NVDA Options History — October 2009

In October 2009, NVDA traded between $0.30 and $0.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.1%, placing in the 7.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.3% (HV 20d: 38.8%). Max pain ranged from $0.35 to $0.38. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2009-10-01: Highest Volume — 1,195,920 contracts
  • 2009-10-15: Largest IV spike — 30.1% change
  • 2009-10-30: Highest IV Rank — 18.8%
  • 2009-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 15.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.34$0.30$0.35$0.35$0.30
Max Pain$0.35$0.35$0.38$0.38$0.35
ATM IV44.1%36.5%53.2%46.0%53.2%
Expected Move13.2%11.8%15.3%13.2%15.3%
HV 20d38.8%34.5%46.0%46.0%38.0%
HV 60d41.6%39.7%43.8%43.1%43.8%
IV Rank7.2%0.0%18.8%7.1%18.8%
IV Percentile9.7%0.0%28.2%11.1%28.2%
Term Structure-1.0%-3.8%3.5%2.5%-3.1%
VWIV46.1%40.6%52.0%45.4%52.0%
Skew 25d3.2%0.6%5.7%1.9%4.6%
Skew 10d5.7%-13.9%17.0%-13.9%10.5%
Call IV 25d45.4%41.3%50.8%44.6%50.8%
Put IV 25d48.6%43.0%55.5%46.5%55.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.448.9919.019.7812.64
Gamma HHI0.240.180.400.250.19
Net GEX2.7M874.8K5.1M3.4M1.2M
Net DEX-21.7M-58.4M45.9M-52.5M36.8M
Net VEX-574.8K-666.0K-418.6K-637.1K-450.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.091.430.370.31
Total Volume731,327.273136,4401,195,9201,195,920412,040
Total OI14,296,869.09112,683,24015,731,36013,246,64015,058,720

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-10-01$0.35$0.3846.0%13.2%46.0%7.1%45.4%1.9%2.5%3.4M-52.5M-637.1K0.379.78N/AN/A870,400325,5209,501,6003,745,040
2009-10-02$0.35$0.3844.0%12.6%45.1%5.4%44.8%1.4%3.5%3.5M-51.2M-641.3K0.4410.33N/AN/A288,560125,8809,965,4803,790,480
2009-10-05$0.34$0.3547.6%14.2%42.7%8.6%49.3%5.7%-1.5%3.5M-43.5M-620.9K0.4912.51N/AN/A269,160132,08010,060,6803,864,280
2009-10-06$0.35$0.3546.4%14.1%41.7%7.5%48.8%4.5%-2.3%3.8M-58.4M-643.4K1.4314.02N/AN/A485,560695,80010,122,2803,950,000
2009-10-07$0.35$0.3541.8%13.6%39.9%3.4%47.4%3.4%-0.9%3.3M-43.5M-646.6K0.2811.84N/AN/A106,96029,48010,202,6804,491,440
2009-10-08$0.35$0.3541.3%13.5%37.7%2.8%47.3%4.5%-2.3%3.5M-48.0M-645.8K0.6614.91N/AN/A631,080416,44010,261,1204,507,680
2009-10-09$0.35$0.3538.3%13.4%38.4%0.1%47.0%5.1%-1.2%3.7M-57.6M-666.0K0.3812.11N/AN/A284,160108,64010,367,1604,734,920
2009-10-12$0.35$0.3542.0%13.6%38.3%3.5%47.2%3.9%-1.6%3.6M-44.5M-631.9K0.3216.08N/AN/A524,960167,40010,393,1204,795,360
2009-10-13$0.35$0.3544.5%13.8%36.9%5.8%48.5%3.4%-3.1%3.8M-41.9M-630.3K0.0915.63N/AN/A810,76073,64010,522,8804,808,760
2009-10-14$0.35$0.3536.5%13.5%36.3%0.0%47.2%4.1%-2.2%5.1M-43.5M-616.5K0.1215.29N/AN/A783,64096,08010,798,5604,787,480
2009-10-15$0.34$0.3547.4%13.6%34.5%9.9%48.5%2.5%-2.5%3.4M-14.5M-578.7K0.6612.93N/AN/A435,640285,96010,815,1604,800,960
2009-10-16$0.33$0.3546.9%13.4%35.0%11.7%45.7%3.1%-1.0%1.6M7.1M-539.2K0.8110.33N/AN/A433,280352,28010,843,2404,888,120
2009-10-19$0.34$0.3543.1%12.3%38.2%7.4%44.4%2.7%-0.5%2.6M-43.3M-577.8K0.7410.38N/AN/A683,200506,2808,684,6803,998,560
2009-10-20$0.34$0.3541.3%11.8%38.1%5.4%41.6%0.6%1.4%2.7M-42.3M-578.3K0.7419.01N/AN/A624,680465,3608,805,8404,096,120
2009-10-21$0.33$0.3542.1%12.1%38.6%6.3%40.6%1.2%-0.6%2.1M-14.8M-540.9K0.7610.48N/AN/A439,360332,0408,621,4004,374,720
2009-10-22$0.34$0.3541.2%11.8%38.7%5.3%40.7%2.5%0.1%2.1M-19.2M-563.6K0.708.99N/AN/A286,280199,3608,776,8404,577,480
2009-10-23$0.33$0.3542.3%12.1%39.1%6.6%42.2%2.5%-0.0%1.7M-1.0M-533.3K0.4312.25N/AN/A313,600134,6808,849,0804,725,520
2009-10-26$0.32$0.3544.2%12.7%37.8%8.7%44.5%1.0%-0.6%1.6M5.8M-521.2K0.799.51N/AN/A187,480148,9608,984,2004,817,720
2009-10-27$0.31$0.3545.9%13.2%38.9%10.6%46.6%1.5%-3.8%1.1M27.9M-468.7K0.1011.25N/AN/A854,12086,2809,056,7604,875,080
2009-10-28$0.30$0.3547.8%13.7%37.8%12.7%47.5%4.9%-1.7%874.8K45.9M-418.6K0.409.24N/AN/A842,520334,1209,415,2004,886,920
2009-10-29$0.31$0.3545.6%13.1%34.8%10.2%46.2%4.3%-0.0%1.5M18.9M-494.9K0.1814.10N/AN/A427,24078,2409,921,8004,986,000
2009-10-30$0.30$0.3553.2%15.3%38.0%18.8%52.0%4.6%-3.1%1.2M36.8M-450.6K0.3112.64N/AN/A315,64096,40010,054,3605,004,360