NVDA Options History — September 2010

In September 2010, NVDA traded between $0.23 and $0.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.6%, placing in the 32.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 42.9%). Max pain ranged from $0.25 to $0.28. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2010-09-24: Highest Volume — 5,113,560 contracts
  • 2010-09-07: Largest IV spike — 23.2% change
  • 2010-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 47.1%
  • 2010-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.27$0.23$0.31$0.23$0.29
Max Pain$0.27$0.25$0.28$0.25$0.28
ATM IV42.6%36.9%47.4%42.1%47.4%
Expected Move12.3%11.2%13.6%12.1%13.6%
HV 20d42.9%36.6%47.5%45.9%38.0%
HV 60d49.7%48.4%50.7%50.7%48.6%
IV Rank32.4%15.4%47.1%31.0%47.1%
IV Percentile45.1%6.7%77.0%41.3%77.0%
Term Structure3.3%1.4%4.5%4.0%2.4%
VWIV43.9%39.6%49.0%40.7%49.0%
Skew 25d1.8%-4.8%4.1%0.0%-4.8%
Skew 10d3.6%-11.3%10.6%-11.3%-4.5%
Call IV 25d43.7%40.2%51.1%40.3%51.1%
Put IV 25d45.5%40.4%48.0%40.4%46.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.672.794.733.573.74
Gamma HHI0.250.100.460.300.10
Net GEX2.0M-161.9K3.6M2.4M1.6M
Net DEX-32.9M-75.3M12.6M12.6M-58.3M
Net VEX-634.9K-980.6K-468.8K-468.8K-958.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.092.270.510.64
Total Volume1,284,478.095266,0005,113,560312,2801,163,800
Total OI20,406,394.28613,402,44023,742,68022,337,40020,489,400

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-09-01$0.23$0.2542.1%12.1%45.9%31.0%40.7%0.0%4.0%2.4M12.6M-468.8K0.513.57N/AN/A206,680105,60016,653,6805,683,720
2010-09-02$0.24$0.2538.9%11.2%46.1%21.4%39.6%0.7%4.0%3.0M-4.7M-486.3K0.342.88N/AN/A306,520104,72016,627,4405,561,840
2010-09-03$0.25$0.2536.9%12.1%47.5%15.4%44.2%3.5%4.4%3.6M-22.1M-499.8K0.142.79N/AN/A781,600111,80016,611,1205,559,400
2010-09-07$0.25$0.2545.5%13.0%47.5%41.2%45.4%2.5%3.4%3.6M-30.1M-493.1K0.703.65N/AN/A1,924,4801,349,32016,350,4805,554,560
2010-09-08$0.26$0.2541.4%12.8%45.7%28.9%45.1%3.4%2.7%3.6M-31.9M-549.2K1.304.73N/AN/A998,1201,299,60015,971,6406,490,840
2010-09-09$0.25$0.2543.1%12.3%43.1%33.9%43.0%4.0%3.2%3.0M-9.9M-567.8K1.373.77N/AN/A333,680458,60016,217,9607,395,840
2010-09-10$0.25$0.2543.9%12.6%43.5%36.4%44.2%3.5%3.0%2.6M-3.6M-563.6K0.663.89N/AN/A738,560489,28015,831,0807,634,840
2010-09-13$0.27$0.2542.8%12.3%44.6%33.2%44.0%3.4%2.5%3.6M-42.5M-586.9K0.472.83N/AN/A857,720400,00015,745,2007,835,080
2010-09-14$0.26$0.2841.5%11.9%43.4%29.2%43.3%3.5%3.6%3.0M-29.5M-576.4K0.544.64N/AN/A324,960176,80015,775,1607,929,800
2010-09-15$0.26$0.2841.0%11.8%43.4%27.7%42.6%4.1%3.5%2.9M-31.7M-569.7K0.533.24N/AN/A210,920111,32015,788,6807,901,640
2010-09-16$0.26$0.2840.1%11.5%43.5%25.1%42.0%3.3%4.4%2.9M-31.4M-560.0K0.604.29N/AN/A165,840100,16015,799,0407,926,880
2010-09-17$0.26$0.2839.9%11.4%38.9%24.5%42.4%3.4%4.3%-126.1K-27.8M-546.3K0.773.37N/AN/A271,960209,60015,811,0007,931,680
2010-09-20$0.27$0.2839.2%11.2%39.1%22.2%39.9%1.7%4.5%-161.9K-2.1M-532.7K0.163.54N/AN/A434,48069,5207,520,3205,882,120
2010-09-21$0.28$0.2841.7%12.0%42.1%29.9%41.9%2.2%4.0%328.8K-27.6M-571.7K0.223.70N/AN/A1,387,000310,6807,778,7605,907,000
2010-09-22$0.28$0.2842.5%12.2%41.6%32.4%43.0%2.8%3.3%653.0K-32.6M-580.6K2.273.06N/AN/A412,040937,2808,128,3205,988,400
2010-09-23$0.29$0.2842.6%12.2%41.6%32.4%43.9%1.7%3.0%517.7K-36.6M-640.0K0.694.12N/AN/A1,216,280844,2408,180,1206,720,160
2010-09-24$0.31$0.2845.0%12.9%43.9%39.6%45.4%0.5%3.1%900.1K-65.2M-698.9K0.094.52N/AN/A4,706,400407,1608,498,1207,111,880
2010-09-27$0.30$0.2846.0%13.2%44.7%42.8%47.0%-0.6%1.4%1.7M-75.3M-932.2K0.654.06N/AN/A1,071,160691,12011,950,4807,322,640
2010-09-28$0.30$0.2845.2%12.9%39.5%40.2%46.2%-0.1%2.4%1.8M-73.9M-969.4K0.703.61N/AN/A451,360314,00012,454,0407,646,800
2010-09-29$0.30$0.2846.9%13.5%36.6%45.6%48.1%-1.0%1.4%1.7M-67.0M-980.6K0.393.09N/AN/A372,800146,88012,552,0007,815,120
2010-09-30$0.29$0.2847.4%13.6%38.0%47.1%49.0%-4.8%2.4%1.6M-58.3M-958.6K0.643.74N/AN/A711,560452,24012,653,8407,835,560