NVDA Options History — September 2017

In September 2017, NVDA traded between $4.10 and $4.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 14.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 36.3%). Max pain ranged from $3.88 to $4.25. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2017-09-15: Highest Volume — 17,418,320 contracts
  • 2017-09-18: Largest IV spike — 13.6% change
  • 2017-09-26: Highest IV Rank — 27.6%
  • 2017-09-26: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.35$4.10$4.70$4.26$4.47
Max Pain$4.12$3.88$4.25$3.88$4.25
ATM IV31.9%27.8%36.1%30.4%32.8%
Expected Move9.3%8.1%10.4%8.1%9.1%
HV 20d36.3%24.3%45.3%45.3%39.1%
HV 60d38.0%36.6%39.5%38.6%38.1%
IV Rank14.4%1.0%27.6%9.7%16.5%
IV Percentile15.7%0.4%40.5%7.1%17.5%
Term Structure0.8%-0.2%2.6%-0.0%2.6%
VWIV32.8%28.6%36.6%28.6%32.1%
Skew 25d1.4%-0.3%3.0%1.2%1.2%
Skew 10d3.1%-0.8%5.7%3.0%1.3%
Call IV 25d31.7%26.9%35.9%30.1%31.8%
Put IV 25d33.0%29.2%37.7%31.3%33.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.882.5113.215.532.81
Gamma HHI0.150.050.760.460.06
Net GEX68.9M-18.2M474.5M202.6M35.1M
Net DEX-2.83B-4.88B-1.46B-3.61B-3.03B
Net VEX-14.8M-16.9M-13.4M-14.0M-16.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.551.050.550.68
Total Volume7,227,2663,238,16017,418,3206,183,4807,339,200
Total OI36,110,19231,197,88038,720,20036,774,84038,501,000

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-09-01$4.26$3.8830.4%8.1%45.3%9.7%28.6%1.2%-0.0%202.6M-3.61B-14.0M0.555.53N/AN/A3,997,8802,185,60017,269,92019,504,920
2017-09-05$4.15$4.0033.4%10.0%45.1%19.3%35.4%2.3%0.7%40.7M-2.24B-14.2M0.824.21N/AN/A3,178,0402,604,28015,863,40018,204,280
2017-09-06$4.15$4.0032.2%9.7%44.9%15.7%34.2%2.1%0.5%37.8M-2.25B-13.9M0.663.35N/AN/A2,193,0401,442,32016,320,40018,946,320
2017-09-07$4.16$4.0031.1%9.4%44.6%11.8%33.2%2.1%0.6%58.5M-2.44B-13.8M0.684.74N/AN/A2,082,8801,408,04016,697,52019,393,240
2017-09-08$4.10$4.0031.4%9.4%42.6%13.0%33.2%3.0%1.1%22.1M-1.85B-14.0M0.944.47N/AN/A3,109,0002,928,00016,836,20019,593,880
2017-09-11$4.22$4.0029.2%8.9%36.9%5.6%31.5%2.5%1.4%58.5M-2.78B-13.5M0.783.30N/AN/A3,248,0402,517,40015,757,64018,923,480
2017-09-12$4.24$4.0028.5%8.5%24.7%3.2%30.5%2.5%1.2%72.8M-2.89B-13.5M0.803.53N/AN/A2,109,0001,695,84016,186,00019,374,720
2017-09-13$4.26$4.0028.4%8.5%24.7%3.1%30.3%2.1%1.2%90.2M-3.10B-13.5M0.673.73N/AN/A3,352,1202,236,00016,445,44019,795,080
2017-09-14$4.23$4.0027.8%8.3%24.3%1.0%29.7%2.3%1.2%86.4M-2.97B-14.2M0.734.54N/AN/A3,449,1202,502,68017,150,96020,461,560
2017-09-15$4.50$4.1330.3%8.7%30.9%9.2%30.9%-0.1%0.2%474.5M-4.88B-13.4M0.573.68N/AN/A11,111,8006,306,52017,526,40021,147,680
2017-09-18$4.70$4.1334.4%9.8%33.7%22.8%34.9%-0.3%-0.2%63.8M-4.26B-13.7M0.752.60N/AN/A9,116,3206,795,80014,488,08016,709,800
2017-09-19$4.69$4.2532.5%9.3%32.3%16.5%33.2%-0.3%0.3%52.0M-3.92B-14.9M0.606.17N/AN/A4,383,6802,634,20015,813,68018,799,680
2017-09-20$4.64$4.2532.6%9.4%32.5%17.0%33.2%0.1%-0.2%34.0M-3.67B-15.4M0.9112.15N/AN/A3,094,6802,800,56016,563,88019,359,120
2017-09-21$4.52$4.2532.0%9.1%34.0%14.9%32.3%0.3%1.3%-18.2M-2.78B-15.5M0.822.51N/AN/A6,947,0405,684,56017,004,36019,942,920
2017-09-22$4.47$4.2531.3%8.9%34.2%12.5%31.6%0.4%1.0%22.4M-2.37B-15.9M1.052.89N/AN/A3,591,5603,776,52017,903,60020,816,600
2017-09-25$4.27$4.2534.5%10.1%38.5%23.2%35.2%2.2%1.0%-9.7M-1.46B-16.1M0.844.35N/AN/A4,085,3603,412,80015,759,56018,253,880
2017-09-26$4.29$4.2536.1%10.4%38.5%27.6%36.6%1.8%0.4%-315.3K-1.65B-16.5M0.6713.21N/AN/A5,352,9603,561,00016,480,84018,912,560
2017-09-27$4.40$4.2535.5%10.1%39.2%25.7%35.6%1.0%1.2%35.6M-2.40B-16.9M0.784.93N/AN/A2,848,7602,224,56017,713,36019,771,600
2017-09-28$4.37$4.2533.8%9.6%39.3%19.9%34.1%1.4%1.1%19.5M-2.15B-16.8M1.014.88N/AN/A1,607,4801,630,68017,883,96020,126,320
2017-09-29$4.47$4.2532.8%9.1%39.1%16.5%32.1%1.2%2.6%35.1M-3.03B-16.3M0.682.81N/AN/A4,364,3602,974,84018,185,08020,315,920