NVDA Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, NVDA traded between $0.31 and $0.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.6%, placing in the 13.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 42.1%). Max pain ranged from $0.30 to $0.33. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.37.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-18: Highest Volume — 1,361,520 contracts
  • 2012-07-12: Largest IV spike — 27.0% change
  • 2012-07-24: Highest IV Rank — 19.4%
  • 2012-07-31: Largest Expected Move — 15.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.33$0.31$0.34$0.34$0.34
Max Pain$0.31$0.30$0.33$0.30$0.33
ATM IV41.6%33.7%48.0%36.2%46.9%
Expected Move12.5%9.6%15.5%10.5%15.5%
HV 20d42.1%34.3%46.4%46.4%34.3%
HV 60d40.0%39.2%41.0%39.4%40.2%
IV Rank13.0%5.2%19.4%7.7%18.3%
IV Percentile34.6%10.3%56.3%15.1%56.0%
Term Structure-2.2%-11.9%7.6%6.0%-11.9%
VWIV43.6%34.1%54.3%36.3%54.3%
Skew 25d3.8%0.8%6.4%3.3%4.3%
Skew 10d8.0%2.1%14.6%5.2%8.5%
Call IV 25d42.7%33.4%53.6%35.0%53.6%
Put IV 25d46.5%34.9%57.9%38.3%57.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.603.695.794.463.72
Gamma HHI0.230.160.350.220.24
Net GEX1.9M1.3M3.2M2.2M1.4M
Net DEX-29.4M-68.6M641.9K-50.4M-36.9M
Net VEX-477.0K-530.6K-428.1K-519.1K-479.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.370.130.900.250.18
Total Volume604,390.476234,5601,361,520770,360840,360
Total OI10,153,297.1439,139,24011,348,4809,862,8009,412,400

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$0.34$0.3036.2%10.5%46.4%7.7%36.3%3.3%6.0%2.2M-50.4M-519.1K0.254.46N/AN/A617,080153,2806,550,8403,311,960
2012-07-03$0.34$0.3033.7%9.6%46.2%5.2%35.4%2.4%6.9%2.7M-68.6M-530.6K0.134.46N/AN/A236,44031,6006,724,3603,287,720
2012-07-05$0.34$0.3034.3%9.6%46.0%5.8%34.1%1.2%7.6%2.6M-59.2M-515.3K0.214.71N/AN/A226,72047,1206,641,4403,299,120
2012-07-06$0.34$0.3036.2%12.2%43.7%7.7%41.6%3.6%-0.9%2.3M-48.0M-506.4K0.415.73N/AN/A295,280122,2806,691,4403,295,680
2012-07-09$0.33$0.3039.5%12.3%43.9%11.0%41.8%2.6%-1.3%2.2M-40.7M-494.0K0.213.69N/AN/A486,080103,2006,741,7203,337,360
2012-07-10$0.32$0.3041.4%12.3%45.5%12.8%42.9%3.2%-1.7%1.8M-22.4M-475.6K0.903.82N/AN/A349,320315,9206,858,1203,404,160
2012-07-11$0.32$0.3035.5%12.2%45.4%7.0%42.6%4.0%-1.4%1.6M-11.5M-469.5K0.384.03N/AN/A272,760102,4406,995,8003,566,640
2012-07-12$0.31$0.3045.1%12.9%44.8%16.5%44.2%4.1%-2.6%1.4M-1.2M-446.2K0.354.06N/AN/A379,720132,0006,990,5603,577,760
2012-07-13$0.31$0.3042.6%12.2%44.7%14.1%43.3%3.8%-2.2%1.6M-8.5M-452.8K0.294.32N/AN/A287,48082,1207,103,8403,600,600
2012-07-16$0.32$0.3043.4%12.4%44.1%14.8%43.8%4.2%-3.0%1.6M-10.5M-449.6K0.384.40N/AN/A170,36064,2007,136,0003,599,240
2012-07-17$0.31$0.3044.1%12.6%44.6%15.5%43.8%3.4%-2.3%1.3M641.9K-428.1K0.134.87N/AN/A699,36092,2007,176,8003,626,400
2012-07-18$0.33$0.3043.2%12.4%42.5%14.6%43.5%0.8%-2.6%3.0M-40.7M-480.4K0.305.04N/AN/A1,047,080314,4407,499,1203,655,280
2012-07-19$0.33$0.3042.4%12.2%42.2%13.8%42.6%1.5%-2.6%3.2M-48.6M-481.6K0.384.73N/AN/A351,760133,0007,533,6003,725,640
2012-07-20$0.32$0.3341.3%11.9%40.2%12.8%41.8%2.9%-1.9%1.6M-10.8M-449.8K0.555.79N/AN/A662,520362,2007,599,3203,749,160
2012-07-23$0.32$0.3047.5%13.6%40.2%18.9%48.3%4.8%-4.3%1.4M-22.7M-470.6K0.345.12N/AN/A762,360262,2006,000,8403,138,400
2012-07-24$0.32$0.3348.0%13.8%38.6%19.4%49.4%6.4%-4.2%1.5M-16.7M-454.0K0.514.35N/AN/A168,08085,4006,064,4003,106,080
2012-07-25$0.33$0.3345.2%13.0%39.0%16.6%45.0%5.6%-3.2%1.8M-24.5M-467.2K0.275.68N/AN/A334,60091,0006,103,6003,125,720
2012-07-26$0.33$0.3345.8%13.1%37.4%17.2%45.1%6.2%-5.0%2.1M-27.3M-466.5K0.635.36N/AN/A547,280344,7606,213,6403,149,960
2012-07-27$0.34$0.3336.4%13.8%38.3%7.9%47.4%6.2%-7.0%1.7M-40.9M-496.5K0.644.48N/AN/A475,600305,7206,458,5603,378,960
2012-07-30$0.33$0.3344.2%14.1%35.2%15.7%47.9%4.7%-8.2%1.4M-28.7M-484.2K0.343.82N/AN/A251,08085,8006,294,0003,493,000
2012-07-31$0.34$0.3346.9%15.5%34.3%18.3%54.3%4.3%-11.9%1.4M-36.9M-479.1K0.183.72N/AN/A714,200126,1606,104,2803,308,120