Options Skew Analytics

NVDA options analytics

NVDA · Stock

Data as of 9 November 2026 (end of day)

NVDA options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 56.0%, a move of about ±16.1% over the next month. That is higher than 99% of the 252 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta puts carry 5.92 volatility points more than the calls, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

The term structure is inverted: 90-day volatility is 17% below 30-day, which happens when the market prices something dated into the nearer expirations.

Its next earnings report is 2026-11-17, after the close.

Across its last 9 reports the options market priced an average move of ±9.3% and NVDA moved 4.3% on average, staying inside the priced band 8 times out of 9.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
56.00%

Prices a move of about ±16.1% over 30 days, or ±3.5% on a typical day.

Higher than almost every reading of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
+5.92

Puts carry 5.92 volatility points more than calls the same distance from the money.

Higher than 75% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.58

The wings carry 0.58 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.829

90-day volatility is 17% below 30-day.

Lower than almost every reading of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 252 prior sessions (one-year window)

56.0% — 99th percentile
28.4%61.0%
IV percentile, 1 year
99%
IV rank, 1 year
85%
IV percentile, 2 years
90%
IV rank, 2 years
57%

Rank is the position between the lowest and highest readings in the window, so a single past extreme pins everything after it near one end. Percentile is the share of sessions below the current reading and is unaffected by how far that extreme reached. Both are withheld when the window holds fewer than 180 sessions.

Session detail

Underlying close
$178.67
30-day implied forward
$178.18
60-day ATM IV
49.54%
90-day ATM IV
46.42%
180-day ATM IV
44.29%
Expirations used
18
Total open interest
12,343,396
Put / call open interest
0.98

The forward is derived from put-call parity on the strikes nearest the money, not taken from the underlying close. It is what every moneyness and delta on this page is measured against.

