VanEck Gold Miners ETF · ARCX · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$87.80▼ −1.27 · −1.4%from $89.07 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$89.72
High
$89.76
Low
$87.80
Day's range
$2.02.2% of the previous close
VWAP
$88.43close −0.71% from it
Volume, shares
17.1M0.80× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$1.51B
Trades
147K120 shares per trade
Previous close
$89.07−1.27 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range0% of the way up
$87.80$89.76
52-week range50% of the way up
$69.74 Jul 17$105.67 Aug 25
−17% from the high · +26% from the low
The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
put-heavy
options read
calls 41% · puts 59% of OI
1.46
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 1.10
$92.00
max pain
+4.8% from the close
$100.00
most call OI
12.6K contracts · +14% from the close
▲ +1.3%
option OI on the day
+30.5K contracts · 2.33M open
Put-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 1.46 puts per call by open interest, option OI +1.3% on the day, the most call OI sits at $100.00, the most put OI at $90.00, max pain $92.00.
Options
Sep 30 open interest · 17 expiries listed
GDX options carry 2.33M contracts of open interest across 17 expiries, 8.5% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 1.46 puts per call.
Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 17 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
Expiry
Call OI · on the day
Put OI · on the day
Puts per call
Share of OI %
Strikes
Oct 22 days
95.4K−34.7K
56.3K−7.23K
0.59
6.5
74
Oct 99 days
9.9K+732
17.6K+1.96K
1.78
1.2
76
Oct 1616 days
94.7K+802
104K−2.29K
1.10
8.5
82
Oct 2323 days
5.58K+222
6.62K−215
1.19
0.52
65
Oct 3030 days
8.34K+198
3.78K+185
0.45
0.52
57
Nov 637 days
1.24K+210
623+28
0.50
0.08
52
Nov 2051 days
44.9K+1.15K
195K−214
4.35
10
87
Dec 1879 days
234K−2.67K
286K+420
1.22
22
120
84% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 82 strikes listed for it · 2.33M contracts open in all
Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days
The Oct 16 contract holds 94.7K calls and 104K puts, the most call OI at $100.00 and the most put OI at $90.00; max pain $92.00, +4.8% from the close.
Call OI, contracts
94.7K+802 on the day
Put OI, contracts
104K−2.29K on the day
Puts per call, by OI
1.10all expiries 1.46
Max pain
$92.00+4.8% from the close
Strikes listed
82for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
7.13K
$110.00
11.3K
$105.00
12.6K
$100.00
$90.00
10.7K
$80.00
8.57K
$75.00
10.2K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+503
$105.00
$93.50
+15
+539
$90.00
+204
$88.00
$83.00
+38
$75.00
+38
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close · hover or tap a session and the read beside the chart follows it
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