GS Options History — April 2026

In April 2026, GS traded between $861.57 and $940.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.9%, placing in the 30.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 31.2%). Max pain ranged from $835.00 to $865.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 14 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 14 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

2026-04-13: Highest Volume — 80,200 contracts
2026-04-08: Largest IV drop — 10.9% change
2026-04-21: Highest IV Rank — 40.3%
2026-04-02: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

Metric	Avg	Min	Max	Open	Close
Price	$898.02	$861.57	$940.65	$861.57	$924.65
Max Pain	$848.93	$835.00	$865.00	$850.00	$865.00
ATM IV	33.9%	29.3%	40.5%	39.9%	32.0%
Expected Move	9.7%	8.4%	11.6%	11.4%	9.2%
HV 20d	31.2%	28.6%	36.4%	36.4%	30.1%
HV 60d	34.7%	34.1%	35.5%	34.6%	34.1%
IV Rank	30.7%	19.6%	40.3%	36.9%	40.3%
IV Percentile	74.7%	49.6%	90.9%	90.5%	75.0%
Term Structure	-0.6%	-1.6%	0.5%	-0.8%	-0.7%
VWIV	34.8%	30.0%	43.3%	43.3%	34.2%
Skew 25d	4.8%	2.5%	8.2%	7.2%	3.3%
Skew 10d	10.0%	5.5%	17.6%	13.0%	7.3%
Call IV 25d	31.6%	28.1%	37.0%	36.5%	30.7%
Put IV 25d	36.5%	31.2%	44.3%	43.7%	34.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %	18.10	13.89	22.01	16.79	20.85
Gamma HHI	0.03	0.02	0.13	0.02	0.02
Net GEX	133.2M	59.7M	331.5M	91.4M	125.8M
Net DEX	-5.28B	-7.29B	-3.54B	-3.72B	-5.99B
Net VEX	-54.1M	-56.3M	-52.5M	-52.6M	-56.3M
Div Yield	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
P/C Ratio	0.89	0.60	1.10	0.91	0.84
Total Volume	42,741.714	19,947	80,200	37,002	34,876
Total OI	404,474.286	352,661	466,609	382,146	364,178

Daily Data (14 trading days)

Date	Price	Max Pain	ATM IV	Exp Move	HV 20d	IV Rank	VWIV	Skew 25d	Term Str	GEX	DEX	VEX	P/C	Spread %	Call Vol	Put Vol	Call OI	Put OI
2026-04-01	$861.57	$850.00	39.9%	11.4%	36.4%	36.9%	43.3%	7.2%	-0.8%	91.4M	-3.72B	-52.6M	0.91	16.79	19,338	17,664	208,710	173,436
2026-04-02	$862.76	$835.00	40.5%	11.6%	32.5%	38.2%	38.9%	7.3%	-1.6%	80.4M	-3.83B	-53.4M	0.78	13.89	21,434	16,708	213,813	178,200
2026-04-06	$866.38	$835.00	39.1%	11.2%	31.8%	35.1%	38.4%	5.9%	-0.9%	67.2M	-3.61B	-52.8M	1.10	17.27	11,381	12,537	211,743	168,965
2026-04-07	$866.36	$835.00	39.2%	11.2%	31.5%	35.3%	38.2%	8.2%	-1.1%	59.7M	-3.54B	-53.4M	1.05	20.21	9,723	10,224	216,229	172,376
2026-04-08	$901.92	$840.00	34.9%	10.0%	34.3%	26.3%	35.1%	6.1%	-0.9%	138.6M	-5.69B	-53.5M	1.05	20.04	18,416	19,420	218,611	175,257
2026-04-09	$906.96	$845.00	33.6%	9.6%	33.8%	23.6%	34.7%	3.7%	-0.4%	148.4M	-5.97B	-54.5M	1.08	22.01	12,771	13,742	222,140	180,015
2026-04-10	$906.36	$845.00	32.8%	9.4%	28.6%	21.7%	33.9%	4.0%	0.5%	150.5M	-5.96B	-53.9M	1.04	19.60	24,088	25,054	225,512	182,757
2026-04-13	$894.69	$850.00	30.3%	8.7%	28.8%	20.0%	31.4%	4.2%	-0.2%	88.3M	-4.77B	-52.5M	0.98	19.22	40,520	39,680	223,418	179,068
2026-04-14	$913.37	$850.00	30.1%	8.6%	29.1%	19.6%	31.8%	3.9%	-0.6%	180.3M	-6.10B	-53.5M	0.81	19.38	37,233	30,057	233,494	193,257
2026-04-15	$897.63	$855.00	30.6%	8.8%	30.0%	30.5%	32.7%	2.5%	-0.2%	113.7M	-5.22B	-53.6M	0.65	15.02	36,735	23,969	241,540	203,530
2026-04-16	$903.22	$860.00	31.3%	9.0%	29.7%	37.4%	32.4%	3.2%	-0.1%	139.9M	-5.59B	-55.2M	0.60	15.77	26,623	16,058	247,513	209,608
2026-04-17	$925.74	$860.00	29.3%	8.4%	30.4%	28.8%	30.0%	3.1%	-0.1%	331.5M	-7.29B	-55.8M	0.78	15.71	22,921	17,880	253,468	213,141
2026-04-20	$940.65	$860.00	31.1%	8.9%	30.4%	36.8%	32.6%	5.2%	-0.6%	148.8M	-6.63B	-56.0M	0.75	17.67	22,522	16,810	189,065	163,596
2026-04-21	$924.65	$865.00	32.0%	9.2%	30.1%	40.3%	34.2%	3.3%	-0.7%	125.8M	-5.99B	-56.3M	0.84	20.85	18,960	15,916	194,288	169,890