NVDA Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, NVDA traded between $4.32 and $5.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.7%, placing in the 16.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 35.3%). Max pain ranged from $4.25 to $4.75. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-15: Highest Volume — 9,911,600 contracts
  • 2019-10-08: Largest IV spike — 10.1% change
  • 2019-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 21.3%
  • 2019-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.77$4.32$5.17$4.36$5.01
Max Pain$4.43$4.25$4.75$4.25$4.75
ATM IV40.7%37.2%43.9%38.4%40.6%
Expected Move12.6%11.0%13.6%11.0%13.6%
HV 20d35.3%30.8%39.5%35.4%32.7%
HV 60d41.5%39.6%43.0%40.4%39.7%
IV Rank16.2%10.0%21.3%16.7%21.3%
IV Percentile43.5%24.2%57.9%31.3%43.3%
Term Structure0.5%-2.3%7.2%0.8%-1.4%
VWIV44.2%37.7%47.8%37.7%47.1%
Skew 25d6.3%4.7%7.9%7.2%5.1%
Skew 10d11.8%8.4%16.1%14.7%9.0%
Call IV 25d37.6%32.8%40.6%35.3%37.8%
Put IV 25d43.9%38.9%46.5%42.6%42.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.132.037.302.312.19
Gamma HHI0.080.050.270.050.07
Net GEX63.9M8.2M165.3M14.3M66.4M
Net DEX-2.02B-3.67B-134.4M-350.3M-2.52B
Net VEX-22.4M-23.0M-21.4M-21.4M-22.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.391.230.680.50
Total Volume4,241,575.6522,288,4009,911,6004,190,0803,186,200
Total OI33,632,386.08731,748,40036,308,08031,932,64034,436,840

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$4.36$4.2538.4%11.0%35.4%16.7%37.7%7.2%0.8%14.3M-350.3M-21.4M0.682.31N/AN/A2,496,2401,693,84015,595,44016,337,200
2019-10-02$4.32$4.3140.8%11.8%34.7%20.7%41.1%7.9%0.6%9.3M-134.4M-21.6M1.232.59N/AN/A1,420,4801,746,08015,922,88016,640,240
2019-10-03$4.51$4.2539.5%12.9%30.8%18.5%45.4%7.9%0.7%54.8M-1.24B-22.2M0.703.95N/AN/A2,523,4001,767,20016,140,08016,911,600
2019-10-04$4.55$4.2537.2%12.5%30.9%10.8%44.3%6.4%1.2%69.0M-1.44B-22.0M0.703.47N/AN/A2,177,6801,519,28016,336,56017,326,400
2019-10-07$4.62$4.2538.1%12.5%31.2%10.3%44.3%6.2%5.1%41.5M-1.49B-21.8M0.783.57N/AN/A2,849,3602,213,88015,216,68016,545,520
2019-10-08$4.45$4.3842.0%13.4%34.0%17.2%47.8%7.2%4.4%8.2M-545.4M-21.9M0.704.40N/AN/A2,949,8002,066,76015,846,64017,060,120
2019-10-09$4.54$4.3839.5%13.0%34.7%12.7%47.2%6.9%6.1%30.6M-1.12B-22.2M0.977.30N/AN/A1,743,2801,691,00016,336,64017,477,720
2019-10-10$4.58$4.3839.7%12.7%34.8%13.1%43.3%6.9%5.6%39.0M-1.28B-22.9M0.813.16N/AN/A1,991,8001,608,76016,530,96017,997,440
2019-10-11$4.69$4.3838.0%12.2%35.3%10.0%42.3%6.1%7.2%79.4M-2.01B-22.6M0.676.69N/AN/A3,613,4802,406,04016,862,20018,244,120
2019-10-14$4.66$4.3839.6%11.9%35.3%12.9%42.1%7.6%-1.1%60.8M-1.66B-22.2M0.682.76N/AN/A1,533,6401,040,08016,196,16017,019,320
2019-10-15$4.91$4.3840.7%11.9%39.4%14.9%41.8%6.2%-1.2%97.0M-3.06B-22.5M0.572.25N/AN/A6,326,8003,584,80016,675,64017,236,840
2019-10-16$4.86$4.3841.5%11.9%39.5%16.4%42.1%6.2%-0.9%81.4M-2.64B-22.6M0.542.20N/AN/A3,205,1201,745,84017,234,08017,804,000
2019-10-17$4.85$4.3840.8%11.7%39.0%15.0%41.2%6.3%-0.7%75.1M-2.57B-23.0M0.452.66N/AN/A2,883,2401,298,64017,787,24018,126,760
2019-10-18$4.78$4.3842.6%12.3%38.3%18.2%43.3%6.7%-1.6%44.8M-2.13B-22.9M0.702.53N/AN/A2,823,7601,983,36018,025,44018,282,640
2019-10-21$4.90$4.3843.0%12.7%38.8%19.0%44.2%6.1%-2.1%65.2M-2.33B-22.8M0.522.03N/AN/A2,186,7601,132,16016,017,92015,730,480
2019-10-22$4.89$4.5043.2%12.9%37.8%19.3%45.2%5.9%-2.0%67.0M-2.31B-22.9M0.392.35N/AN/A2,992,0401,178,76016,392,40016,148,320
2019-10-23$4.87$4.5043.9%13.1%36.0%20.6%46.0%5.8%-2.3%64.4M-2.15B-23.0M0.762.10N/AN/A1,606,5601,218,40016,785,64016,427,960
2019-10-24$4.92$4.5042.8%13.0%35.9%18.7%45.2%5.6%-2.2%89.6M-2.49B-22.9M0.572.28N/AN/A1,597,280908,96017,106,84016,567,200
2019-10-25$5.11$4.5042.0%12.9%34.1%17.2%45.4%5.1%-2.3%165.3M-3.67B-22.5M0.533.61N/AN/A4,542,4002,394,24017,262,88016,694,120
2019-10-28$5.17$4.6341.0%13.2%33.9%15.4%46.4%4.8%-1.2%75.7M-3.41B-22.3M0.502.72N/AN/A2,801,8001,399,72016,181,76016,158,760
2019-10-29$5.08$4.7541.5%13.5%35.1%16.3%46.7%4.9%-1.3%80.9M-2.96B-22.7M0.412.09N/AN/A2,281,080937,84017,065,08016,564,400
2019-10-30$5.08$4.7540.7%13.5%34.7%17.7%46.6%4.7%-1.3%88.9M-2.97B-22.7M0.442.80N/AN/A1,587,520700,88017,513,00016,774,720
2019-10-31$5.01$4.7540.6%13.6%32.7%21.3%47.1%5.1%-1.4%66.4M-2.52B-22.7M0.502.19N/AN/A2,118,0401,068,16017,515,88016,920,960