iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (COMT) Historical Volatility

Tracking COMT historical volatility helps you see how much iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF's stock price has actually moved, giving you a baseline for whether option premiums look fair, cheap, or expensive. While implied volatility shows what the market expects, COMT's HV, also known as realized volatility, shows what actually happened. Use our scanner to monitor COMT 30 day historical volatility alongside longer lookback windows and spot the moments when realized and implied diverge.

Historical volatility is the annualized standard deviation of a stock's past returns, typically measured over rolling windows like 10, 20, 30, or 60 days. COMT's 30 day historical volatility, or COMT HV, is one of the most widely watched readings because it balances responsiveness with stability. Comparing COMT's HV to its implied volatility reveals the volatility risk premium. When IV sits well above HV, options are pricing in more movement than the stock has actually delivered, giving option sellers an edge. When HV runs hot relative to IV, options are pricing in less movement than the stock has delivered, and buyers may be underpaying for it.

The iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of a broad range of commodity exposures with enhanced roll selection, on a total return basis.