# IAU options activity and gamma

Canonical: https://squawkflow.com/ticker/IAU

iShares Gold Trust Shares. ETFs. Catalogue checked 2026-10-20.

Last held price $75.17, as of 2026-10-23T20:00:00.000Z, delayed price.

As of 2026-10-23T20:00:00.000Z, IAU has 23,969 standard-contract open interest across 7 expiries, 6.43% from the dated underlying price to the call wall. OI rank 87 of 113 measured books with the same UTC source date; not a full-market ranking.

Source: delayed options data; quote 2026-10-23T20:00:00.000Z; chain 2026-10-23T20:00:00.000Z. OI-derived gamma estimate, calls positive and puts negative; 100-share standard roots only; dollars per 1% underlying move. Not observed dealer positions. Full-chain activity; at most 40 nearest gamma strikes.

Gamma by strike (40 rows, dollars per 1% move):

| Strike | Net gamma estimate |
| --- | --- |
| 87 | 49659 |
| 86.5 | 0 |
| 86 | 2138 |
| 85.5 | 0 |
| 85 | 75503 |
| 84.5 | 0 |
| 84 | 17713 |
| 83.5 | 0 |
| 83 | 21563 |
| 82.5 | 1161 |
| 82 | 202338 |
| 81.5 | 4512 |
| 81 | 144961 |
| 80.5 | 15273 |
| 80 | 243294 |
| 79.5 | 8100 |
| 79 | 35058 |
| 78.5 | 12699 |
| 78 | -178704 |
| 77.5 | -25228 |
| 77 | -172437 |
| 76.5 | -16296 |
| 76 | -143464 |
| 75.5 | 0 |
| 75 | -1826917 |
| 74.5 | -68768 |
| 74 | -132106 |
| 73.5 | -32743 |
| 73 | -37019 |
| 72.5 | -9153 |
| 72 | -25713 |
| 71.5 | 0 |
| 71 | -11208 |
| 70 | 5355 |
| 69 | -203 |
| 68 | 0 |
| 67 | 0 |
| 66 | 0 |
| 65 | -55546 |
| 64 | 0 |

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