TSLA Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, TSLA traded between $8.28 and $10.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.8%, placing in the 13.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 26.9% (HV 20d: 77.6%). Max pain ranged from $8.00 to $8.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-03: Highest Volume — 6,501,075 contracts
  • 2013-12-26: Largest IV spike — 5.9% change
  • 2013-12-02: Highest IV Rank — 16.2%
  • 2013-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 17.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.65$8.28$10.37$8.28$10.03
Max Pain$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00$8.00
ATM IV50.8%47.1%55.3%55.3%50.5%
Expected Move16.6%16.1%17.4%17.4%16.1%
HV 20d77.6%67.8%100.5%86.5%70.4%
HV 60d70.7%63.2%72.4%63.2%70.4%
IV Rank13.0%10.4%16.2%16.2%12.8%
IV Percentile31.4%22.2%46.0%46.0%29.4%
Term Structure4.7%0.7%12.2%1.8%11.6%
VWIV57.7%55.5%60.0%58.7%57.5%
Skew 25d3.5%2.0%6.5%6.5%2.9%
Skew 10d6.5%1.4%13.0%13.0%5.9%
Call IV 25d49.9%46.8%53.2%53.2%49.3%
Put IV 25d53.4%49.3%59.7%59.7%52.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.703.9311.803.938.94
Gamma HHI0.060.040.090.040.07
Net GEX24.8M-4.8M49.2M244.2K18.9M
Net DEX-1.28B-2.07B-67.4M-67.4M-965.3M
Net VEX-11.6M-12.2M-10.5M-10.5M-11.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.530.880.880.85
Total Volume2,210,132.143955,9656,501,0751,478,8051,031,595
Total OI12,917,987.85710,041,76514,676,31512,855,27010,256,085

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$8.28$8.0055.3%17.4%86.5%16.2%58.7%6.5%1.8%244.2K-67.4M-10.5M0.883.93N/AN/A786,540692,2656,120,1206,735,150
2013-12-03$9.65$8.0053.5%17.1%100.2%14.9%59.4%4.8%1.2%29.5M-1.78B-12.1M0.788.65N/AN/A3,656,7302,844,3456,282,6456,885,150
2013-12-04$9.26$8.0054.0%17.0%100.5%15.3%60.0%3.9%2.5%23.4M-1.23B-12.0M0.707.98N/AN/A1,718,4001,206,1806,655,5157,575,375
2013-12-05$9.37$8.0052.4%16.8%84.9%14.1%57.1%3.4%2.8%35.9M-1.41B-12.2M0.637.63N/AN/A1,281,300808,4556,850,0507,723,470
2013-12-06$9.16$8.0052.9%17.3%80.6%14.5%58.7%3.9%3.2%4.6M-936.8M-11.9M0.778.04N/AN/A1,350,0001,043,7756,885,2407,791,075
2013-12-09$9.44$8.0051.4%17.2%81.2%13.4%59.7%3.8%3.3%18.3M-1.23B-12.0M0.808.35N/AN/A1,160,025927,6456,214,0057,071,345
2013-12-10$9.48$8.0049.9%17.2%79.3%12.4%59.4%3.3%3.4%23.9M-1.33B-12.0M0.777.28N/AN/A1,162,380895,1406,399,3307,316,265
2013-12-11$9.31$8.0049.1%17.0%77.6%11.9%58.9%2.8%3.3%11.9M-997.2M-11.7M0.827.21N/AN/A759,075621,1806,486,3907,527,765
2013-12-12$9.83$8.0052.0%16.7%79.9%13.9%58.0%4.1%1.6%43.6M-1.91B-12.1M0.689.97N/AN/A1,595,3701,092,5556,605,3857,589,610
2013-12-13$9.84$8.0049.5%16.4%79.8%12.1%55.9%3.6%1.4%48.2M-1.95B-12.1M0.6110.64N/AN/A1,955,5051,193,7756,738,7957,716,990
2013-12-16$9.86$8.0050.5%16.3%79.5%12.8%56.2%4.5%7.0%27.9M-1.60B-11.8M0.857.58N/AN/A703,260598,7106,239,4907,243,440
2013-12-17$10.16$8.0049.9%16.1%67.8%12.4%58.1%4.4%8.6%40.5M-2.07B-12.0M0.618.71N/AN/A1,504,755925,1856,338,2057,349,415
2013-12-18$9.87$8.0049.3%16.3%68.6%12.0%57.3%2.2%8.2%26.9M-1.56B-11.7M0.639.92N/AN/A1,285,815805,0806,499,1707,498,110
2013-12-19$9.38$8.0051.0%16.2%69.7%13.2%56.5%2.3%1.0%-4.8M-590.7M-11.0M0.7210.22N/AN/A1,788,9901,292,9106,432,6007,529,760
2013-12-20$9.55$8.0049.2%16.3%69.7%11.9%57.6%3.1%1.3%17.8M-839.5M-11.2M0.6610.15N/AN/A1,060,215698,8506,662,3257,712,430
2013-12-23$9.57$8.0047.6%16.2%69.6%10.8%56.9%2.0%11.5%17.1M-771.5M-10.9M0.569.79N/AN/A687,255382,3054,881,1955,320,965
2013-12-24$10.09$8.0047.1%16.1%71.2%10.4%55.5%2.8%12.2%43.1M-1.45B-11.2M0.5311.80N/AN/A1,411,995752,9104,982,1755,419,365
2013-12-26$10.37$8.0049.9%16.1%71.2%12.4%57.6%3.7%0.7%49.2M-1.71B-11.4M0.738.33N/AN/A1,217,730886,9205,057,9405,557,470
2013-12-27$10.07$8.0050.6%16.1%71.0%12.9%56.2%2.7%0.7%19.9M-1.23B-11.4M0.668.57N/AN/A1,005,900665,7905,164,2905,921,880
2013-12-30$10.16$8.0050.3%16.1%71.0%12.7%56.6%3.6%11.8%24.1M-1.16B-11.3M0.749.08N/AN/A550,020405,9454,725,4655,316,300
2013-12-31$10.03$8.0050.5%16.1%70.4%12.8%57.5%2.9%11.6%18.9M-965.3M-11.2M0.858.94N/AN/A558,135473,4604,804,9355,451,150