NVDA Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, NVDA traded between $19.14 and $22.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.1%, placing in the 19.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.0% (HV 20d: 32.1%). Max pain ranged from $17.25 to $18.75. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-19: Highest Volume — 15,822,990 contracts
  • 2021-08-06: Largest IV drop — 4.5% change
  • 2021-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 35.6%
  • 2021-08-04: Largest Expected Move — 13.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.71$19.14$22.69$19.71$22.48
Max Pain$17.95$17.25$18.75$18.75$18.75
ATM IV38.1%32.6%43.7%42.9%32.6%
Expected Move10.9%8.9%13.6%13.2%8.9%
HV 20d32.1%22.4%36.5%35.8%36.1%
HV 60d34.0%32.0%35.8%35.8%34.0%
IV Rank19.1%2.9%35.6%33.2%2.9%
IV Percentile25.7%2.4%56.0%52.4%2.4%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.5%0.8%-1.5%0.3%
VWIV39.0%32.4%48.6%46.7%32.5%
Skew 25d1.7%0.6%2.5%1.7%2.1%
Skew 10d4.4%1.7%6.5%4.8%6.2%
Call IV 25d38.1%32.2%44.1%42.6%32.5%
Put IV 25d39.8%34.3%45.2%44.3%34.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.421.523.822.921.65
Gamma HHI0.070.040.140.040.07
Net GEX261.2M94.2M471.8M157.1M246.4M
Net DEX-13.31B-18.65B-7.39B-10.49B-15.79B
Net VEX-57.9M-63.4M-53.6M-62.4M-55.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.330.790.400.65
Total Volume5,765,729.5452,323,65015,822,9905,100,9603,429,460
Total OI29,405,577.27325,654,83031,881,47029,400,62027,110,980

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$19.71$18.7542.9%13.2%35.8%33.2%46.7%1.7%-1.5%157.1M-10.49B-62.4M0.402.92N/AN/A3,649,5601,451,40013,562,19015,838,430
2021-08-03$19.78$18.7543.3%13.5%35.5%34.5%47.5%1.6%-1.1%180.7M-10.77B-62.6M0.411.93N/AN/A4,183,0901,724,97013,806,59016,030,160
2021-08-04$20.27$18.7543.7%13.6%36.5%35.6%48.6%1.1%-1.4%341.8M-13.57B-63.4M0.401.97N/AN/A3,645,7501,463,18014,624,78016,310,430
2021-08-05$20.57$17.2542.9%11.8%34.6%33.2%42.3%0.6%-1.3%420.5M-15.52B-61.8M0.413.57N/AN/A3,880,0001,585,97014,857,65016,465,900
2021-08-06$20.42$17.5040.9%11.4%34.5%27.5%40.5%1.0%-1.4%471.8M-14.75B-60.6M0.483.10N/AN/A2,693,1801,295,09015,035,74016,558,710
2021-08-09$20.31$17.5039.5%11.1%33.9%23.2%39.8%1.0%-0.5%241.5M-13.01B-58.6M0.572.44N/AN/A1,481,600842,05013,813,39015,623,260
2021-08-10$19.97$17.5039.4%11.1%34.3%23.1%39.9%1.8%-0.5%189.4M-11.33B-58.9M0.472.33N/AN/A2,124,7701,001,17013,994,64015,816,540
2021-08-11$19.66$17.5039.4%11.1%34.1%23.0%39.9%0.9%-0.6%121.0M-9.78B-58.7M0.503.03N/AN/A2,133,3901,072,78014,199,54015,956,720
2021-08-12$19.97$17.5039.3%11.1%29.6%22.6%39.7%1.4%-0.8%182.3M-11.24B-57.9M0.462.71N/AN/A2,184,560994,20014,331,60016,158,240
2021-08-13$20.16$17.5038.4%10.9%23.2%19.9%38.7%1.1%-0.7%282.7M-12.52B-55.9M0.413.82N/AN/A3,034,8901,247,98014,590,35016,352,430
2021-08-16$19.89$17.5039.4%11.2%22.4%23.0%39.9%1.5%-0.7%167.3M-10.87B-56.9M0.572.45N/AN/A1,934,8101,100,46013,549,30015,707,480
2021-08-17$19.38$17.5039.5%11.3%24.6%23.1%39.9%1.7%-0.5%128.0M-8.77B-56.4M0.542.44N/AN/A1,858,4101,005,59013,976,56015,870,080
2021-08-18$19.14$17.5039.0%11.2%23.6%21.7%40.1%2.4%0.0%94.2M-7.39B-56.5M0.793.35N/AN/A2,732,8502,145,86014,418,14016,144,220
2021-08-19$19.75$17.6337.4%10.7%25.3%17.1%38.1%2.3%0.1%236.8M-10.46B-54.7M0.512.46N/AN/A10,480,3605,342,63014,617,56016,353,660
2021-08-20$20.76$17.8836.2%10.3%30.8%13.4%37.5%2.0%0.2%436.6M-16.67B-55.2M0.442.09N/AN/A9,591,9004,203,40015,068,70016,812,770
2021-08-23$21.96$18.0035.5%10.1%35.2%11.3%36.7%1.9%0.4%218.8M-15.69B-55.5M0.371.96N/AN/A7,617,3502,843,01011,650,91014,003,920
2021-08-24$21.80$18.0034.4%9.8%35.2%8.1%35.4%1.4%0.4%312.7M-15.90B-56.2M0.412.00N/AN/A4,179,3001,695,62012,413,22014,405,470
2021-08-25$22.24$18.2534.3%9.6%35.1%7.7%34.6%1.9%0.7%357.6M-16.97B-57.4M0.351.58N/AN/A5,409,7601,914,47012,918,93014,892,180
2021-08-26$22.09$18.5034.5%9.6%35.4%8.4%35.2%2.5%0.6%358.3M-16.25B-58.4M0.482.18N/AN/A3,383,0501,626,48012,967,29015,089,370
2021-08-27$22.66$18.5032.9%9.1%35.6%3.8%33.1%2.1%0.8%378.6M-18.65B-55.5M0.331.65N/AN/A6,048,6801,972,84013,336,65015,289,730
2021-08-30$22.69$18.5032.8%9.0%35.6%3.4%32.4%2.3%0.7%222.1M-16.51B-53.6M0.561.52N/AN/A2,977,8501,662,33011,882,41014,515,880
2021-08-31$22.48$18.7532.6%8.9%36.1%2.9%32.5%2.1%0.3%246.4M-15.79B-55.6M0.651.65N/AN/A2,081,0701,348,39012,349,99014,760,990