NVDA Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, NVDA traded between $0.52 and $0.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.4%, placing in the 18.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 27.0%). Max pain ranged from $0.50 to $0.55. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.90.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-02: Highest Volume — 1,849,960 contracts
  • 2015-03-25: Largest IV spike — 25.2% change
  • 2015-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 36.6%
  • 2015-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 9.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.56$0.52$0.59$0.56$0.52
Max Pain$0.54$0.50$0.55$0.50$0.55
ATM IV26.4%23.2%31.0%23.2%30.9%
Expected Move7.7%6.7%9.4%6.7%9.4%
HV 20d27.0%18.2%33.6%28.8%32.5%
HV 60d29.3%27.4%31.9%29.3%31.9%
IV Rank18.2%5.0%36.6%5.0%36.5%
IV Percentile36.8%3.2%64.7%3.2%64.3%
Term Structure0.2%-0.7%4.0%0.0%2.9%
VWIV28.3%24.0%34.8%24.0%34.7%
Skew 25d3.8%2.4%5.7%2.4%4.0%
Skew 10d9.5%5.4%15.5%7.2%7.4%
Call IV 25d25.7%23.0%31.2%23.3%31.2%
Put IV 25d29.5%25.6%35.3%25.6%35.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.637.7124.1711.7614.02
Gamma HHI0.190.090.330.180.12
Net GEX1.2M-1.2M3.9M1.8M-1.2M
Net DEX-68.7M-135.1M3.9M-84.5M436.8K
Net VEX-360.3K-445.1K-286.6K-286.6K-423.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.900.1016.505.241.48
Total Volume822,121.818242,6801,849,9601,849,960575,960
Total OI6,811,063.6365,442,9608,705,6405,442,9607,205,480

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$0.56$0.5023.2%6.7%28.8%5.0%24.0%2.4%0.0%1.8M-84.5M-286.6K5.2411.76N/AN/A296,6801,553,2802,347,2803,095,680
2015-03-03$0.55$0.5023.9%7.1%29.9%7.9%24.7%2.8%0.4%1.6M-75.5M-307.3K8.169.92N/AN/A190,2001,552,5202,397,0803,119,160
2015-03-04$0.56$0.5023.5%6.9%29.2%6.5%25.4%3.2%-0.5%1.9M-82.6M-309.2K5.2812.40N/AN/A208,5601,100,2802,456,4003,124,080
2015-03-05$0.57$0.5523.5%6.9%29.5%6.4%29.1%3.3%-0.4%1.7M-93.2M-301.7K5.329.41N/AN/A281,0001,494,0402,516,9203,633,680
2015-03-06$0.56$0.5524.5%7.0%30.2%10.2%28.7%2.5%0.3%27.3K-88.5M-319.1K9.3510.16N/AN/A165,6401,548,7602,610,2003,653,400
2015-03-09$0.57$0.5525.4%7.2%29.9%14.2%27.1%3.6%0.2%1.6M-85.1M-326.3K0.817.71N/AN/A159,120128,7202,548,8403,663,720
2015-03-10$0.57$0.5526.3%7.6%30.1%17.5%28.3%3.4%0.4%1.7M-92.7M-330.3K0.648.36N/AN/A247,520159,0402,623,0403,778,080
2015-03-11$0.57$0.5525.7%7.5%29.4%15.0%26.0%3.4%0.5%1.4M-89.8M-337.9K0.1012.14N/AN/A341,12033,8802,676,4003,904,960
2015-03-12$0.57$0.5526.6%7.5%29.6%19.0%26.5%3.7%-0.5%2.4M-86.3M-350.6K1.109.86N/AN/A177,200194,1602,862,7203,918,200
2015-03-13$0.57$0.5526.5%7.5%18.2%18.5%28.4%4.3%-0.5%2.3M-86.8M-355.4K16.509.65N/AN/A49,400815,2002,898,4004,057,680
2015-03-16$0.57$0.5526.5%7.6%18.6%18.5%26.9%3.9%0.1%2.1M-90.4M-360.6K0.528.62N/AN/A236,240123,0002,843,8004,586,000
2015-03-17$0.58$0.5527.9%8.0%18.9%24.3%32.3%4.8%-0.4%2.0M-103.7M-355.6K0.3611.31N/AN/A892,200321,2002,995,0004,663,840
2015-03-18$0.57$0.5526.3%7.5%19.5%17.7%27.0%4.0%-0.5%3.9M-92.8M-392.2K0.398.77N/AN/A519,280201,6803,482,1604,926,400
2015-03-19$0.58$0.5525.2%7.2%20.1%13.3%26.2%4.4%-0.1%3.8M-114.1M-371.3K0.8110.32N/AN/A234,440190,6003,671,8804,981,480
2015-03-20$0.59$0.5524.1%7.0%20.2%8.7%25.2%3.8%-0.7%-596.6K-135.1M-362.0K0.5910.04N/AN/A232,800137,8403,759,6004,946,040
2015-03-23$0.57$0.5524.5%7.1%23.6%10.5%25.4%3.3%0.2%903.0K-44.7M-376.5K0.4711.52N/AN/A272,640129,4402,248,0803,873,840
2015-03-24$0.56$0.5524.6%7.1%24.0%10.6%25.4%3.7%0.1%648.4K-43.1M-365.5K0.8411.00N/AN/A147,120123,5202,418,8003,962,800
2015-03-25$0.53$0.5530.8%9.1%32.8%35.7%31.2%5.5%-0.2%-682.4K-2.9M-401.5K2.6018.65N/AN/A327,880853,7202,470,5604,017,280
2015-03-26$0.52$0.5530.6%9.1%32.7%34.9%33.4%5.7%-0.6%-997.4K3.9M-425.8K1.7111.63N/AN/A313,680535,5602,643,4004,303,520
2015-03-27$0.53$0.5529.8%8.9%33.6%31.9%31.1%3.7%-0.7%-510.1K-8.1M-445.1K0.3424.17N/AN/A181,76060,9202,697,5204,352,480
2015-03-30$0.54$0.5531.0%9.4%32.2%36.6%34.8%5.3%4.0%-63.4K-16.9M-422.5K1.2314.41N/AN/A348,840430,0402,645,3204,262,200
2015-03-31$0.52$0.5530.9%9.4%32.5%36.5%34.7%4.0%2.9%-1.2M436.8K-423.7K1.4814.02N/AN/A232,480343,4802,733,2404,472,240