NVDA Options History — April 2009

In April 2009, NVDA traded between $0.25 and $0.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 72.4%, placing in the 30.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.4% (HV 20d: 64.0%). Max pain ranged from $0.19 to $0.28. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2009-04-30: Highest Volume — 1,760,320 contracts
  • 2009-04-20: Largest IV spike — 11.3% change
  • 2009-04-27: Highest IV Rank — 35.8%
  • 2009-04-27: Largest Expected Move — 22.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.28$0.25$0.30$0.25$0.29
Max Pain$0.25$0.19$0.28$0.19$0.25
ATM IV72.4%64.1%79.9%73.5%74.7%
Expected Move21.1%18.4%22.9%21.1%21.4%
HV 20d64.0%53.8%70.6%67.8%56.6%
HV 60d76.4%72.4%79.5%79.3%73.1%
IV Rank30.0%23.5%35.8%30.9%31.8%
IV Percentile55.1%30.2%75.8%58.3%62.7%
Term Structure-5.9%-13.1%5.2%4.6%-12.2%
VWIV73.7%66.3%79.9%74.7%72.2%
Skew 25d7.2%0.7%10.0%4.5%9.5%
Skew 10d11.6%-20.3%30.9%-20.3%14.2%
Call IV 25d70.2%62.7%76.7%71.3%70.1%
Put IV 25d77.4%71.7%84.7%75.8%79.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.167.8017.0012.788.45
Gamma HHI0.220.180.310.270.18
Net GEX74.8K-264.0K594.8K-175.7K17.4K
Net DEX-49.4M-85.0M-18.6M-18.6M-41.6M
Net VEX-449.1K-470.2K-422.1K-468.2K-422.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.102.540.102.12
Total Volume598,474.286164,3601,760,320459,0801,760,320
Total OI13,172,523.8112,277,40014,806,68012,825,24012,395,480

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-04-01$0.25$0.1973.5%21.1%67.8%30.9%74.7%4.5%4.6%-175.7K-18.6M-468.2K0.1012.78N/AN/A417,08042,0005,638,1607,187,080
2009-04-02$0.26$0.1972.1%20.7%67.8%29.8%72.7%0.7%5.2%47.4K-35.9M-470.2K0.1410.78N/AN/A267,92038,0005,846,2407,193,720
2009-04-03$0.28$0.2569.4%21.7%70.6%27.7%75.5%8.0%-4.4%256.3K-59.3M-464.3K0.2510.74N/AN/A457,520113,9605,886,6007,205,080
2009-04-06$0.28$0.2571.6%22.2%70.1%29.4%77.3%6.2%-6.1%316.6K-65.7M-455.1K0.979.47N/AN/A165,240160,9605,977,1607,206,400
2009-04-07$0.27$0.2569.0%21.8%67.0%27.3%77.8%6.9%-5.6%250.2K-52.0M-465.2K0.4013.76N/AN/A269,800106,6006,007,9607,295,440
2009-04-08$0.29$0.2565.7%21.2%67.6%24.8%73.5%7.3%-4.1%393.8K-67.9M-448.8K1.0110.53N/AN/A340,520342,9206,109,5207,347,440
2009-04-09$0.30$0.2565.5%18.8%67.3%24.6%66.3%8.3%-2.4%460.7K-85.0M-426.9K0.3617.00N/AN/A1,060,360378,5606,018,7607,450,480
2009-04-13$0.29$0.2571.9%20.6%68.8%29.6%73.2%5.1%-3.2%594.8K-77.0M-431.3K0.6911.26N/AN/A406,880282,6806,310,1607,686,880
2009-04-14$0.29$0.2874.4%21.3%66.4%31.5%72.5%6.7%-6.4%549.5K-76.5M-447.8K0.419.08N/AN/A543,600224,1206,337,5207,872,960
2009-04-15$0.28$0.2871.0%20.3%66.3%28.9%71.8%6.9%-4.0%423.4K-67.7M-454.7K0.208.38N/AN/A1,023,520204,5606,580,0008,019,880
2009-04-16$0.29$0.2868.5%19.6%66.0%27.0%68.4%9.9%-2.9%-150.8K-78.6M-450.2K0.309.04N/AN/A372,240110,2406,635,4808,011,280
2009-04-17$0.29$0.2864.1%18.4%65.6%23.5%67.2%7.9%-3.2%166.0K-83.4M-449.9K0.2714.94N/AN/A223,48060,9606,729,8808,076,800
2009-04-20$0.28$0.2871.4%20.5%66.5%29.2%71.4%7.1%-7.1%-245.9K-26.6M-449.8K0.4613.24N/AN/A185,88086,1204,954,3607,323,040
2009-04-21$0.28$0.2872.9%20.9%62.3%30.4%73.0%8.3%-9.4%-222.3K-26.0M-449.3K0.9313.25N/AN/A290,480270,9205,059,8807,374,160
2009-04-22$0.28$0.2873.2%21.0%60.6%30.7%71.5%8.9%-9.4%-188.7K-35.5M-453.3K0.6010.18N/AN/A151,64091,0405,088,2407,524,560
2009-04-23$0.28$0.2877.5%22.2%61.1%34.0%76.4%8.1%-8.1%-264.0K-28.3M-459.2K2.549.21N/AN/A259,080658,0405,078,4407,581,280
2009-04-24$0.29$0.2578.4%22.5%58.0%34.7%76.4%8.5%-11.3%-134.2K-36.2M-456.5K1.619.56N/AN/A220,840356,0805,117,6407,430,880
2009-04-27$0.28$0.2579.9%22.9%59.6%35.8%79.9%7.9%-11.2%-168.3K-26.3M-441.0K0.977.80N/AN/A83,48080,8805,161,6407,207,280
2009-04-28$0.28$0.2578.0%22.4%53.8%34.4%77.6%5.7%-9.8%-153.3K-27.1M-438.1K1.5711.29N/AN/A110,360173,3205,180,5607,187,640
2009-04-29$0.27$0.2578.1%22.4%54.3%34.4%79.4%10.0%-13.1%-202.5K-21.6M-428.4K0.2913.53N/AN/A135,84039,9205,178,8007,148,240
2009-04-30$0.29$0.2574.7%21.4%56.6%31.8%72.2%9.5%-12.2%17.4K-41.6M-422.1K2.128.45N/AN/A564,6001,195,7205,236,8807,158,600