30-day at-the-money implied volatility

Last 551 sessions

20%40%60%80%100%22 Aug17 Mar1 Oct23 Apr9 Nov
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-11-0956.00%+5.920.829$178.67
2026-11-0655.74%+10.990.825$186.64
2026-11-0561.00%+10.620.801$181.60
2026-11-0446.04%+5.940.880$200.13
2026-11-0346.26%+7.610.879$206.69
2026-11-0247.48%+8.270.873$202.06
2026-10-3045.43%+6.530.886$204.64
2026-10-2940.21%+3.910.931$213.66
2026-10-2840.72%+4.330.927$215.38
2026-10-2740.17%+5.090.929$217.94
2026-10-2641.23%+5.380.917$216.00
2026-10-2342.61%+6.010.898$210.96
2026-10-2242.71%+6.190.889$212.21
2026-10-2138.66%+4.520.922$221.97
2026-10-2039.10%+4.690.923$216.47
2026-10-1937.49%+5.080.958$217.09
2026-10-1637.12%+5.490.995$214.13
2026-10-1535.32%+3.741.024$217.23
2026-10-1433.54%+4.121.064$221.30
2026-10-1331.22%+2.901.102$228.52
2026-10-0929.80%+2.761.145$229.28
2026-10-0831.11%+3.561.108$230.48
2026-10-0729.60%+3.331.141$237.47
2026-10-0628.42%+3.391.163$239.24
2026-10-0529.02%+2.981.154$238.90
2026-10-0229.14%+2.791.166$233.95
2026-10-0130.62%+3.251.137$230.86
2026-09-3031.15%+2.871.134$228.38
2026-09-2931.10%+3.071.134$227.21
2026-09-2831.56%+3.031.135$228.86
2026-09-2530.44%+2.461.170$225.07
2026-09-2430.66%+2.181.172$224.58
2026-09-2331.04%+2.691.162$225.51
2026-09-2231.18%+2.221.154$228.87
2026-09-2131.30%+2.401.143$227.38
2026-09-1830.42%+2.611.167$222.27
2026-09-1730.65%+2.681.164$219.34
2026-09-1633.19%+3.111.121$213.90
2026-09-1533.39%+2.521.115$212.17
2026-09-1433.32%+2.741.126$210.96
2026-09-1131.44%+2.281.170$218.29
2026-09-1033.44%+2.391.140$218.36
2026-09-0934.09%+1.541.131$223.67
2026-09-0834.17%+1.681.129$225.73
2026-09-0433.36%+2.141.143$230.36
2026-09-0333.07%+2.351.134$228.45
2026-09-0232.57%+2.821.123$224.41
2026-09-0131.97%+2.661.150$217.44
2026-08-3130.75%+1.631.180$220.78
2026-08-2832.46%+1.161.151$217.55
2026-08-2733.19%+1.561.141$227.98
2026-08-2641.63%+0.670.957$209.66
2026-08-2540.87%+0.630.969$213.05
2026-08-2441.35%+1.320.965$208.48
2026-08-2139.99%+1.660.997$214.72
2026-08-2040.36%+2.010.994$216.85
2026-08-1939.62%+1.730.999$217.56
2026-08-1839.24%+2.201.001$219.74
2026-08-1738.64%+1.431.015$225.01
2026-08-1437.93%+1.341.028$225.16
2026-08-1338.81%+1.861.020$225.30
2026-08-1239.37%+1.431.007$224.09
2026-08-1138.92%+2.291.012$217.50
2026-08-1040.66%+2.060.998$217.55
2026-08-0739.85%+2.261.004$223.96
2026-08-0642.27%+2.270.982$218.99
2026-08-0542.95%+1.620.973$219.22
2026-08-0444.08%+1.670.960$211.94
2026-08-0344.33%+2.020.952$206.64
2026-07-3144.31%+3.910.952$200.75
2026-07-3044.82%+3.880.937$195.04
2026-07-2946.64%+7.120.932$190.01
2026-07-2845.50%+4.090.935$197.01
2026-07-2745.26%+5.590.948$196.51
2026-07-2441.13%+6.081.033$206.84
2026-07-2340.12%+5.261.068$208.76
2026-07-2238.34%+3.761.102$212.06
2026-07-2138.15%+4.721.091$207.29
2026-07-2039.23%+5.201.075$203.28
2026-07-1741.38%+4.651.050$202.81
2026-07-1639.99%+3.291.064$207.40
2026-07-1539.57%+2.471.068$212.50
2026-07-1439.91%+3.121.066$211.80
2026-07-1339.80%+2.331.071$203.53
2026-07-1038.48%+2.421.093$210.96
2026-07-0939.69%+2.231.067$202.78
2026-07-0841.52%+2.751.041$204.12
2026-07-0741.01%+2.771.034$196.93
2026-07-0639.05%+2.721.059$195.55
2026-07-0238.91%+3.691.074$194.83
2026-07-0137.69%+2.391.090$197.58
2026-06-3037.31%+2.401.099$200.09
2026-06-2937.37%+2.021.100$194.97
2026-06-2637.35%+2.851.106$192.53
2026-06-2537.61%+2.581.115$195.74
2026-06-2437.30%+1.801.110$199.00
2026-06-2337.26%+2.491.100$200.04
2026-06-2235.04%+1.781.156$208.65
2026-06-1835.44%+1.821.166$210.69
2026-06-1736.42%+1.701.138$204.65
2026-06-1635.67%+1.331.144$207.41
2026-06-1536.57%+0.601.128$212.45
2026-06-1236.96%+1.961.132$205.19
2026-06-1140.03%+1.851.075$204.87
2026-06-1041.51%+3.591.065$200.42
2026-06-0939.82%+2.561.077$208.19
2026-06-0839.32%+1.231.095$208.64
2026-06-0540.78%+1.791.072$205.10
2026-06-0438.64%-0.601.095$218.66
2026-06-0340.08%-0.441.070$214.75
2026-06-0241.16%-1.131.056$222.82
2026-06-0141.74%-1.811.029$224.36
2026-05-2940.13%-0.591.061$211.14
2026-05-2837.86%-0.771.075$214.25
2026-05-2737.64%-0.281.070$212.60
2026-05-2638.17%+0.581.063$214.86
2026-05-2237.04%+0.671.072$215.33
2026-05-2138.56%+0.151.039$219.51
2026-05-2044.86%-0.520.951$223.47
2026-05-1945.20%-0.600.945$220.61

