PHYS Sprott Physical Gold Trust

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PHYS $41.00 —
Key stats
$41.00
Pre-market $30.81 -1.38%
52-Week Range
$29.30 – $42.07
YTD
+23.75%
Straddle Price
$0.00
Market Cap
$14.8B
Open
$31.28
Day Range
$30.98 – $31.29
Volume
1,956,088
Prev Close
$31.12
About

Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) ETF

Sprott Physical Gold Trust is a closed-end mutual fund trust. The company provides a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical gold bullion without the inconvenience associated with direct investment in physical gold bullion. The company invests mainly in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical gold bullion and does not and will not speculate about short-term changes in gold prices.

AUM
$14.8B
Exchange
ARCX
Inception
2010-02-26
Has Options
Yes
Homepage
https://sprott.com
Fund profile
Commodity Gold#4 of 14 by assets Sprott
Expense ratio
—
Assets
$15.1B
shares × price, Oct 20, 2026
Trailing yield
—
Average daily volume
$120M
30 sessions
Holdings
—
Listed
Feb 26, 2010
NYSE Arca
Closure risk, 12 months
0.1%
low · model
FrenzyCap ETF score
100
how it is built
Costn/a
Liquidity100
Scale100
Diversificationn/a

Moves with. Gold (99% of its variance, beta 1.02). These factors explain 99% of its daily moves over the last year.

Overlap toolAll Gold ETFs

Fund flows

This product is not a registered investment company, so it does not file the monthly flow reports that funds file with the SEC.

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ETF Profile
Chart
Seasonality
'21'22'23'24'25'26Avg
Jan-4.97%1.20%4.84%-0.76%5.92%10.05%2.71%
Feb-6.86%5.24%-7.26%-0.57%1.38%14.71%1.11%
Mar-2.05%0.33%9.18%7.25%7.46%-12.92%1.54%
Apr2.95%-2.41%-0.45%1.20%4.14%-2.99%0.41%
May7.27%-1.84%-0.19%1.12%2.49%-1.38%1.24%
Jun-7.51%-2.21%-3.74%-0.99%-1.59%-10.87%-4.49%
Jul1.99%-2.47%2.14%4.75%-1.37%0.28%0.89%
Aug-0.21%-3.96%0.53%2.69%3.35%10.20%2.10%
Sep-3.90%-3.25%-5.54%5.05%9.06%-4.58%-0.53%
Oct1.95%-4.03%10.09%3.34%2.26%-0.64%*2.16%
Nov-1.34%6.91%2.26%-3.72%6.50%--2.12%
Dec2.64%1.51%-1.18%-0.59%1.79%--0.83%
Total-10.58%-5.52%9.56%19.84%49.37%-1.79%10.15%
Technical Indicators

Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.

Trend Indicators
  • SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
  • EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
  • MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
  • ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
  • +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
  • RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
  • Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
  • Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.

Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.

Volume & Volatility
  • Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
  • OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
  • Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
  • ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
  • HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.

Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →

Trend Indicators

SMA 20: $31.40
SMA 50: $32.65
SMA 200: $34.19
Current: $31.24
EMA 12: $31.37
EMA 26: $31.70
MACD: -0.3297 | Signal: 0.0408
BEARISH
ADX (14): 16.06
RANGE
+DI: 24.50
−DI: 33.26

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14): 43.76
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 44.55
Stoch %D: 54.68
Williams %R: -52.48

Volume & Volatility

BB Upper: $32.09
BB Lower: $30.71
NEUTRAL
OBV: 309,813,186
Vol SMA 20: 3,163,975
Vol ROC: -45.60%
ATR: $0.46
True Range: $0.30
HV 20: 20.3%
HV 30: 19.5%
HV 60: 23.7%

Data Summary

Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-23T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis

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Analysis includes technical indicators, news sentiment, risk assessment, and specific price levels to watch.

News
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PHYS Options Activity & IV Rank

Volatility Metrics

Current IV: 39.9%
7-DTE IV: —
Expected Move: $0.00
7-DTE Move: $0.00
Days to Exp: 46 (2026-04-17)

Options Flow

Call Volume: 0
Put Volume: 1
P/C Volume: —
Call OI: 0
Put OI: 1
P/C OI: —
Total OI: 1

ATM Options Pricing

ATM Call: $0.00
ATM Put: $0.00
Call %: 0.0%
Put %: 0.0%

Chain Summary

Chain Volume: 5
Chain OI: 3
Last Updated: 3/2/2026
Spread Scanner GPU
Full Algorithm Docs ↗

Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →

Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)

score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.

Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)

RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.

Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
  • RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
  • MACD crossover + histogram trend
  • Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
  • Stochastic %K <20 / >80
  • Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
  • Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
  • Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
  • BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
  • IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
  • IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
  • Min open interest across all legs
  • OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05

score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →

Enter a ticker to scan for optimal spread opportunities.

Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.

Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Metric:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol points

How much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.

  • Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
  • Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
  • Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
  • Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each side

Which side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.

  • Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
  • Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
  • Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
  • Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together

Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:

  • High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
  • Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
  • Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
ATM — / Wing —
30 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
ATM — / Wing —

Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.

Volatility Surface

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Volatility Smile

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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$0.00Mar 2
Beta Analysis

Risk Metrics

Beta: 0.8228
Alpha: -7.32%
Correlation: 0.3594
R-Squared: 12.9%
Stock Volatility: 29.1%
Market Volatility: 12.7%

Analysis Details

Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Moderate volatility - stock generally follows market
Beta & Alpha Over Time

PHYS Institutional Ownership (13F)

Latest filings — 2026-09-30

Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.

  • Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
  • Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
  • % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
  • Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.

Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.

684 filers149,570,301 shares$4.55B value
# Filer Shares Value % of Total % of Float Period
1 Royal Bank of Canada Custodian 9,287,092 $280.19M 6.16% — 2026-06-30
2 CENTRAL TRUST Co 5,891,785 $177.76M 3.91% — 2026-06-30
3 Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec Custodian 5,889,428 $177.18M 3.90% — 2026-06-30
4 Morgan Stanley Custodian 5,242,209 $158.16M 3.48% — 2026-06-30
5 Heritage Wealth Advisors 4,706,640 $142.00M 3.12% — 2026-06-30
6 Evanson Asset Management, LLC 3,839,307 $136.07M 2.99% — 2026-03-31
7 Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc. 4,460,932 $134.59M 2.96% — 2026-06-30
8 Evanson Financial, LLC 3,598,792 $108.58M 2.39% — 2026-06-30
9 JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 3,426,260 $103.80M 2.28% — 2026-06-30
10 IMC-Chicago, LLC Custodian 3,250,316 $98.06M 2.16% — 2026-06-30
11 Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 3,116,362 $94.02M 2.07% — 2026-06-30
12 CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 2,536,730 $76.53M 1.68% — 2026-06-30
13 LPL Financial LLC Custodian 2,315,840 $69.87M 1.54% — 2026-06-30
14 Bleakley Financial Group, LLC 2,234,144 $67.40M 1.48% — 2026-06-30
15 MATAURO, LLC 2,119,854 $63.96M 1.41% — 2026-06-30
16 SPROTT INC. 2,054,043 $61.97M 1.36% — 2026-06-30
17 Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 1,980,953 $59.77M 1.31% — 2026-06-30
18 Raymond James Financial, Inc. Custodian 1,976,995 $59.65M 1.31% — 2026-06-30
19 Envestnet Asset Management, Inc. 1,711,864 $51.65M 1.14% — 2026-06-30
20 Wells Fargo & Company Custodian 1,680,632 $50.67M 1.11% — 2026-06-30
21 Cetera Investment Advisers Custodian 1,658,246 $50.03M 1.10% — 2026-06-30
22 SouthState Bank Corp 1,651,138 $49.81M 1.10% — 2026-06-30
23 Weiss Asset Management LP 1,611,647 $48.62M 1.07% — 2026-06-30
24 Goldman Sachs Group Inc Custodian 1,525,066 $46.01M 1.01% — 2026-06-30
25 Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC 1,510,702 $45.58M 1.00% — 2026-06-30
1 filers$654.69K notional
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
1 SIG North Trading, ULC $654.69K 100.00% 2026-06-30
1 filers$383.16K notional
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
1 SIG North Trading, ULC $383.16K 100.00% 2026-06-30
Short Interest & Float

Regulatory short-interest reports publish on a bi-weekly settlement cadence; short-volume is reported daily by the trade-reporting facilities. Float is derived from insider-ownership filings.

Metric definitions
  • Short Interest — total shares currently sold short as of the settlement date. Lags real time by ~8 business days.
  • SI % of Float — short interest / free float. The key crowding metric.
  • Days to Cover — short interest / avg daily volume. How many full trading days it would take shorts to buy back. High DTC + catalyst = squeeze fuel.
  • Short Vol Ratio — today's short-sale volume / total volume. Intraday selling pressure proxy (not the same as short interest).
  • Free Float — shares available for public trading (total shares minus insider / restricted).
  • Float % — free float / shares outstanding. <50% = tightly held, more prone to squeezes.
How to read the signals
  • SI % of Float < 5% — typical, no particular signal.
  • 5–15% — elevated; watch for catalysts (earnings, guidance, macro).
  • 15–30% — heavily shorted; tight-float names in this range have produced notable squeezes historically.
  • >30% — extreme; borrow is likely expensive and squeeze risk is material.
  • Days to Cover > 5 combined with high SI% amplifies squeeze potential.
History chart
  • Trend matters more than level. Rapidly rising short interest often precedes negative catalysts or heavy hedging.
  • A sudden drop in SI after a rally may indicate a squeeze in progress.

Short interest is reported mid-month and end-of-month; short volume is daily.

Short Interest
483.51K
SI % of Float
0.10%
Days to Cover
1.00
Short Vol Ratio
52.8%
Free Float
—
Float %
—
Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-21
Constituent Performance

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Constituents
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