TSLA Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, TSLA traded between $1.74 and $2.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.5%, placing in the 29.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.2% (HV 20d: 60.6%). Max pain ranged from $1.93 to $2.33. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.04.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-23: Highest Volume — 204,360 contracts
  • 2012-08-10: Largest IV drop — 16.2% change
  • 2012-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 50.3%
  • 2012-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 17.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1.94$1.74$2.08$1.75$1.90
Max Pain$2.22$1.93$2.33$1.93$2.20
ATM IV52.5%44.1%62.5%62.5%49.9%
Expected Move15.0%13.1%17.9%17.9%14.3%
HV 20d60.6%50.5%69.1%59.3%50.5%
HV 60d56.3%53.7%60.3%60.3%53.7%
IV Rank29.7%12.6%50.3%50.3%24.4%
IV Percentile39.6%10.3%81.3%81.3%26.2%
Term Structure3.5%-1.8%9.7%-1.5%4.3%
VWIV51.9%43.2%60.7%60.7%50.6%
Skew 25d6.3%3.3%11.0%7.2%3.3%
Skew 10d10.9%6.5%17.3%16.3%6.9%
Call IV 25d49.9%43.5%59.1%59.1%49.6%
Put IV 25d56.2%49.4%66.3%66.3%52.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.7313.1230.4513.5618.21
Gamma HHI0.110.090.330.100.09
Net GEX354.2K-806.4K2.9M-603.2K146.9K
Net DEX23.0M-23.3M54.6M49.3M35.9M
Net VEX-549.1K-606.2K-465.9K-479.9K-558.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.040.115.960.701.65
Total Volume100,564.56528,380204,360146,07029,625
Total OI2,315,566.9572,006,5952,543,0252,050,3502,415,720

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$1.75$1.9362.5%17.9%59.3%50.3%60.7%7.2%-1.5%-603.2K49.3M-479.9K0.7013.56N/AN/A86,16059,9101,136,385913,965
2012-08-02$1.74$1.9354.7%15.7%58.5%34.3%54.6%7.8%4.4%-806.4K54.6M-465.9K0.5315.33N/AN/A62,83533,1501,164,540943,065
2012-08-03$1.82$1.9353.7%15.4%61.4%32.2%52.0%6.1%4.5%-376.8K36.0M-512.1K0.5513.93N/AN/A33,13518,2401,192,140939,015
2012-08-06$1.88$2.2753.4%16.0%62.8%31.6%54.2%11.0%5.2%-137.7K20.2M-519.2K0.9719.16N/AN/A71,59569,6001,213,275948,630
2012-08-07$2.02$2.3353.0%15.2%67.9%30.8%49.1%10.3%4.0%801.1K-5.2M-571.7K1.0520.57N/AN/A87,84092,6701,257,990999,315
2012-08-08$1.94$2.3354.3%15.5%69.1%33.4%50.0%7.8%3.4%190.1K18.5M-549.9K0.8127.58N/AN/A44,97036,3751,292,5801,045,380
2012-08-09$1.96$2.3352.6%15.2%67.6%30.1%53.9%8.8%4.1%378.6K14.5M-567.6K0.4324.54N/AN/A19,8308,5501,307,4601,064,160
2012-08-10$2.00$2.3344.1%13.4%65.5%12.6%48.9%5.7%7.1%786.8K5.3M-552.0K5.9620.79N/AN/A20,010119,3251,321,9801,065,840
2012-08-13$2.08$2.3350.4%13.8%64.6%25.5%47.4%4.9%5.6%1.4M-23.3M-573.8K0.2623.39N/AN/A81,97521,3151,323,4801,105,290
2012-08-14$1.96$2.3354.9%14.6%62.4%34.7%52.2%4.2%5.1%422.9K21.1M-556.5K1.5317.59N/AN/A76,245116,4451,311,8101,117,590
2012-08-15$1.96$2.3350.2%14.2%61.3%25.2%50.6%7.3%8.0%182.6K27.6M-544.5K1.0524.60N/AN/A21,28522,3351,324,6501,192,935
2012-08-16$2.02$2.3345.7%13.1%62.5%16.0%43.2%4.7%6.7%1.4M10.0M-531.6K0.7725.37N/AN/A58,33544,7301,314,2101,199,550
2012-08-17$2.00$2.3345.9%13.2%62.4%16.3%47.4%6.5%9.7%2.9M22.9M-540.8K1.0123.91N/AN/A35,85036,1651,314,7351,228,290
2012-08-20$1.97$2.3351.6%14.8%61.4%28.0%51.4%5.7%1.7%-377.1K30.3M-526.3K0.6519.68N/AN/A85,15555,3801,047,645958,950
2012-08-21$1.94$2.2757.2%16.4%60.9%39.5%55.9%6.8%-1.8%-265.2K32.5M-545.3K0.6620.13N/AN/A59,31039,0151,125,7051,002,555
2012-08-22$2.00$2.2050.6%14.5%60.7%25.9%50.0%6.3%-0.1%107.9K23.4M-552.7K1.4330.45N/AN/A22,84532,7151,157,2051,027,125
2012-08-23$2.05$2.2051.8%14.8%60.2%28.4%52.2%5.8%1.1%257.2K6.9M-562.8K0.1120.69N/AN/A183,69020,6701,168,3201,028,610
2012-08-24$1.97$2.2054.7%15.7%59.9%34.3%54.1%3.3%0.5%496.8K17.9M-606.2K0.2623.42N/AN/A61,39516,0801,333,7551,041,930
2012-08-27$1.89$2.2054.8%15.7%55.1%34.4%54.2%5.9%1.6%306.2K32.8M-580.9K0.2425.06N/AN/A49,87511,9701,359,0601,032,000
2012-08-28$1.91$2.0753.8%15.4%55.2%32.4%54.8%5.1%3.8%550.2K25.2M-599.8K2.6613.12N/AN/A15,72041,8801,393,5001,042,140
2012-08-29$1.89$2.0753.2%15.3%52.8%31.2%52.7%6.3%1.2%296.6K34.2M-572.1K0.3018.81N/AN/A125,53538,1451,401,6001,078,125
2012-08-30$1.89$2.2053.6%15.4%52.7%32.0%54.5%3.9%2.5%121.9K38.9M-559.0K0.3716.95N/AN/A32,92512,1801,317,2851,088,550
2012-08-31$1.90$2.2049.9%14.3%50.5%24.4%50.6%3.3%4.3%146.9K35.9M-558.8K1.6518.21N/AN/A11,19018,4351,320,0301,095,690