NBIX Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, NBIX traded between $86.97 and $99.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.5%, placing in the 22.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.9% (HV 20d: 31.6%). Max pain ranged from $95.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-31: Highest Volume — 3,752 contracts
  • 2019-10-09: Largest IV spike — 11.5% change
  • 2019-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 29.7%
  • 2019-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$93.51$86.97$99.56$89.14$99.56
Max Pain$95.00$95.00$95.00$95.00$95.00
ATM IV43.5%35.4%47.6%37.7%47.6%
Expected Move12.8%10.8%13.6%10.8%13.6%
HV 20d31.6%23.0%37.5%36.1%23.0%
HV 60d33.1%28.3%35.6%35.1%28.6%
IV Rank22.2%7.3%29.7%11.5%29.7%
IV Percentile50.9%7.9%72.6%26.6%72.6%
Term Structure-4.8%-9.7%7.1%7.1%-9.7%
VWIV44.8%38.5%47.8%38.5%45.5%
Skew 25d2.1%0.2%4.1%1.2%2.4%
Skew 10d5.2%0.1%11.6%0.1%3.0%
Call IV 25d44.0%38.1%47.2%38.1%46.0%
Put IV 25d46.1%39.4%48.7%39.4%48.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.1128.4653.8528.4635.12
Gamma HHI0.160.130.230.140.23
Net GEX345.6K-374.9K1.6M-218.9K1.6M
Net DEX5.9M-21.5M27.5M23.0M-21.5M
Net VEX-194.9K-241.6K-150.7K-166.5K-236.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.063.710.910.78
Total Volume806493,7521803,752
Total OI20,437.34818,77923,48218,77922,904

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$89.14$95.0037.7%10.8%36.1%11.5%38.5%1.2%7.1%-218.9K23.0M-166.5K0.9128.46N/AN/A948610,2518,528
2019-10-02$87.82$95.0040.2%11.5%36.3%16.2%40.3%1.4%5.0%-245.2K25.1M-160.5K3.7133.25N/AN/A7327110,2848,529
2019-10-03$89.78$95.0037.7%12.9%37.5%11.6%45.2%1.6%-3.2%-135.3K21.0M-169.1K0.5544.80N/AN/A1297110,2808,500
2019-10-04$89.83$95.0035.4%12.7%37.2%7.3%45.0%3.3%-3.2%-177.2K21.8M-165.4K0.1441.10N/AN/A2653610,3498,521
2019-10-07$88.04$95.0038.7%12.6%36.8%13.4%43.0%3.7%-3.1%-288.6K25.5M-154.9K0.9253.85N/AN/A13312310,4918,532
2019-10-08$87.08$95.0041.4%13.4%33.1%18.4%46.3%2.5%-4.2%-350.5K27.3M-153.1K0.0936.42N/AN/A69610,5078,592
2019-10-09$86.97$95.0046.2%13.3%32.8%27.2%46.6%2.5%-3.7%-359.0K27.5M-150.7K0.4046.51N/AN/A351410,5158,595
2019-10-10$88.27$95.0044.8%12.8%33.2%24.6%45.2%3.7%-3.1%-374.9K26.0M-151.3K0.8732.95N/AN/A37032210,5098,598
2019-10-11$90.69$95.0043.3%12.4%33.4%21.8%43.1%2.8%-3.4%-295.4K20.5M-164.4K0.0652.71N/AN/A6553710,8278,904
2019-10-14$90.97$95.0043.0%12.3%32.7%21.3%43.2%2.6%-3.5%-138.6K20.0M-160.3K0.7044.51N/AN/A845911,2108,905
2019-10-15$93.52$95.0042.8%12.3%31.7%20.9%42.0%2.4%-3.5%144.8K13.2M-165.5K0.0652.25N/AN/A1,86510711,2298,939
2019-10-16$93.65$95.0041.4%11.9%31.7%18.4%43.1%4.1%-4.2%86.7K11.7M-184.6K1.9649.74N/AN/A489411,8559,012
2019-10-17$97.05$95.0043.6%12.5%34.7%22.4%43.7%2.3%-4.5%245.1K-1.8M-197.6K0.0945.51N/AN/A3,30828711,8759,057
2019-10-18$95.81$95.0046.0%13.2%34.8%26.9%46.4%1.8%-6.2%923.4K-5.7M-223.4K0.5730.96N/AN/A54331014,2989,184
2019-10-21$97.20$95.0047.0%13.5%35.3%28.7%45.0%1.5%-7.5%457.6K-6.4M-226.2K0.5239.12N/AN/A98751710,6458,562
2019-10-22$98.06$95.0047.5%13.6%32.2%29.6%47.8%2.0%-8.6%720.2K-11.7M-241.6K0.1443.14N/AN/A4476411,7768,850
2019-10-23$97.15$95.0046.4%13.3%32.2%27.5%46.5%0.9%-7.3%706.7K-8.7M-236.9K0.0842.23N/AN/A6425411,9868,873
2019-10-24$97.99$95.0045.4%13.0%25.0%25.8%46.8%1.6%-8.9%931.4K-13.4M-240.7K0.4436.06N/AN/A1325812,4358,876
2019-10-25$98.21$95.0046.0%13.2%24.8%26.8%47.5%0.2%-7.8%947.7K-13.1M-237.2K0.2540.81N/AN/A54213812,4278,872
2019-10-28$98.14$95.0046.2%13.3%24.8%27.2%46.5%1.5%-8.2%1.1M-13.9M-231.6K0.1240.39N/AN/A6948512,9408,891
2019-10-29$98.16$95.0045.7%13.1%24.1%26.2%45.7%1.7%-9.1%1.3M-15.1M-232.2K0.2842.60N/AN/A62217213,3688,917
2019-10-30$97.68$95.0046.0%13.2%23.3%26.8%47.3%0.8%-9.3%1.3M-14.7M-232.9K1.2333.11N/AN/A627613,8059,056
2019-10-31$99.56$95.0047.6%13.6%23.0%29.7%45.5%2.4%-9.7%1.6M-21.5M-236.0K0.7835.12N/AN/A2,1061,64613,8109,094