NBIX Options History — February 2022

In February 2022, NBIX traded between $78.69 and $90.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.6%, placing in the 49.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.5% (HV 20d: 43.1%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.23.

Notable Days

  • 2022-02-10: Highest Volume — 6,528 contracts
  • 2022-02-09: Largest IV drop — 34.3% change
  • 2022-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 97.4%
  • 2022-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 20.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$83.93$78.69$90.17$79.11$90.17
Max Pain$82.63$75.00$95.00$95.00$85.00
ATM IV52.6%36.8%82.9%69.9%40.1%
Expected Move13.7%10.6%20.0%20.0%11.5%
HV 20d43.1%36.7%50.6%50.6%38.0%
HV 60d39.1%36.5%41.2%36.5%40.6%
IV Rank49.3%24.4%97.4%76.8%29.6%
IV Percentile56.9%9.9%99.6%97.2%26.6%
Term Structure-3.6%-16.6%2.9%-16.6%-1.1%
VWIV47.9%30.8%62.7%62.7%39.4%
Skew 25d1.0%-4.3%5.1%5.1%2.2%
Skew 10d1.9%-6.4%6.6%0.7%5.7%
Call IV 25d48.9%37.7%70.6%67.7%38.9%
Put IV 25d49.9%39.7%72.9%72.8%41.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %67.7143.5481.3874.2580.86
Gamma HHI0.230.160.650.170.19
Net GEX1.5M618.9K5.5M623.6K1.2M
Net DEX-3.0M-20.8M16.4M16.4M-20.8M
Net VEX-279.9K-302.9K-245.8K-245.8K-293.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.230.907.722.993.43
Total Volume4,582.9473,4866,5283,4863,507
Total OI27,225.42121,90731,84725,07322,443

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-02-01$79.11$95.0069.9%20.0%50.6%76.8%62.7%5.1%-16.6%623.6K16.4M-245.8K2.9974.25N/AN/A8742,61213,93211,141
2022-02-02$78.69$95.0067.1%19.2%50.4%72.3%60.2%2.3%-15.8%618.9K15.8M-247.4K2.8274.85N/AN/A9202,59513,97411,141
2022-02-03$79.39$75.0072.4%15.4%49.1%80.8%58.5%-0.3%-6.9%658.5K12.3M-248.3K1.0345.01N/AN/A2,8122,90614,08211,146
2022-02-04$81.15$75.0072.2%15.5%49.8%80.5%57.8%-3.0%-8.3%975.9K2.5M-279.4K2.1243.54N/AN/A1,3712,90515,66111,412
2022-02-07$80.95$75.0079.9%16.2%36.7%92.7%59.7%-4.3%-8.1%995.6K3.9M-263.7K2.1447.17N/AN/A1,2372,64415,85111,413
2022-02-08$79.62$75.0082.9%15.7%37.3%97.4%57.4%-1.1%-4.1%916.1K8.1M-255.9K1.8748.77N/AN/A2,2174,14815,95511,495
2022-02-09$81.53$80.0054.5%15.6%38.0%52.3%55.5%5.1%-7.9%1.1M4.9M-288.4K1.4058.55N/AN/A2,1753,03717,18312,966
2022-02-10$79.25$80.0053.1%15.2%39.5%50.2%55.1%-3.4%-4.7%773.5K11.1M-282.2K0.9058.83N/AN/A3,4383,09016,81713,204
2022-02-11$85.88$80.0042.0%12.1%47.3%32.7%43.1%-0.4%-0.9%1.8M-6.3M-280.2K2.5275.48N/AN/A1,6974,27817,32313,817
2022-02-14$86.81$80.0044.2%12.7%46.9%36.0%42.0%1.1%-0.4%2.7M-15.9M-290.1K7.7277.02N/AN/A5274,06618,15613,364
2022-02-15$86.49$80.0040.7%11.7%43.0%30.6%42.1%0.7%-0.0%2.7M-15.1M-291.5K5.1769.42N/AN/A6583,40218,07713,330
2022-02-16$86.04$85.0042.4%12.1%42.0%33.2%42.0%2.3%-0.3%795.7K-14.2M-288.5K5.3574.81N/AN/A6423,43618,02413,613
2022-02-17$84.79$85.0041.1%11.8%42.6%31.2%42.3%2.9%0.4%2.9M-3.7M-287.2K5.8381.38N/AN/A6573,82718,01013,473
2022-02-18$85.50$85.0040.3%11.5%41.1%29.9%41.7%2.3%-0.4%5.5M-8.6M-285.6K3.8169.56N/AN/A1,1574,41018,00213,845
2022-02-22$87.91$85.0038.5%11.0%41.7%27.0%30.8%-1.3%2.5%938.7K-12.9M-302.9K3.7177.65N/AN/A8693,22111,12310,784
2022-02-23$86.00$85.0040.2%11.5%43.0%29.8%40.8%2.0%-0.2%842.3K-7.9M-293.3K3.3073.27N/AN/A9753,22111,28310,807
2022-02-24$86.83$85.0040.4%11.6%42.4%30.1%42.8%3.0%1.6%923.4K-10.1M-293.5K2.7878.53N/AN/A9802,72611,34110,808
2022-02-25$88.59$85.0036.8%10.6%39.6%24.4%37.2%2.9%2.9%1.1M-15.7M-301.6K2.5777.48N/AN/A1,0752,76411,47610,811
2022-02-28$90.17$85.0040.1%11.5%38.0%29.6%39.4%2.2%-1.1%1.2M-20.8M-293.5K3.4380.86N/AN/A7912,71611,59010,853