TSLA Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, TSLA traded between $1.93 and $2.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.5%, placing in the 13.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 43.2%). Max pain ranged from $2.00 to $2.33. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-27: Highest Volume — 198,600 contracts
  • 2012-11-05: Largest IV drop — 18.5% change
  • 2012-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 53.6%
  • 2012-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 18.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2.12$1.93$2.25$1.95$2.25
Max Pain$2.08$2.00$2.33$2.33$2.13
ATM IV43.5%33.6%64.2%60.1%33.6%
Expected Move12.5%9.6%18.4%17.2%9.6%
HV 20d43.2%33.4%45.8%33.7%41.4%
HV 60d48.0%46.7%49.7%49.2%47.0%
IV Rank13.0%0.0%53.6%45.3%0.0%
IV Percentile16.8%0.0%94.4%84.5%0.0%
Term Structure1.7%-7.4%6.4%-7.2%2.8%
VWIV43.5%33.5%69.2%58.9%35.0%
Skew 25d6.8%3.0%12.3%12.3%3.0%
Skew 10d12.0%4.4%27.7%21.4%5.4%
Call IV 25d41.4%33.3%61.6%55.8%33.3%
Put IV 25d48.2%36.4%70.7%68.2%36.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.8313.6744.5241.6715.59
Gamma HHI0.120.100.170.140.17
Net GEX1.1M-893.8K3.4M-893.8K3.4M
Net DEX-16.0M-69.3M43.4M36.9M-67.6M
Net VEX-479.6K-550.3K-415.8K-513.8K-484.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.284.160.450.60
Total Volume104,140.71425,590198,60062,68586,085
Total OI2,671,700.7142,350,2602,911,9952,626,5602,668,395

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$1.95$2.3360.1%17.2%33.7%45.3%58.9%12.3%-7.2%-893.8K36.9M-513.8K0.4541.67N/AN/A43,17019,5151,235,5351,391,025
2012-11-02$1.93$2.3364.2%18.4%33.4%53.6%69.2%9.0%-7.4%-810.0K43.4M-522.9K4.1644.52N/AN/A29,445122,5951,248,4351,394,220
2012-11-05$2.10$2.0052.3%13.9%45.3%29.4%49.3%6.0%0.8%391.7K-8.7M-479.0K0.9935.72N/AN/A97,74096,9451,265,3551,439,100
2012-11-06$2.08$2.0047.7%13.9%45.0%19.9%49.2%7.0%-2.6%273.1K3.6M-522.7K0.2832.18N/AN/A100,62028,5751,300,2001,470,465
2012-11-07$2.10$2.0044.1%13.3%45.0%12.6%49.3%8.9%0.5%706.3K-5.9M-510.2K3.2632.14N/AN/A42,330138,0001,301,2951,470,000
2012-11-08$2.09$2.0044.4%13.7%43.4%13.2%46.9%9.4%0.8%932.7K5.5M-550.3K0.7532.13N/AN/A27,00020,3251,309,4101,540,845
2012-11-09$2.02$2.0049.2%13.4%45.3%23.1%48.9%7.0%1.1%428.7K22.8M-537.4K1.6424.89N/AN/A55,27590,6151,316,4451,522,515
2012-11-12$2.07$2.0049.6%13.1%45.8%23.9%45.8%7.8%2.3%593.7K-636.6K-477.6K0.4831.23N/AN/A24,48011,8651,333,6951,576,860
2012-11-13$2.11$2.0041.6%12.6%44.7%7.5%43.5%6.9%2.9%1.2M-14.4M-475.8K0.3325.09N/AN/A60,25520,1001,338,9151,573,080
2012-11-14$2.09$2.0043.7%13.1%44.5%11.8%43.2%8.9%2.9%1.3M-1.2M-483.0K0.9132.31N/AN/A46,48542,1951,327,6051,580,280
2012-11-15$2.05$2.0744.0%12.6%44.7%12.4%45.2%9.7%3.4%1.0M12.4M-463.6K0.4816.10N/AN/A35,17516,7851,297,1551,546,605
2012-11-16$2.12$2.0743.1%12.4%45.2%10.7%41.6%7.0%1.6%1.4M-12.4M-447.8K0.5720.54N/AN/A55,89031,6201,305,5101,558,065
2012-11-19$2.19$2.0737.1%10.6%44.5%0.0%37.7%6.1%3.9%1.5M-37.2M-462.2K0.3919.21N/AN/A80,89531,7401,068,2401,282,020
2012-11-20$2.20$2.0738.1%10.9%44.0%2.0%34.7%6.9%4.2%1.2M-47.1M-418.0K0.4116.85N/AN/A91,93537,4851,093,9801,293,960
2012-11-21$2.16$2.0738.1%10.9%44.9%2.0%37.1%3.7%2.6%1.4M-36.9M-426.9K0.4517.42N/AN/A56,68525,2301,101,9751,293,960
2012-11-23$2.14$2.0738.2%10.9%45.1%2.1%37.8%4.2%2.5%987.5K-28.6M-451.1K0.6921.05N/AN/A15,12010,4701,131,0601,310,955
2012-11-26$2.15$2.0738.6%11.1%42.5%3.0%37.4%5.5%6.4%1.2M-33.8M-415.8K0.3714.52N/AN/A52,56019,2451,135,0501,316,550
2012-11-27$2.14$2.0736.4%10.4%42.7%0.0%33.5%4.3%5.1%1.1M-29.0M-463.9K0.4916.85N/AN/A133,56065,0401,162,2151,327,395
2012-11-28$2.22$2.1336.1%10.3%43.3%0.0%35.4%5.6%4.2%2.1M-67.1M-469.5K0.4017.74N/AN/A124,27550,1151,229,9701,374,315
2012-11-29$2.25$2.1333.9%9.7%42.8%0.0%33.8%3.0%4.6%2.9M-69.3M-494.7K0.5313.67N/AN/A32,34017,1751,265,3401,407,720
2012-11-30$2.25$2.1333.6%9.6%41.4%0.0%35.0%3.0%2.8%3.4M-67.6M-484.9K0.6015.59N/AN/A53,76032,3251,251,7501,416,645