The chart covers every session in the archive, 551 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 551 sessions

-10.00.010.020.030.022 Aug17 Mar1 Oct23 Apr9 Nov

The dashed line marks zero, where the 25-delta put and call carry the same implied volatility.

Skew curve

Implied volatility by delta, front expirations

Implied volatility by delta

2d (2026-11-11) · 4d (2026-11-13) · 7d (2026-11-16)

40%60%80%100%2026-11-11 (2d) — 5Δ C — IV 75.76%2026-11-11 (2d) — 10Δ C — IV 71.49%2026-11-11 (2d) — 15Δ C — IV 70.87%2026-11-11 (2d) — 20Δ C — IV 71.03%2026-11-11 (2d) — 25Δ C — IV 71.47%2026-11-11 (2d) — 30Δ C — IV 72.04%2026-11-11 (2d) — 35Δ C — IV 72.64%2026-11-11 (2d) — 40Δ C — IV 73.29%2026-11-11 (2d) — 45Δ C — IV 74.07%2026-11-11 (2d) — ATM — IV 75.01%2026-11-11 (2d) — 45Δ P — IV 75.88%2026-11-11 (2d) — 40Δ P — IV 76.68%2026-11-11 (2d) — 35Δ P — IV 77.58%2026-11-11 (2d) — 30Δ P — IV 78.60%2026-11-11 (2d) — 25Δ P — IV 79.57%2026-11-11 (2d) — 20Δ P — IV 80.77%2026-11-11 (2d) — 15Δ P — IV 82.78%2026-11-11 (2d) — 10Δ P — IV 86.51%2026-11-11 (2d) — 5Δ P — IV 94.27%2d2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ C — IV 65.26%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 63.26%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 63.23%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 63.58%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 64.02%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 64.59%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 65.22%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 65.80%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 66.39%2026-11-13 (4d) — ATM — IV 67.20%2026-11-13 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 68.11%2026-11-13 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 69.03%2026-11-13 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 69.46%2026-11-13 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 70.03%2026-11-13 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 71.04%2026-11-13 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 72.22%2026-11-13 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 74.02%2026-11-13 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 76.93%2026-11-13 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 83.00%4d2026-11-16 (7d) — 5Δ C — IV 55.54%2026-11-16 (7d) — 10Δ C — IV 53.83%2026-11-16 (7d) — 15Δ C — IV 53.09%2026-11-16 (7d) — 20Δ C — IV 53.84%2026-11-16 (7d) — 25Δ C — IV 53.99%2026-11-16 (7d) — 30Δ C — IV 54.31%2026-11-16 (7d) — 35Δ C — IV 55.04%2026-11-16 (7d) — 40Δ C — IV 55.90%2026-11-16 (7d) — 45Δ C — IV 56.40%2026-11-16 (7d) — ATM — IV 56.72%2026-11-16 (7d) — 45Δ P — IV 57.21%2026-11-16 (7d) — 40Δ P — IV 58.16%2026-11-16 (7d) — 35Δ P — IV 58.98%2026-11-16 (7d) — 30Δ P — IV 59.78%2026-11-16 (7d) — 25Δ P — IV 60.69%2026-11-16 (7d) — 20Δ P — IV 61.40%2026-11-16 (7d) — 15Δ P — IV 62.59%2026-11-16 (7d) — 10Δ P — IV 64.41%2026-11-16 (7d) — 5Δ P — IV 69.15%7d10Δ C25Δ CATM25Δ P10Δ Pout-of-the-money calls ← delta → out-of-the-money puts

The axis is call delta. Readings to the right of the dashed centre line are taken from the out-of-the-money put at that strike, which is the contract whose quote the volatility was solved from. Points are only plotted where surviving quotes bracket the delta on both sides; nothing is extrapolated past the last traded strike.

