NIO Options History — March 2021

In March 2021, NIO traded between $34.74 and $50.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 84.8%, placing in the 6.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 15.0% (HV 20d: 99.8%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2021-03-05: Highest Volume — 1,378,937 contracts
  • 2021-03-24: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2021-03-26: Highest IV Rank — 16.9%
  • 2021-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 29.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.13$34.74$50.00$50.00$39.10
Max Pain$46.70$45.00$55.00$55.00$45.00
ATM IV84.8%67.3%100.3%96.9%74.8%
Expected Move24.3%19.4%29.0%29.0%20.9%
HV 20d99.8%65.2%112.4%65.2%103.8%
HV 60d80.3%69.4%87.0%69.4%85.0%
IV Rank6.0%0.0%16.9%11.5%5.2%
IV Percentile4.7%0.0%21.0%13.1%0.8%
Term Structure-0.8%-3.0%3.4%-2.8%0.7%
VWIV87.3%69.1%103.9%103.9%74.4%
Skew 25d3.5%-0.7%10.9%0.4%4.4%
Skew 10d7.5%-1.5%21.1%5.4%9.3%
Call IV 25d86.0%67.7%100.2%99.5%73.3%
Put IV 25d89.5%69.6%108.7%99.9%77.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.912.014.922.682.01
Gamma HHI0.060.050.140.060.05
Net GEX7.7M-10.4M41.2M14.5M9.1M
Net DEX-873.9M-2.31B166.5M-1.95B-785.5M
Net VEX-15.9M-18.0M-13.8M-16.3M-16.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.350.780.440.54
Total Volume655,028.348336,5121,378,937560,676586,647
Total OI3,027,343.2172,627,2133,303,5672,627,2133,097,032

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-03-01$50.00$55.0096.9%29.0%65.2%11.5%103.9%0.4%-2.8%14.5M-1.95B-16.3M0.442.68390,004170,6721,366,4331,260,780
2021-03-02$43.23$55.0086.9%25.2%81.7%3.8%90.6%2.7%-1.6%-3.2M-538.5M-14.4M0.462.98700,575321,1801,484,9091,298,121
2021-03-03$41.56$50.0087.6%25.1%82.2%4.4%91.1%5.1%-1.6%-5.5M-301.7M-14.6M0.593.62441,388259,5071,620,3131,366,679
2021-03-04$39.29$50.0092.0%25.8%80.7%7.8%92.4%6.6%-2.6%-8.5M43.8M-14.2M0.604.92564,086337,0801,683,0681,401,966
2021-03-05$38.09$50.0097.8%27.1%80.7%12.2%97.7%10.9%-3.0%-10.4M166.5M-14.4M0.623.49849,886529,0511,735,3471,442,199
2021-03-08$35.40$46.00100.3%27.8%82.8%14.1%100.3%7.0%-2.3%582.5K-49.3M-13.8M0.652.74410,170267,6521,579,1721,335,260
2021-03-09$41.25$46.0087.5%24.7%101.7%4.3%90.1%1.7%-1.2%14.4M-1.06B-16.3M0.462.49653,642303,2131,666,0941,401,563
2021-03-10$41.27$46.0089.2%25.2%98.0%5.6%90.7%0.8%-0.9%14.0M-1.07B-16.5M0.492.67554,314270,3781,718,0681,447,043
2021-03-11$45.85$46.0085.3%24.2%107.7%2.6%85.7%1.0%-0.9%39.6M-2.31B-17.9M0.502.96542,858270,3191,772,5961,469,632
2021-03-12$45.41$45.0087.2%24.8%107.7%4.0%88.7%-0.0%-1.4%41.2M-2.18B-18.0M0.642.72403,791257,8421,797,1251,506,442
2021-03-15$45.03$45.0086.4%24.6%107.7%3.5%89.0%-0.7%-0.8%19.3M-1.77B-17.6M0.412.75244,378100,5321,639,3361,412,749
2021-03-16$43.94$45.0084.0%24.0%107.8%1.6%86.5%1.9%-1.0%16.4M-1.48B-17.0M0.593.89279,720164,7971,681,1261,426,798
2021-03-17$44.53$45.0079.6%22.8%108.0%0.0%83.4%-0.7%-0.4%22.0M-1.61B-17.2M0.574.04280,730160,7221,716,6321,455,821
2021-03-18$41.81$45.0084.4%24.2%108.7%3.6%87.0%2.6%-0.5%2.9M-925.7M-16.5M0.682.81234,123158,5251,740,8561,471,296
2021-03-19$43.16$45.0076.4%21.9%109.8%0.0%79.4%1.6%0.6%12.7M-1.25B-16.7M0.752.33310,706232,5311,768,3401,489,493
2021-03-22$43.28$45.0072.4%21.0%106.8%0.0%74.8%0.8%0.7%10.3M-1.38B-16.3M0.352.96279,20098,4351,392,7641,287,113
2021-03-23$41.17$45.0067.3%19.4%107.8%0.0%69.1%1.9%0.1%3.3M-853.7M-15.6M0.452.04232,288104,2241,451,8051,317,180
2021-03-24$36.70$45.0083.1%24.7%112.4%10.9%87.8%7.3%-1.3%-5.3M-96.5M-14.5M0.622.44459,220284,2221,479,4021,344,912
2021-03-25$38.20$45.0079.5%23.6%110.1%8.4%84.1%5.5%-0.8%462.6K-380.0M-15.9M0.772.54409,868315,7671,590,7361,423,279
2021-03-26$35.32$45.0091.8%27.1%112.4%16.9%95.7%9.2%-1.2%-10.2M103.2M-15.1M0.782.79469,187365,9571,639,2471,466,293
2021-03-29$34.74$45.0085.6%25.0%109.1%12.6%89.0%6.2%3.4%-3.1M29.4M-15.1M0.582.89221,383129,5181,521,7811,432,320
2021-03-30$37.61$45.0075.3%21.4%103.3%5.5%76.7%4.3%0.9%2.6M-438.6M-16.2M0.612.22276,128169,2361,567,2481,462,525
2021-03-31$39.10$45.0074.8%20.9%103.8%5.2%74.4%4.4%0.7%9.1M-785.5M-16.7M0.542.01380,964205,6831,600,7441,496,288