TSLA Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, TSLA traded between $14.72 and $17.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.5%, placing in the 48.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.0% (HV 20d: 51.5%). Max pain ranged from $15.67 to $17.33. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.01.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-06: Highest Volume — 4,167,705 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 25.0% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 99.2%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 18.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.30$14.72$17.97$17.33$16.61
Max Pain$16.17$15.67$17.33$17.33$16.00
ATM IV44.5%36.3%60.9%46.9%49.5%
Expected Move13.3%10.4%18.1%15.4%14.4%
HV 20d51.5%39.9%59.9%45.2%59.5%
HV 60d38.9%31.6%45.5%31.6%45.5%
IV Rank48.5%23.0%99.2%55.7%63.8%
IV Percentile64.1%32.1%99.2%76.6%81.3%
Term Structure-0.7%-3.0%0.8%-2.3%-1.0%
VWIV46.7%36.6%62.7%54.0%51.5%
Skew 25d4.8%1.7%10.0%2.4%8.7%
Skew 10d9.5%4.3%22.7%5.2%16.8%
Call IV 25d42.6%35.6%55.9%45.7%45.9%
Put IV 25d47.4%38.0%65.8%48.1%54.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.5410.2537.6513.0114.94
Gamma HHI0.050.030.160.050.04
Net GEX8.8M-46.9M60.1M31.2M33.3M
Net DEX-641.4M-2.14B719.3M-1.48B-1.36B
Net VEX-16.8M-18.1M-15.5M-16.8M-17.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.010.791.380.790.97
Total Volume1,815,673.571723,1504,167,705723,1501,402,365
Total OI8,820,537.8577,957,9809,749,8507,957,9808,665,140

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$17.33$17.3346.9%15.4%45.2%55.7%54.0%2.4%-2.3%31.2M-1.48B-16.8M0.7913.01N/AN/A403,260319,8903,669,3454,288,635
2015-08-04$17.72$17.3346.2%15.5%43.2%53.6%54.9%1.7%-2.6%40.3M-1.87B-16.9M0.8314.68N/AN/A421,980351,4053,739,7554,403,295
2015-08-05$17.97$17.3349.7%17.4%39.9%64.5%60.8%3.2%-3.0%46.1M-2.14B-17.2M0.8323.38N/AN/A1,297,0651,073,2203,847,3204,504,515
2015-08-06$16.39$16.0038.1%10.7%52.1%28.7%37.9%2.8%-1.0%-46.9M70.3M-15.5M0.9218.02N/AN/A2,176,1851,991,5204,241,8354,980,615
2015-08-07$16.15$16.0038.6%11.0%52.2%30.1%39.2%2.1%-0.9%-23.5M122.2M-16.5M1.2117.57N/AN/A1,058,0701,276,0054,557,8555,191,995
2015-08-10$16.06$16.0037.4%10.8%51.9%26.5%38.2%3.1%0.2%-10.1M-148.5M-16.4M1.3812.63N/AN/A511,935707,2203,786,8704,663,710
2015-08-11$15.82$16.0037.7%11.0%51.6%27.4%38.2%2.8%0.8%-22.8M109.9M-16.2M1.0115.97N/AN/A555,195563,5203,879,3004,772,325
2015-08-12$15.88$16.0038.4%11.1%51.6%29.7%38.8%3.2%0.1%-11.0M-13.4M-16.5M0.9519.45N/AN/A704,190671,2804,023,0604,828,635
2015-08-13$16.17$16.0037.8%10.9%51.9%27.6%38.5%3.4%0.2%13.5M-417.4M-17.0M0.9420.11N/AN/A968,580905,6704,109,5054,907,910
2015-08-14$16.21$16.0037.4%10.7%50.2%26.4%38.2%3.0%-0.2%10.9M-518.8M-16.4M0.9912.28N/AN/A878,625867,8854,240,1105,049,075
2015-08-17$17.00$16.0038.3%11.0%52.4%29.2%39.1%2.5%-0.1%45.6M-1.53B-16.9M0.8310.25N/AN/A928,020770,5203,961,0504,675,275
2015-08-18$17.35$16.0037.2%10.7%49.2%25.8%38.1%2.9%-0.2%60.1M-1.98B-17.2M0.9718.60N/AN/A792,585765,9004,106,8954,842,225
2015-08-19$17.02$16.0036.3%10.4%49.6%23.0%36.6%2.4%-0.1%33.9M-1.42B-17.2M0.9413.18N/AN/A705,210660,6154,185,2254,991,295
2015-08-20$16.16$16.0041.7%12.0%52.6%39.7%42.0%4.2%-1.0%-24.8M-89.2M-16.5M1.0712.81N/AN/A1,031,1451,099,4104,215,5105,037,495
2015-08-21$15.40$16.0048.7%14.1%54.8%61.5%49.0%7.0%-1.5%-43.3M719.3M-16.3M1.1837.65N/AN/A1,200,2251,418,0704,332,9755,106,825
2015-08-24$14.72$16.0060.9%18.1%54.2%99.2%62.7%10.0%-1.1%-10.6M498.3M-16.2M1.2925.57N/AN/A881,7151,138,8603,614,4454,482,735
2015-08-25$14.74$16.0059.3%17.6%50.4%94.2%60.5%9.6%-1.1%-7.2M378.5M-16.6M1.1423.81N/AN/A606,315688,8303,861,1654,604,115
2015-08-26$14.97$16.0055.5%16.4%51.2%82.3%58.6%8.0%-0.0%-5.0M245.5M-17.0M1.0126.69N/AN/A729,450739,9953,990,5704,713,585
2015-08-27$16.13$15.6750.3%14.7%58.8%66.3%53.0%8.6%0.0%29.8M-1.07B-17.5M1.0519.32N/AN/A1,221,1501,287,7354,075,4854,807,785
2015-08-28$16.58$16.0049.1%14.4%59.9%62.5%49.9%9.7%0.6%45.0M-1.57B-18.1M0.9019.45N/AN/A1,238,4601,119,8704,244,2655,031,570
2015-08-31$16.61$16.0049.5%14.4%59.5%63.8%51.5%8.7%-1.0%33.3M-1.36B-17.8M0.9714.94N/AN/A710,610691,7553,966,6304,698,510