Show the underlying numbers
Delta2d4d7d
5Δ call75.76%65.26%55.54%
10Δ call71.49%63.26%53.83%
15Δ call70.87%63.23%53.09%
20Δ call71.03%63.58%53.84%
25Δ call71.47%64.02%53.99%
30Δ call72.04%64.59%54.31%
35Δ call72.64%65.22%55.04%
40Δ call73.29%65.80%55.90%
45Δ call74.07%66.39%56.40%
ATM75.01%67.20%56.72%
45Δ put75.88%68.11%57.21%
40Δ put76.68%69.03%58.16%
35Δ put77.58%69.46%58.98%
30Δ put78.60%70.03%59.78%
25Δ put79.57%71.04%60.69%
20Δ put80.77%72.22%61.40%
15Δ put82.78%74.02%62.59%
10Δ put86.51%76.93%64.41%
5Δ put94.27%83.00%69.15%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-11-112$177.8875.01%79.57%71.47%+8.10+0.5135
2026-11-134$177.9567.20%71.04%64.02%+7.02+0.3355
2026-11-167$177.9856.72%60.69%53.99%+6.70+0.6248
2026-11-189$177.9576.17%81.05%72.94%+8.11+0.8261
2026-11-2011$178.0575.12%79.12%71.55%+7.57+0.2165
2026-11-2314$178.1569.35%73.72%65.90%+7.82+0.4628
2026-11-2718$178.1563.98%68.02%60.98%+7.04+0.5260
2026-12-0425$178.0958.49%61.71%56.07%+5.64+0.4048
2026-12-1132$178.2255.20%58.84%52.83%+6.01+0.6439
2026-12-1839$178.4353.57%57.38%50.70%+6.68+0.47156
2026-12-2445$178.6952.32%55.75%49.62%+6.13+0.3638
2027-01-1567$178.9948.64%51.69%46.16%+5.53+0.2861
2027-02-19102$179.8245.64%48.85%43.72%+5.13+0.6561
2027-03-19130$180.2845.89%48.97%44.01%+4.96+0.6159
2027-04-16158$180.7944.94%47.87%42.95%+4.92+0.4757
2027-05-21193$181.6943.97%46.86%42.12%+4.74+0.5264
2027-06-17220$182.1843.98%46.86%42.26%+4.60+0.5977
2027-09-17312$183.7643.34%45.24%41.72%+3.52+0.1569

Each curve above is one expiration. The vertical position is implied volatility; the horizontal position is the delta of the contract it was read from. For US equities the curve normally slopes upward to the right, meaning out-of-the-money puts carry higher implied volatility than equidistant calls.

The 25-delta risk reversal summarises that slope as a single number: the 25-delta put volatility minus the 25-delta call volatility. The butterfly summarises the curvature: the average of the two wings minus the at-the-money reading.

Term structure

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

18 listed expirations produced a usable reading

40%50%60%70%80%2026-11-11 — 2 days — at-the-money IV 75.01%2026-11-13 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 67.20%2026-11-16 — 7 days — at-the-money IV 56.72%2026-11-18 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 76.17%2026-11-20 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 75.12%2026-11-23 — 14 days — at-the-money IV 69.35%2026-11-27 — 18 days — at-the-money IV 63.98%2026-12-04 — 25 days — at-the-money IV 58.49%2026-12-11 — 32 days — at-the-money IV 55.20%2026-12-18 — 39 days — at-the-money IV 53.57%2026-12-24 — 45 days — at-the-money IV 52.32%2027-01-15 — 67 days — at-the-money IV 48.64%2027-02-19 — 102 days — at-the-money IV 45.64%2027-03-19 — 130 days — at-the-money IV 45.89%2027-04-16 — 158 days — at-the-money IV 44.94%2027-05-21 — 193 days — at-the-money IV 43.97%2027-06-17 — 220 days — at-the-money IV 43.98%2027-09-17 — 312 days — at-the-money IV 43.34%7306090180days to expiration

