NVDA Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, NVDA traded between $0.51 and $0.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.2%, placing in the 56.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.8% (HV 20d: 43.0%). Max pain ranged from $0.50 to $0.53. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.20.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-06: Highest Volume — 2,812,000 contracts
  • 2015-08-07: Largest IV drop — 31.5% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 93.2%
  • 2015-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.56$0.51$0.59$0.51$0.56
Max Pain$0.50$0.50$0.53$0.53$0.50
ATM IV35.2%29.0%44.9%38.0%36.6%
Expected Move10.4%8.4%13.6%12.6%10.7%
HV 20d43.0%19.8%55.5%21.5%55.4%
HV 60d32.5%23.3%37.1%28.1%37.0%
IV Rank56.0%30.4%93.2%64.9%62.7%
IV Percentile74.3%53.2%99.2%85.7%80.2%
Term Structure0.0%-2.7%13.7%-1.9%-1.4%
VWIV37.4%30.1%47.9%45.2%43.3%
Skew 25d3.3%1.3%7.5%2.7%3.6%
Skew 10d8.2%3.5%21.8%7.9%7.4%
Call IV 25d35.0%29.3%44.7%37.3%37.0%
Put IV 25d38.4%31.5%49.8%40.0%40.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.366.8323.2715.349.20
Gamma HHI0.160.100.280.110.12
Net GEX4.2M1.4M7.9M1.4M4.1M
Net DEX-112.7M-216.8M-18.5M-18.5M-100.2M
Net VEX-524.6K-576.1K-482.3K-505.4K-529.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.200.372.310.631.51
Total Volume1,148,798.095224,8802,812,000346,040747,360
Total OI10,718,095.2386,859,56013,014,56011,247,8007,156,560

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$0.51$0.5338.0%12.6%21.5%64.9%45.2%2.7%-1.9%1.4M-18.5M-505.4K0.6315.34N/AN/A212,400133,6405,125,0406,122,760
2015-08-04$0.51$0.5338.9%13.4%20.1%68.6%47.9%3.5%-1.7%1.5M-23.8M-514.6K1.988.37N/AN/A272,520540,1205,229,3206,219,560
2015-08-05$0.51$0.5338.8%13.6%20.2%68.4%44.6%3.0%-2.3%2.1M-38.2M-516.5K1.9412.05N/AN/A280,760545,9205,312,4406,182,480
2015-08-06$0.51$0.5044.9%11.8%19.8%92.9%41.4%4.2%-2.7%1.5M-33.6M-535.9K1.3217.53N/AN/A1,212,6801,599,3205,326,9206,268,320
2015-08-07$0.57$0.5030.7%8.6%44.5%37.6%32.6%2.6%1.2%7.9M-192.8M-529.9K0.6119.73N/AN/A1,422,240873,8406,207,3606,642,920
2015-08-10$0.59$0.5030.7%8.7%45.4%37.3%32.5%1.3%0.2%5.0M-205.6M-511.1K0.6312.31N/AN/A1,092,240685,9205,873,9206,370,880
2015-08-11$0.59$0.5030.6%8.7%45.5%37.1%31.7%3.0%-0.0%5.8M-211.8M-559.3K0.3910.76N/AN/A450,600174,7606,280,4806,458,760
2015-08-12$0.59$0.5031.1%9.0%45.2%39.1%34.3%3.2%0.3%5.9M-216.8M-576.1K0.8911.14N/AN/A608,640543,6406,412,4806,515,560
2015-08-13$0.59$0.5029.8%8.7%45.4%33.5%32.5%2.8%0.9%6.2M-206.4M-559.1K1.629.67N/AN/A272,760441,6006,455,4406,544,560
2015-08-14$0.59$0.5029.0%8.4%45.3%30.4%30.2%2.2%0.1%5.2M-199.7M-566.6K1.816.83N/AN/A250,560452,9606,444,8806,569,680
2015-08-17$0.58$0.5030.0%8.7%44.5%34.6%30.1%1.6%-1.2%7.2M-192.0M-514.5K0.3710.57N/AN/A1,324,200493,1606,234,6406,188,240
2015-08-18$0.58$0.5029.6%8.5%45.2%32.6%30.1%1.8%0.2%6.7M-131.6M-517.2K0.4611.14N/AN/A932,840427,4805,523,6806,309,240
2015-08-19$0.57$0.5029.5%8.5%44.3%32.5%30.2%1.9%-0.7%6.5M-117.6M-512.4K0.7210.15N/AN/A130,52094,3605,337,9206,343,680
2015-08-20$0.55$0.5031.7%9.1%47.0%41.7%31.7%2.7%0.1%4.0M-78.2M-504.5K0.3911.51N/AN/A1,348,280528,4005,448,9206,359,880
2015-08-21$0.54$0.5036.1%10.3%48.4%60.5%37.4%3.5%-0.0%2.5M-48.5M-503.8K0.6415.45N/AN/A800,040508,5605,317,3606,416,000
2015-08-24$0.52$0.5043.7%13.0%49.7%93.2%46.5%7.5%-0.6%2.5M-45.4M-504.0K1.9923.27N/AN/A275,680549,8804,408,8002,450,760
2015-08-25$0.51$0.5042.4%12.4%49.9%87.4%41.6%6.5%13.7%2.1M-28.8M-482.3K1.7619.70N/AN/A280,840494,6004,435,4802,566,240
2015-08-26$0.54$0.5040.7%11.7%54.4%80.3%41.8%4.9%-0.9%3.2M-70.7M-516.9K2.3117.92N/AN/A320,800740,2404,488,4002,588,480
2015-08-27$0.56$0.5038.6%11.1%55.5%71.2%40.6%5.3%-0.9%4.0M-98.8M-528.3K1.6113.61N/AN/A399,240642,4004,559,7202,851,720
2015-08-28$0.57$0.5038.4%11.0%55.3%70.2%39.7%2.3%-1.5%3.8M-107.0M-528.1K1.5214.22N/AN/A404,240614,5204,644,8802,885,640
2015-08-31$0.56$0.5036.6%10.7%55.4%62.7%43.3%3.6%-1.4%4.1M-100.2M-529.6K1.519.20N/AN/A297,680449,6804,603,5602,553,000