NDLS Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, NDLS traded between $5.50 and $9.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 112.3%, placing in the 13.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 30.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 118.2%). Max pain ranged from $1.00 to $2.50. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-20: Largest IV spike — 128.1% change
  • 2026-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 28.1%
  • 2026-03-11: Largest Expected Move — 54.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.69$5.50$9.34$5.63$8.87
Max Pain$1.82$1.00$2.50$1.00$2.50
ATM IV112.3%31.2%195.4%171.2%31.2%
Expected Move30.3%8.9%54.3%49.1%8.9%
HV 20d118.2%95.1%148.8%111.1%146.9%
HV 60d102.5%94.0%116.1%102.9%116.1%
IV Rank13.2%0.0%28.1%22.0%0.0%
IV Percentile12.0%0.0%38.1%22.6%0.0%
Term Structure-36.6%-109.7%67.2%-106.8%67.2%
Skew 25d-7.3%-68.7%25.2%10.5%-68.7%
Skew 10d6.8%-68.7%56.2%33.9%-68.7%
Call IV 25d115.2%65.5%243.9%87.0%243.9%
Put IV 25d107.9%70.5%175.2%97.5%175.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.061.2614.8911.266.85
Gamma HHI0.500.270.880.880.69
Net GEX117-58935712-8
Net DEX-891.5K-1.2M-700.3K-736.8K-1.2M
Net VEX-75-373-7-356-7
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI1,622.5451,5581,6551,6341,559

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$5.63$1.00171.2%49.1%111.1%22.0%0.0%10.5%-106.8%712-736.8K-3560.0011.26N/AN/A001,373261
2026-03-03$6.22$1.00172.6%49.5%116.4%22.4%0.0%25.2%-104.6%599-822.6K-2900.0013.25N/AN/A001,373282
2026-03-04$6.71$1.00174.1%49.9%118.0%22.8%0.0%0.7%-81.4%-18-919.6K-210.001.26N/AN/A001,373282
2026-03-05$6.54$1.00128.3%36.8%118.4%11.4%0.0%17.9%-81.3%-47-896.3K-200.001.33N/AN/A001,373282
2026-03-06$5.79$1.00172.4%49.4%113.8%22.3%0.0%8.2%-94.8%853-767.4K-2330.0014.89N/AN/A001,373282
2026-03-09$5.50$1.00171.9%49.3%116.0%22.2%0.0%7.9%-90.8%935-700.3K-3730.0013.64N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-10$6.07$1.00181.8%52.1%119.6%24.7%0.0%13.6%-84.5%-58-830.4K-240.001.54N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-11$6.48$1.00189.6%54.3%117.6%26.6%0.0%-1.3%-96.7%-43-886.7K-200.001.36N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-12$6.53$1.00195.4%0.0%113.8%28.1%0.0%16.3%-92.7%-46-893.5K-220.001.34N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-13$6.53$1.00162.7%0.0%114.1%19.9%0.0%-5.4%-109.7%-44-893.6K-220.001.34N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-16$6.62$2.5040.2%11.5%113.8%0.0%0.0%14.4%7.9%-46-905.8K-230.0013.01N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-17$6.17$2.5039.6%11.4%117.8%0.0%0.0%-10.4%25.2%-35-843.3K-360.0014.69N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-18$6.48$2.5040.0%11.5%116.9%0.1%0.0%-17.6%6.0%-43-886.7K-220.0014.20N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-19$6.63$2.5040.2%11.5%114.5%0.1%0.0%13.4%2.4%-47-907.4K-200.0012.16N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-20$6.30$2.5091.7%26.3%117.6%11.7%0.0%-17.8%8.9%-46-862.0K-220.0014.02N/AN/A001,371282
2026-03-23$6.40$2.5096.1%27.6%95.1%12.7%0.0%-21.8%5.4%-43-827.9K-180.0014.62N/AN/A001,296262
2026-03-24$6.04$2.5097.7%28.0%96.3%13.1%0.0%-26.8%18.6%-39-780.3K-340.0014.83N/AN/A001,296262
2026-03-25$5.80$2.50117.0%33.5%97.9%17.4%0.0%-1.4%-6.3%-54-750.1K-340.0011.83N/AN/A001,298262
2026-03-26$7.46$2.5092.2%26.4%127.6%11.8%0.0%4.9%-34.2%109-963.4K-490.009.44N/AN/A001,297262
2026-03-27$9.34$2.5031.6%9.1%147.6%0.0%0.0%-55.3%5.0%-7-1.2M-70.005.34N/AN/A001,297262
2026-03-30$9.08$2.5032.5%9.3%148.8%0.2%0.0%-67.0%30.9%-8-1.2M-70.007.15N/AN/A001,297262
2026-03-31$8.87$2.5031.2%8.9%146.9%0.0%0.0%-68.7%67.2%-8-1.2M-70.006.85N/AN/A001,297262