NVDA Options History — January 2017

In January 2017, NVDA traded between $2.52 and $2.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.2%, placing in the 57.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 50.5%). Max pain ranged from $2.38 to $2.63. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2017-01-03: Highest Volume — 7,864,120 contracts
  • 2017-01-17: Largest IV spike — 24.3% change
  • 2017-01-19: Highest IV Rank — 72.6%
  • 2017-01-05: Largest Expected Move — 17.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.64$2.52$2.78$2.54$2.74
Max Pain$2.60$2.38$2.63$2.38$2.63
ATM IV49.2%41.6%55.5%49.9%50.6%
Expected Move16.1%14.5%17.9%14.8%17.6%
HV 20d50.5%34.5%56.3%55.3%34.5%
HV 60d70.5%70.0%71.0%70.0%70.2%
IV Rank57.0%38.0%72.6%58.6%60.5%
IV Percentile85.8%63.9%97.2%92.5%90.1%
Term Structure2.7%-3.7%18.0%-0.6%-2.4%
VWIV56.8%50.8%62.6%51.9%61.5%
Skew 25d1.3%-0.2%2.1%1.7%1.6%
Skew 10d2.9%1.3%4.5%3.5%2.4%
Call IV 25d48.4%36.8%55.1%49.2%49.6%
Put IV 25d49.7%36.6%57.2%51.0%51.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %31.934.9845.637.254.98
Gamma HHI0.070.050.180.050.06
Net GEX14.6M-2.8M43.4M-2.8M18.0M
Net DEX-986.2M-1.45B-678.0M-679.7M-1.02B
Net VEX-5.0M-5.4M-4.7M-4.7M-5.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.691.140.970.87
Total Volume4,374,0042,057,2007,864,1207,864,1202,057,200
Total OI21,594,92417,056,84025,047,16020,436,92019,392,360

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-01-03$2.54$2.3849.9%14.8%55.3%58.6%51.9%1.7%-0.6%-2.8M-679.7M-4.7M0.977.25N/AN/A3,984,6403,879,4809,875,40010,561,520
2017-01-04$2.61$2.3848.9%14.5%54.7%56.2%50.8%1.3%-0.9%9.3M-980.0M-4.8M0.798.16N/AN/A3,210,2002,545,92010,874,72011,277,600
2017-01-05$2.55$2.6348.4%17.9%55.8%55.0%62.6%1.3%-0.6%533.0K-742.2M-4.8M0.9335.31N/AN/A3,206,0002,967,88011,609,68011,682,360
2017-01-06$2.58$2.6345.3%17.3%55.6%47.3%61.0%1.1%-0.2%3.9M-916.1M-4.9M1.0839.92N/AN/A2,652,2802,857,84011,989,44012,332,600
2017-01-09$2.68$2.6345.3%17.8%56.3%47.2%62.3%0.7%16.4%18.1M-1.25B-5.0M0.8637.11N/AN/A2,811,9602,416,20010,446,04010,851,560
2017-01-10$2.66$2.6344.4%17.3%55.6%44.9%60.7%1.0%16.0%17.5M-1.21B-5.0M0.7940.18N/AN/A2,297,1601,820,72011,068,36011,349,080
2017-01-11$2.62$2.6341.6%16.4%54.9%38.0%57.4%1.0%15.8%10.2M-1.05B-5.0M1.0341.14N/AN/A1,723,5201,783,12011,483,08011,658,320
2017-01-12$2.58$2.6343.5%16.0%55.3%42.8%56.4%1.3%15.0%-2.7M-837.2M-5.0M1.0841.74N/AN/A2,257,6002,432,96011,792,72012,056,280
2017-01-13$2.58$2.6342.9%15.5%52.3%41.2%54.8%-0.2%18.0%7.8M-893.0M-5.0M1.1434.18N/AN/A1,904,0802,178,20012,130,76012,509,760
2017-01-17$2.52$2.6353.4%15.8%52.6%67.3%55.2%2.0%-0.9%-756.5K-678.0M-4.8M1.0843.61N/AN/A1,883,8802,027,84011,002,68011,426,080
2017-01-18$2.56$2.6353.6%15.4%52.8%68.0%54.1%1.8%-1.2%11.9M-865.1M-4.9M1.1445.63N/AN/A1,885,6802,154,08011,453,60011,895,920
2017-01-19$2.63$2.6355.5%16.0%52.1%72.6%56.2%2.1%-2.1%27.3M-1.15B-5.1M0.9543.52N/AN/A2,785,2802,651,60011,823,00012,555,440
2017-01-20$2.59$2.6352.6%15.2%50.7%65.4%53.5%1.8%-1.1%9.7M-921.3M-5.1M0.9244.59N/AN/A2,380,6802,192,36012,080,60012,966,560
2017-01-23$2.63$2.6352.0%15.6%50.9%63.9%54.7%1.4%-2.5%13.9M-775.5M-5.0M0.8036.75N/AN/A1,309,9201,045,5208,739,1208,317,720
2017-01-24$2.68$2.6352.5%15.6%51.3%65.3%55.0%1.0%-3.7%23.8M-982.4M-5.1M1.1037.21N/AN/A1,614,7201,772,2809,163,7208,673,040
2017-01-25$2.69$2.6352.4%15.7%50.6%64.9%55.4%1.1%-3.1%24.3M-1.04B-5.2M0.7340.73N/AN/A1,784,1201,310,7609,488,8409,350,400
2017-01-26$2.74$2.6351.1%15.5%44.6%61.7%54.7%1.4%-2.7%43.4M-1.23B-5.2M0.7542.64N/AN/A1,985,7201,493,4809,909,8009,573,960
2017-01-27$2.78$2.6349.5%16.0%37.6%57.6%56.2%1.4%-2.3%42.0M-1.45B-5.2M0.698.75N/AN/A2,950,2002,035,32010,225,4009,881,120
2017-01-30$2.75$2.6350.7%17.3%37.4%60.6%60.7%1.0%-2.4%17.6M-1.06B-5.3M0.975.14N/AN/A1,642,8401,586,8409,374,6409,055,200
2017-01-31$2.74$2.6350.6%17.6%34.5%60.5%61.5%1.6%-2.4%18.0M-1.02B-5.4M0.874.98N/AN/A1,100,720956,4809,762,5609,629,800