NVDA Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, NVDA traded between $0.87 and $1.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.2%, placing in the 28.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 41.4%). Max pain ranged from $0.75 to $1.05. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.08.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-13: Highest Volume — 3,699,280 contracts
  • 2016-05-13: Largest IV drop — 32.1% change
  • 2016-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 54.2%
  • 2016-05-04: Largest Expected Move — 15.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.01$0.87$1.17$0.90$1.17
Max Pain$0.85$0.75$1.05$0.88$1.05
ATM IV35.2%26.5%46.4%42.5%29.4%
Expected Move10.2%7.5%15.1%14.3%8.5%
HV 20d41.4%20.1%57.2%20.1%54.3%
HV 60d32.6%26.5%36.3%32.4%35.7%
IV Rank28.0%8.0%54.2%45.3%13.1%
IV Percentile46.8%7.1%91.7%82.9%16.7%
Term Structure-0.9%-3.0%1.4%-2.0%-0.6%
VWIV36.4%27.2%52.4%50.1%31.2%
Skew 25d4.5%2.9%6.1%5.1%3.4%
Skew 10d9.6%5.1%14.1%12.2%10.4%
Call IV 25d33.4%25.1%44.4%39.8%28.7%
Put IV 25d37.9%28.0%49.6%44.9%32.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.337.6029.688.1710.74
Gamma HHI0.120.070.210.090.09
Net GEX3.6M970.0K6.3M4.5M1.4M
Net DEX-281.7M-494.0M-109.0M-157.6M-355.5M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.2M-872.3K-972.0K-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.080.381.611.161.32
Total Volume1,321,586.667566,8403,699,280581,4801,363,800
Total OI8,860,670.4767,233,44010,926,7607,233,4409,893,960

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$0.90$0.8842.5%14.3%20.1%45.3%50.1%5.1%-2.0%4.5M-157.6M-972.0K1.168.17N/AN/A268,640312,8404,136,0803,097,360
2016-05-03$0.89$0.8842.9%14.5%20.5%46.2%50.8%6.1%-1.9%4.3M-141.8M-962.8K0.818.03N/AN/A312,320254,5204,164,8003,150,960
2016-05-04$0.87$0.8843.8%15.1%22.0%48.2%52.4%5.5%-3.0%3.2M-109.0M-952.9K1.139.77N/AN/A308,320349,0804,120,0003,165,120
2016-05-05$0.87$0.7543.1%11.4%21.9%46.8%39.2%5.7%-2.9%3.7M-114.7M-947.1K1.2410.98N/AN/A290,760361,1604,120,5203,217,800
2016-05-06$0.88$0.7542.7%11.4%22.1%45.8%39.0%5.3%-2.3%1.9M-126.0M-957.3K0.808.64N/AN/A366,160293,2004,179,1203,341,680
2016-05-09$0.88$0.7542.1%11.3%22.0%44.4%40.4%5.5%-1.4%2.1M-120.5M-936.8K1.077.60N/AN/A352,520375,4803,995,8403,332,120
2016-05-10$0.90$0.7541.2%11.1%23.1%42.4%39.8%5.3%-2.5%2.7M-145.5M-940.3K1.4410.11N/AN/A256,440370,4004,123,8803,428,040
2016-05-11$0.90$0.7844.1%11.9%21.3%49.1%40.7%5.1%-2.6%2.7M-149.2M-949.9K1.6118.01N/AN/A469,440754,4004,189,9603,513,200
2016-05-12$0.89$0.7846.4%12.6%21.8%54.2%44.5%5.3%-2.9%1.8M-127.9M-975.6K0.6615.04N/AN/A1,806,9201,193,9604,408,2803,919,560
2016-05-13$1.02$0.7831.5%9.2%55.9%20.2%32.4%4.8%0.1%6.2M-441.9M-872.3K0.3825.06N/AN/A2,683,0801,016,2005,468,0804,537,200
2016-05-16$1.06$0.8032.3%9.2%56.5%22.1%34.6%4.7%-0.4%6.3M-420.3M-948.6K1.1015.23N/AN/A1,046,0001,154,6805,318,6804,057,920
2016-05-17$1.04$0.8232.7%9.4%56.1%23.0%38.6%4.6%-0.2%4.9M-389.6M-1.0M1.3829.68N/AN/A569,600784,7605,481,8804,786,000
2016-05-18$1.08$0.8230.6%8.8%57.1%18.2%32.2%4.8%0.2%5.9M-453.8M-1.0M0.8912.48N/AN/A656,680585,4805,555,2004,944,000
2016-05-19$1.09$0.8229.1%8.3%57.0%14.8%31.1%3.9%1.4%5.9M-465.0M-1.0M0.829.56N/AN/A697,440572,7605,675,1205,100,160
2016-05-20$1.11$0.8226.5%7.5%56.9%8.7%27.8%2.9%0.9%4.6M-494.0M-1.0M0.849.49N/AN/A793,120667,9605,658,2005,268,560
2016-05-23$1.11$0.8227.0%7.5%56.9%10.0%27.2%3.4%0.1%3.8M-353.7M-1.0M0.9510.09N/AN/A695,800661,3604,538,1204,129,560
2016-05-24$1.13$0.9327.2%7.7%57.0%8.0%27.4%3.9%0.1%4.1M-344.6M-1.1M1.3110.38N/AN/A599,000787,3604,348,6004,427,920
2016-05-25$1.13$0.9528.1%8.0%57.2%10.2%27.9%3.8%0.3%2.2M-321.5M-1.1M1.169.15N/AN/A591,840686,1204,455,1204,755,880
2016-05-26$1.14$1.0027.4%7.7%55.4%8.5%28.6%3.2%0.1%3.2M-343.0M-1.2M1.1510.30N/AN/A583,880673,7204,674,2805,079,440
2016-05-27$1.15$1.0527.8%7.9%54.3%9.4%28.3%3.1%0.3%970.0K-340.0M-1.2M1.3610.47N/AN/A502,800683,3204,825,0805,490,800
2016-05-31$1.17$1.0529.4%8.5%54.3%13.1%31.2%3.4%-0.6%1.4M-355.5M-1.2M1.3210.74N/AN/A586,800777,0004,697,4805,196,480