NVDA Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, NVDA traded between $4.47 and $5.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.3%, placing in the 51.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.0% (HV 20d: 28.2%). Max pain ranged from $4.25 to $4.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-10: Highest Volume — 9,429,440 contracts
  • 2017-10-09: Largest IV spike — 14.2% change
  • 2017-10-30: Highest IV Rank — 67.6%
  • 2017-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 16.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.81$4.47$5.17$4.47$5.17
Max Pain$4.41$4.25$4.50$4.25$4.50
ATM IV43.3%34.0%48.1%34.2%47.9%
Expected Move13.0%8.9%16.3%9.6%16.3%
HV 20d28.2%15.7%39.1%39.1%19.1%
HV 60d35.8%34.9%38.0%38.0%35.5%
IV Rank51.6%20.6%67.6%21.3%67.1%
IV Percentile63.2%24.6%77.0%26.2%76.2%
Term Structure0.9%-2.5%11.0%9.2%-1.3%
VWIV45.5%31.7%57.0%33.9%57.0%
Skew 25d0.6%-1.0%1.7%0.4%-1.0%
Skew 10d0.9%-1.5%3.6%-1.1%0.2%
Call IV 25d43.2%33.9%48.7%34.8%48.7%
Put IV 25d43.7%34.3%47.8%35.2%47.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.591.888.286.693.83
Gamma HHI0.110.070.230.070.10
Net GEX68.9M12.8M116.5M47.2M81.2M
Net DEX-4.21B-5.28B-2.86B-2.86B-5.04B
Net VEX-15.1M-16.4M-14.3M-16.2M-14.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.450.930.630.59
Total Volume5,654,294.5453,284,8409,429,4404,260,9204,976,320
Total OI36,812,618.18233,178,56040,362,28034,831,12035,267,680

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$4.47$4.2534.2%9.6%39.1%21.3%33.9%0.4%9.2%47.2M-2.86B-16.2M0.636.69N/AN/A2,618,8801,642,04016,402,20018,428,920
2017-10-03$4.48$4.2534.0%9.1%37.5%20.6%33.2%0.9%11.0%54.5M-2.90B-16.4M0.815.81N/AN/A2,002,5601,617,72016,996,40018,880,520
2017-10-04$4.52$4.2535.4%8.9%37.5%25.3%31.7%0.9%9.5%75.7M-3.21B-16.1M0.681.88N/AN/A2,462,1601,679,16017,220,04019,086,400
2017-10-05$4.52$4.3836.5%12.7%37.5%29.1%44.5%0.3%9.9%78.2M-3.21B-16.0M0.655.56N/AN/A2,493,2401,615,08017,481,80019,409,160
2017-10-06$4.53$4.3836.9%12.2%36.8%30.2%42.8%0.4%9.7%46.3M-3.35B-16.0M0.615.20N/AN/A2,828,2401,724,16017,845,56019,857,320
2017-10-09$4.63$4.3842.1%12.5%36.2%47.7%43.8%0.6%-0.8%69.3M-3.74B-15.3M0.634.18N/AN/A4,666,7602,959,84016,512,56018,840,120
2017-10-10$4.72$4.3845.6%13.1%36.5%59.4%46.2%0.1%-1.0%85.4M-4.24B-15.5M0.452.72N/AN/A6,515,9602,913,48017,305,84019,716,000
2017-10-11$4.77$4.3845.5%12.8%36.6%59.0%44.9%0.1%-0.7%116.5M-4.65B-15.3M0.554.71N/AN/A3,343,6401,845,12018,490,20020,426,480
2017-10-12$4.77$4.3845.6%12.9%36.4%59.3%45.1%0.0%-1.1%111.8M-4.61B-15.4M0.484.92N/AN/A4,250,3202,027,44018,630,08020,726,560
2017-10-13$4.86$4.3844.9%12.6%30.6%57.0%44.2%0.3%-1.6%72.3M-5.28B-14.7M0.495.11N/AN/A5,920,5202,913,84018,847,80021,020,600
2017-10-16$4.95$4.3846.3%13.1%27.5%61.5%46.0%-0.2%-2.1%82.2M-5.09B-14.5M0.673.03N/AN/A4,062,0002,703,00017,119,40019,768,320
2017-10-17$4.95$4.3846.0%13.1%27.5%60.5%46.0%0.2%-2.1%83.0M-5.06B-14.5M0.742.83N/AN/A2,948,8002,188,92017,540,04020,475,280
2017-10-18$4.94$4.5045.1%12.9%27.2%57.5%45.4%0.7%-2.2%89.5M-4.92B-14.6M0.705.43N/AN/A3,098,6002,169,00018,044,84020,973,400
2017-10-19$4.94$4.5046.2%13.4%25.0%61.3%46.7%1.0%-2.3%94.9M-4.93B-14.7M0.613.26N/AN/A3,688,4002,263,20018,172,16021,443,400
2017-10-20$4.91$4.5044.8%13.0%24.6%56.5%45.6%0.9%-2.4%45.8M-4.81B-14.5M0.636.23N/AN/A3,540,8002,232,96018,676,76021,685,520
2017-10-23$4.91$4.5044.7%13.6%15.7%56.4%47.5%0.9%-1.8%46.3M-3.91B-14.4M0.793.71N/AN/A2,495,8001,980,96015,191,68017,986,880
2017-10-24$4.96$4.5044.4%13.6%15.7%55.5%47.5%1.0%-2.0%63.8M-4.17B-14.5M0.932.96N/AN/A1,700,2001,584,64015,806,44018,603,680
2017-10-25$4.84$4.5046.6%14.5%18.2%62.6%50.7%1.7%-2.3%12.8M-3.32B-15.2M0.716.92N/AN/A3,942,8002,782,28016,017,92018,989,920
2017-10-26$4.89$4.5045.6%14.4%17.9%59.3%50.6%1.7%-1.7%51.6M-3.76B-15.1M0.793.74N/AN/A1,944,4801,532,96016,478,64019,487,040
2017-10-27$5.04$4.5046.1%14.7%19.1%61.1%51.3%0.9%-2.4%47.7M-4.92B-14.5M0.508.28N/AN/A5,556,4802,785,56016,611,36019,748,880
2017-10-30$5.09$4.5048.1%16.0%19.0%67.6%56.0%0.9%-2.5%58.9M-4.57B-14.3M0.513.97N/AN/A4,096,8002,079,36015,229,44018,434,360
2017-10-31$5.17$4.5047.9%16.3%19.1%67.1%57.0%-1.0%-1.3%81.2M-5.04B-14.5M0.593.83N/AN/A3,127,3201,849,00016,259,04019,008,640