NVDA Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, NVDA traded between $1.63 and $1.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.9%, placing in the 41.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 19.4% (HV 20d: 23.4%). Max pain ranged from $1.59 to $1.63. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-13: Highest Volume — 1,812,680 contracts
  • 2016-10-10: Largest IV spike — 15.9% change
  • 2016-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 55.8%
  • 2016-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.70$1.63$1.81$1.71$1.78
Max Pain$1.62$1.59$1.63$1.59$1.63
ATM IV42.9%33.0%48.8%33.0%48.8%
Expected Move12.8%8.7%16.8%8.9%16.8%
HV 20d23.4%18.9%29.8%29.7%24.0%
HV 60d25.7%25.0%26.7%25.7%26.4%
IV Rank41.1%16.4%55.8%16.4%55.8%
IV Percentile75.6%48.8%92.1%48.8%92.1%
Term Structure1.5%-3.6%15.4%11.7%-1.8%
VWIV45.4%31.8%62.4%32.1%62.4%
Skew 25d3.2%1.8%4.2%2.8%3.3%
Skew 10d6.5%0.8%11.2%7.1%7.6%
Call IV 25d41.7%30.7%47.2%32.8%46.7%
Put IV 25d44.9%33.3%50.9%35.6%50.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.946.2324.037.5715.94
Gamma HHI0.130.080.180.160.09
Net GEX9.1M-1.3M17.1M10.1M6.3M
Net DEX-619.1M-728.7M-464.9M-719.9M-613.1M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.2M-1.8M-2.2M-2.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.611.771.031.77
Total Volume1,340,352.381920,1601,812,6801,257,4401,183,320
Total OI14,587,508.57111,884,68016,235,28014,052,56012,738,480

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$1.71$1.5933.0%8.9%29.7%16.4%32.1%2.8%11.7%10.1M-719.9M-2.2M1.037.57N/AN/A620,160637,2806,803,8807,248,680
2016-10-04$1.71$1.5934.1%9.1%29.8%19.2%33.6%2.5%13.0%10.0M-707.2M-2.2M1.3411.12N/AN/A605,880814,9206,943,7207,461,520
2016-10-05$1.70$1.5933.8%8.7%29.2%18.3%31.8%2.0%13.3%10.4M-691.4M-2.2M1.1412.01N/AN/A575,960655,6407,097,3207,711,520
2016-10-06$1.68$1.6335.9%13.3%29.8%23.6%45.8%2.1%15.4%6.9M-621.1M-2.2M1.3310.11N/AN/A660,360875,3607,138,3607,887,880
2016-10-07$1.67$1.6337.0%13.0%23.2%26.5%44.0%2.6%14.9%-1.3M-572.1M-2.2M1.5510.43N/AN/A531,960825,8407,199,6408,157,160
2016-10-10$1.68$1.6342.9%12.7%22.7%41.2%46.1%4.0%-2.1%10.4M-613.1M-2.1M1.2811.62N/AN/A621,840796,5606,948,6407,600,320
2016-10-11$1.65$1.6345.1%12.7%22.7%46.6%44.1%4.0%-1.4%7.9M-527.8M-2.1M1.076.23N/AN/A629,320676,2807,127,8807,988,160
2016-10-12$1.66$1.6347.3%12.9%22.7%52.3%44.2%3.1%-2.2%9.9M-564.0M-2.2M1.2910.88N/AN/A520,040672,8407,228,8008,136,360
2016-10-13$1.63$1.6348.0%13.1%20.3%53.9%46.6%3.5%-3.2%4.2M-464.9M-2.1M1.1413.80N/AN/A846,200966,4807,305,0808,256,440
2016-10-14$1.65$1.6347.1%12.9%20.4%51.7%44.7%3.9%-2.4%17.1M-543.3M-2.1M1.3020.71N/AN/A619,320804,1207,423,8808,413,280
2016-10-17$1.64$1.6346.1%13.0%20.5%49.3%46.2%3.4%-2.1%8.0M-491.4M-2.0M1.4922.22N/AN/A514,440766,3207,037,6808,178,280
2016-10-18$1.67$1.6345.7%13.0%20.8%48.2%44.1%4.2%-2.9%12.5M-576.6M-2.0M1.1022.60N/AN/A509,800558,8807,171,5208,468,880
2016-10-19$1.66$1.6344.2%12.7%18.9%44.4%44.3%3.7%-2.0%14.7M-584.6M-1.9M1.0924.03N/AN/A440,480479,6807,305,4808,594,040
2016-10-20$1.69$1.6343.9%12.7%19.7%43.6%44.5%3.1%-2.0%16.3M-680.9M-1.9M0.6520.83N/AN/A899,440586,0407,342,5208,658,000
2016-10-21$1.69$1.6343.2%12.6%19.7%41.9%47.9%3.2%-2.1%5.4M-677.6M-1.9M1.0122.16N/AN/A608,040617,0807,490,4808,744,800
2016-10-24$1.77$1.6343.3%12.8%24.5%42.2%46.8%3.8%-3.6%8.8M-656.5M-1.8M0.8223.83N/AN/A920,920755,8405,735,4006,149,280
2016-10-25$1.79$1.6343.3%13.4%22.7%42.2%48.1%3.3%-2.1%10.0M-709.8M-1.8M0.6121.27N/AN/A841,520512,8805,921,8406,511,880
2016-10-26$1.81$1.6344.2%13.8%22.7%44.3%49.6%1.8%-2.7%12.5M-728.7M-1.9M1.3717.95N/AN/A594,880816,6806,259,3206,648,560
2016-10-27$1.77$1.6346.3%14.8%24.3%49.7%53.1%2.5%-1.9%7.9M-638.2M-2.0M1.1315.62N/AN/A618,360698,5206,325,6007,119,360
2016-10-28$1.76$1.6347.1%15.1%23.8%51.7%53.9%4.2%-2.7%3.0M-619.8M-2.0M1.0113.80N/AN/A631,520636,4006,452,1607,405,600
2016-10-31$1.78$1.6348.8%16.8%24.0%55.8%62.4%3.3%-1.8%6.3M-613.1M-2.1M1.7715.94N/AN/A427,400755,9206,005,5206,732,960