The horizontal axis is the square root of days to expiration, which is the scale volatility lives on. A curve that is flat in variance terms plots as a straight line here rather than bending sharply through the front week.

Show the underlying numbers
ExpirationDaysForwardATM IVATM strikeQuotes used
2026-11-112 days$177.8875.01%$178.1535
2026-11-134 days$177.9567.20%$178.3955
2026-11-167 days$177.9856.72%$178.5348
2026-11-189 days$177.9576.17%$179.2361
2026-11-2011 days$178.0575.12%$179.5765
2026-11-2314 days$178.1569.35%$179.8028
2026-11-2718 days$178.1563.98%$179.9660
2026-12-0425 days$178.0958.49%$180.1948
2026-12-1132 days$178.2255.20%$180.6239
2026-12-1839 days$178.4353.57%$181.18156
2026-12-2445 days$178.6952.32%$181.7338
2027-01-1567 days$178.9948.64%$182.9261
2027-02-19102 days$179.8245.64%$185.1361
2027-03-19130 days$180.2845.89%$187.1759
2027-04-16158 days$180.7944.94%$188.8757
2027-05-21193 days$181.6943.97%$191.2164
2027-06-17220 days$182.1843.98%$193.1177
2027-09-17312 days$183.7643.34%$199.1169

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
56.00%
60 days
49.54%
90 days
46.42%
180 days
44.29%

Interpolation is linear in total variance, not in volatility. Interpolating volatility directly implies a forward variance that can be negative between two expirations. A tenor beyond the longest listed expiration is reported as unavailable rather than extrapolated.

Term structure slope

Last 551 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.4022 Aug17 Mar1 Oct23 Apr9 Nov

The dashed line marks 1.00, where the 90-day and 30-day at-the-money volatilities are equal. Above it the longer tenor carries the higher volatility.

The term structure is the at-the-money implied volatility of each listed expiration, plotted against how far away that expiration is. Its usual shape for a calm underlying slopes gently upward, because a longer horizon admits more uncertainty.

It inverts when the market prices a dated event: an expiration that captures a scheduled announcement carries the variance of that event on top of ordinary trading, so a shorter contract can print a higher volatility than a longer one.

Earnings

What the options priced in before each report, and what happened

Next report

2026-11-17After the closeAnnounced

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 9 reports

Landed inside the implied band
8 of 9
89% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
9.3%
Mean move that happened
4.3%
absolute

Reports

Newest first. The implied move is one standard deviation, priced from the session before the release.

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-08-26After the close7.4%+8.7%1.18×
2026-05-20After the close7.4%-1.8%0.24×
2026-02-25After the close7.6%-5.5%0.71×
2025-11-19After the close9.0%-3.2%0.35×
2025-08-27After the close8.2%-0.8%0.10×
2025-05-28After the close8.5%+3.2%0.38×
2025-02-26After the close11.3%-8.5%0.75×
2024-11-20After the close10.7%+0.5%0.05×
2024-08-28After the close13.6%-6.4%0.47×
2024-05-22After the close———
2024-02-21After the close———
2023-11-21After the close———

The implied move is read from the at-the-money straddle on the first expiration strictly after the report date, converted to a one-standard-deviation move and divided by the forward. Realised moves are the close-to-close return across the event, measured from the session before the release to the session after it.

Report dates that have already happened come from the company’s own 8-K filing and are exact. A date still in the future is either one the company has announced, or an estimate from its reporting cadence.