TSLA Options History — October 2011

In October 2011, TSLA traded between $1.58 and $1.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.4%, placing in the 33.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.1% (HV 20d: 48.3%). Max pain ranged from $1.53 to $1.87. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.15.

Notable Days

  • 2011-10-21: Highest Volume — 133,050 contracts
  • 2011-10-13: Largest IV spike — 24.5% change
  • 2011-10-03: Highest IV Rank — 70.5%
  • 2011-10-03: Largest Expected Move — 20.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.83$1.58$1.99$1.58$1.96
Max Pain$1.73$1.53$1.87$1.60$1.87
ATM IV56.4%44.3%71.7%71.7%57.2%
Expected Move16.8%14.7%20.6%20.6%16.4%
HV 20d48.3%42.3%52.9%44.6%42.5%
HV 60d54.9%51.8%56.0%52.6%51.8%
IV Rank33.8%16.9%70.5%70.5%30.4%
IV Percentile43.4%0.8%96.0%96.0%45.2%
Term Structure1.1%-2.2%9.8%2.0%-2.1%
VWIV57.3%38.4%72.4%72.4%49.2%
Skew 25d12.5%7.6%15.4%13.2%9.3%
Skew 10d27.2%13.7%40.6%28.3%19.9%
Call IV 25d53.1%46.5%65.5%65.5%54.1%
Put IV 25d65.6%56.9%78.7%78.7%63.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.9318.6132.6930.5324.45
Gamma HHI0.170.090.760.100.13
Net GEX1.6M513.6K7.7M575.8K1.1M
Net DEX-37.8M-57.6M-5.7M-9.4M-37.5M
Net VEX-424.6K-453.7K-402.9K-417.3K-411.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.150.284.192.920.70
Total Volume48,192.14313,980133,05029,07060,555
Total OI1,495,761.4291,386,8701,610,3101,444,7701,507,755

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-10-03$1.58$1.6071.7%20.6%44.6%70.5%72.4%13.2%2.0%575.8K-9.4M-417.3K2.9230.53N/AN/A7,42521,645841,905602,865
2011-10-04$1.58$1.6069.5%19.9%44.5%66.2%67.0%8.2%8.3%513.6K-5.7M-402.9K1.2032.57N/AN/A11,22013,440827,340598,590
2011-10-05$1.69$1.6066.1%18.9%49.1%59.5%63.6%12.4%2.0%835.8K-21.7M-424.2K1.1932.69N/AN/A17,16020,430826,740598,275
2011-10-06$1.80$1.5351.4%14.7%52.9%30.8%56.0%10.1%9.8%1.2M-39.6M-446.1K1.4424.59N/AN/A42,10560,780834,390609,090
2011-10-07$1.80$1.6751.4%17.5%51.4%30.9%58.5%14.7%0.8%1.2M-40.0M-453.7K0.5219.14N/AN/A27,42014,370865,020643,710
2011-10-10$1.86$1.6749.5%17.1%51.9%27.2%62.3%14.2%-0.4%1.5M-53.1M-446.3K0.7822.75N/AN/A22,36517,400870,975647,535
2011-10-11$1.84$1.6748.4%16.8%49.9%25.0%61.0%15.4%0.5%1.4M-49.2M-447.6K0.4818.61N/AN/A9,4654,515873,225651,360
2011-10-12$1.85$1.6744.3%16.3%49.9%16.9%56.6%14.3%1.4%1.6M-52.2M-439.7K1.0619.38N/AN/A24,60026,070875,940650,940
2011-10-13$1.86$1.6755.1%15.8%49.7%26.6%53.7%14.2%0.3%1.7M-53.5M-441.1K0.9127.16N/AN/A17,34015,750875,370638,145
2011-10-14$1.87$1.6756.2%16.1%48.2%29.1%59.2%13.6%0.4%1.8M-54.4M-433.5K0.4130.23N/AN/A46,62019,305878,025648,150
2011-10-17$1.83$1.7360.8%17.4%49.1%39.9%58.9%14.7%-1.7%1.6M-44.0M-428.4K0.6321.06N/AN/A8,9255,640886,695663,795
2011-10-18$1.89$1.7356.3%16.1%50.2%29.2%59.8%13.3%-0.7%2.0M-57.6M-418.5K4.1927.67N/AN/A13,59056,970890,070664,800
2011-10-19$1.84$1.7357.9%16.6%51.3%33.2%57.6%13.6%-1.2%1.8M-43.6M-428.5K1.3724.48N/AN/A17,74524,270883,290674,475
2011-10-20$1.82$1.7358.7%16.8%51.3%34.8%38.4%12.9%-0.1%1.7M-36.5M-416.1K0.8022.28N/AN/A31,42525,020878,805686,235
2011-10-21$1.87$1.8056.1%16.1%51.1%28.9%46.8%13.8%1.5%7.7M-45.8M-415.6K0.6524.19N/AN/A80,55052,500900,210710,100
2011-10-24$1.90$1.8752.6%15.1%49.5%20.8%58.3%12.4%2.4%839.2K-27.4M-407.3K0.8628.28N/AN/A27,61523,820759,225627,645
2011-10-25$1.88$1.8756.0%16.1%49.2%28.7%59.3%11.8%-0.2%910.8K-25.7M-421.8K1.2423.70N/AN/A16,56020,535783,495642,060
2011-10-26$1.87$1.8755.6%15.9%42.8%27.7%60.1%10.8%-0.7%818.1K-21.6M-404.9K1.8521.82N/AN/A10,06518,645792,420659,490
2011-10-27$1.92$1.8751.1%14.7%42.3%17.4%49.3%11.9%1.8%958.0K-30.0M-405.4K0.2822.64N/AN/A11,2503,165796,890675,060
2011-10-28$1.99$1.8759.1%16.9%43.5%35.8%54.2%7.6%-2.2%1.0M-45.0M-405.4K0.6825.36N/AN/A38,05525,710795,870675,015
2011-10-31$1.96$1.8757.2%16.4%42.5%30.4%49.2%9.3%-2.1%1.1M-37.5M-411.2K0.7024.45N/AN/A35,52025,035814,680693,075