59.3%37.5%8.7%1.4%-18.3M1.24B-14.6M0.917.2531,12828,358182,905193,180
2023-03-17$303.22$345.0042.1%12.3%35.4%90.6%43.1%11.0%1.4%-41.5M1.74B-14.2M1.434.8224,51935,134186,671196,376
2023-03-20$309.37$345.0037.8%11.0%37.0%71.9%38.4%10.4%-1.2%-20.7M1.11B-14.5M1.023.3717,85218,230145,433175,029
2023-03-21$318.29$340.0034.5%10.0%39.0%57.1%34.9%9.1%-1.1%-643.2K677.1M-14.9M0.953.5419,50718,463151,313178,400
2023-03-22$316.07$340.0034.6%9.9%39.0%57.8%35.6%8.4%-0.5%-7.2M754.5M-14.9M1.155.0516,19718,621156,787181,864
2023-03-23$315.28$340.0039.3%11.3%38.5%78.2%39.7%10.4%-0.7%-6.4M759.5M-15.5M1.447.5715,21521,842160,573186,045
2023-03-24$312.31$340.0038.8%11.1%38.4%76.0%40.8%9.9%-0.2%-25.3M962.6M-15.3M0.893.6020,42818,091163,526192,441
2023-03-27$318.97$340.0034.1%9.8%39.4%55.4%35.0%8.5%-0.3%-2.7M616.0M-15.3M0.873.0512,40610,735153,071179,680
2023-03-28$317.55$340.0033.9%10.0%37.5%54.5%34.8%8.4%-0.4%-4.7M683.3M-15.1M1.132.847,0247,941157,175182,761
2023-03-29$320.45$340.0031.9%9.3%37.6%45.7%33.6%7.9%-0.2%2.5M558.2M-15.0M1.193.4511,00113,107158,923185,335
2023-03-30$321.23$335.0032.2%9.5%37.4%47.1%32.7%7.5%-0.2%4.0M524.2M-15.1M1.512.7210,64416,119162,151189,607
2023-03-31$325.71$335.0029.7%8.7%36.9%35.9%31.7%7.1%-0.2%22.1M278.4M-15.3M0.752.4117,41312,986162,898195,064