NVDA Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, NVDA traded between $0.59 and $0.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.6%, placing in the 77.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.6% (HV 20d: 33.9%). Max pain ranged from $0.57 to $0.63. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.00.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-14: Highest Volume — 1,974,840 contracts
  • 2015-10-12: Largest IV drop — 20.2% change
  • 2015-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 14.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$0.68$0.59$0.72$0.59$0.71
Max Pain$0.60$0.57$0.63$0.57$0.63
ATM IV42.6%38.6%49.5%39.9%42.9%
Expected Move12.3%10.9%14.2%12.0%13.8%
HV 20d33.9%26.4%37.0%32.8%26.4%
HV 60d41.1%39.9%42.2%39.9%42.2%
IV Rank77.5%59.2%100.0%76.3%75.3%
IV Percentile95.2%84.9%100.0%91.7%95.2%
Term Structure-1.4%-7.3%4.3%3.7%-2.0%
VWIV43.4%38.0%50.8%42.2%49.1%
Skew 25d1.4%-43.0%6.6%4.0%2.3%
Skew 10d8.8%2.0%30.0%6.9%6.5%
Call IV 25d43.5%36.5%83.5%38.4%43.6%
Put IV 25d44.9%40.5%47.5%42.5%45.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.399.2187.4559.3616.62
Gamma HHI0.140.090.650.110.16
Net GEX4.1M-13.2M6.6M954.2K5.9M
Net DEX-204.3M-275.9M-66.1M-66.1M-240.6M
Net VEX-623.2K-712.0K-487.6K-529.5K-674.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.000.413.443.441.62
Total Volume1,064,216.364654,5601,974,8401,190,480817,080
Total OI8,587,845.4556,535,48010,162,3606,535,4809,164,000

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$0.59$0.5739.9%12.0%32.8%76.3%42.2%4.0%3.7%954.2K-66.1M-529.5K3.4459.36N/AN/A268,080922,4003,604,6802,930,800
2015-10-02$0.62$0.5739.9%11.3%37.0%76.0%39.9%4.1%4.3%1.7M-111.8M-521.0K1.1157.70N/AN/A525,040583,7603,661,0003,021,440
2015-10-05$0.64$0.5739.6%11.2%36.5%75.0%38.8%5.6%-1.7%2.6M-135.3M-487.6K0.4110.89N/AN/A653,640268,4803,703,1203,027,600
2015-10-06$0.64$0.5739.7%11.0%34.9%75.2%38.5%5.1%0.0%3.0M-158.1M-522.8K1.259.47N/AN/A644,120805,0804,199,2003,234,400
2015-10-07$0.65$0.5739.7%10.9%33.3%75.5%38.0%4.0%-0.3%3.3M-174.6M-545.1K2.3911.40N/AN/A290,840693,9204,555,7203,390,680
2015-10-08$0.66$0.5742.5%11.1%33.2%87.5%38.7%6.6%-2.2%3.5M-186.2M-535.3K3.239.97N/AN/A365,8401,179,8404,616,2003,498,920
2015-10-09$0.65$0.6049.5%11.6%33.9%100.0%39.5%-43.0%-7.3%-13.2M-155.2M-554.2K3.2487.45N/AN/A340,4001,103,7204,722,4803,951,400
2015-10-12$0.66$0.6039.5%10.9%33.9%62.7%39.4%4.8%-1.9%4.2M-185.9M-517.2K0.479.21N/AN/A1,171,800551,3604,556,0003,237,480
2015-10-13$0.66$0.6039.5%11.1%33.9%62.8%38.5%4.3%-0.7%5.3M-203.5M-590.0K2.6111.70N/AN/A199,600521,6805,535,8803,250,840
2015-10-14$0.68$0.6038.6%11.7%35.3%59.2%41.0%6.2%3.7%5.3M-241.0M-594.2K0.6518.30N/AN/A1,196,160778,6805,581,7203,320,520
2015-10-15$0.68$0.6042.8%11.9%35.3%75.0%42.4%4.4%-1.3%6.6M-254.1M-688.2K1.6319.56N/AN/A378,000615,9206,401,0003,575,840
2015-10-16$0.70$0.6042.7%12.0%35.2%74.7%42.7%2.4%-0.5%6.0M-275.9M-699.0K1.0251.44N/AN/A680,040693,8806,513,0403,649,320
2015-10-19$0.70$0.6343.0%12.2%35.4%75.9%42.7%2.4%-3.5%6.6M-229.4M-692.7K2.4241.82N/AN/A216,440522,9605,933,7203,050,960
2015-10-20$0.69$0.6344.8%12.8%33.4%82.4%46.1%2.3%-4.2%6.4M-216.2M-692.3K3.1124.99N/AN/A231,120719,5605,971,1603,076,200
2015-10-21$0.69$0.6344.5%12.8%33.8%81.5%45.6%1.7%-2.5%6.2M-207.7M-712.0K2.6449.06N/AN/A219,800579,8406,007,4003,287,720
2015-10-22$0.71$0.6344.4%12.8%34.9%80.9%45.7%2.1%-2.4%6.3M-249.2M-703.8K2.0622.98N/AN/A286,160589,7605,961,9203,303,480
2015-10-23$0.71$0.6344.1%12.9%34.9%79.9%45.8%2.1%-3.3%5.6M-260.0M-698.5K2.0747.02N/AN/A265,080547,7206,037,4403,380,520
2015-10-26$0.71$0.6345.0%13.8%34.5%83.3%48.9%2.0%-2.4%5.7M-242.6M-690.2K1.8719.66N/AN/A284,120530,2405,862,0002,968,880
2015-10-27$0.71$0.6344.6%13.9%34.7%81.6%50.2%2.2%-1.9%5.9M-239.7M-699.9K2.3522.55N/AN/A204,280479,2405,961,2003,049,800
2015-10-28$0.72$0.6344.7%13.9%32.7%82.2%49.3%2.9%-2.4%5.9M-252.0M-683.3K2.6923.71N/AN/A177,240477,3205,989,8003,070,280
2015-10-29$0.69$0.6344.4%14.2%30.0%81.1%50.8%2.5%-2.1%6.1M-209.9M-678.9K1.8021.76N/AN/A296,960535,5606,021,8003,095,040
2015-10-30$0.71$0.6342.9%13.8%26.4%75.3%49.1%2.3%-2.0%5.9M-240.6M-674.9K1.6216.62N/AN/A311,400505,6806,010,7203,153,280