TSLA Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, TSLA traded between $14.47 and $16.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.8%, placing in the 31.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 36.6%). Max pain ranged from $15.33 to $15.33. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-30: Highest Volume — 1,375,935 contracts
  • 2015-12-11: Largest IV spike — 14.7% change
  • 2015-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 50.2%
  • 2015-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 13.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.34$14.47$16.00$15.81$16.00
Max Pain$15.33$15.33$15.33$15.33$15.33
ATM IV38.8%33.7%44.9%33.7%38.6%
Expected Move11.5%10.1%13.2%10.1%11.9%
HV 20d36.6%32.6%48.3%47.6%32.8%
HV 60d44.1%42.9%45.3%43.3%44.3%
IV Rank31.2%15.2%50.2%15.2%30.5%
IV Percentile38.3%12.3%62.7%12.3%40.9%
Term Structure0.5%-1.3%3.3%2.5%0.1%
VWIV41.2%36.2%48.1%36.2%42.1%
Skew 25d5.4%4.5%6.9%4.8%5.5%
Skew 10d10.8%8.6%15.0%10.4%10.8%
Call IV 25d36.8%31.8%42.4%31.9%36.8%
Put IV 25d42.2%36.6%49.3%36.8%42.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.458.7925.779.1317.36
Gamma HHI0.060.040.270.050.27
Net GEX9.2M-36.7M78.0M38.8M78.0M
Net DEX-343.7M-990.0M729.2M-918.1M-990.0M
Net VEX-12.1M-13.1M-11.0M-13.1M-11.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.701.500.790.78
Total Volume891,327.273567,5701,375,9351,266,2701,127,760
Total OI8,250,297.9557,420,0208,937,2558,265,4358,104,035

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$15.81$15.3333.7%10.1%47.6%15.2%36.2%4.8%2.5%38.8M-918.1M-13.1M0.799.13N/AN/A705,705560,5653,533,0554,732,380
2015-12-02$15.46$15.3334.9%10.6%48.3%18.9%37.9%4.5%3.0%14.6M-488.4M-12.9M0.898.79N/AN/A533,340474,8253,641,0554,877,445
2015-12-03$15.52$15.3335.6%10.8%36.4%21.0%38.2%4.7%2.3%13.5M-536.5M-12.8M0.7818.82N/AN/A520,680403,8903,697,5454,950,420
2015-12-04$15.36$15.3335.0%10.8%36.6%19.1%38.2%4.8%3.3%-19.6M-331.0M-12.8M0.8317.40N/AN/A569,610474,7653,758,1005,004,060
2015-12-07$15.41$15.3338.5%11.5%36.6%30.2%39.8%5.4%0.9%12.4M-413.9M-12.4M0.7312.67N/AN/A559,125406,3353,512,7004,709,070
2015-12-08$15.09$15.3339.3%11.7%35.7%32.6%41.7%5.2%1.0%-7.1M-38.1M-12.5M0.9123.21N/AN/A377,715344,0553,612,6604,821,135
2015-12-09$14.96$15.3340.7%11.8%32.6%36.9%42.5%5.6%0.6%-19.1M137.4M-12.4M1.0124.98N/AN/A401,160404,4453,656,7154,875,570
2015-12-10$15.11$15.3339.2%11.6%32.8%32.2%41.7%5.4%1.5%-11.5M-69.7M-12.1M1.1118.12N/AN/A337,170373,9803,692,4754,943,715
2015-12-11$14.47$15.3344.9%13.2%35.9%50.2%48.1%6.8%1.6%-36.7M729.2M-11.9M1.3523.77N/AN/A505,905683,1603,726,9905,035,230
2015-12-14$14.53$15.3344.9%12.9%34.3%50.1%46.8%6.9%-0.9%-28.4M459.4M-11.9M1.0325.77N/AN/A284,475294,0753,514,3354,826,130
2015-12-15$14.75$15.3343.2%12.4%32.6%44.8%43.9%6.6%-1.3%-19.8M253.0M-11.8M1.2219.45N/AN/A258,555315,2403,556,7704,869,870
2015-12-16$15.65$15.3341.6%11.9%38.5%39.7%42.7%6.5%-1.0%30.7M-745.2M-12.1M0.8125.02N/AN/A667,365542,2203,609,0904,945,305
2015-12-17$15.58$15.3340.2%11.6%37.2%35.5%41.3%5.6%-0.7%37.4M-733.6M-12.0M0.8916.92N/AN/A588,945525,0153,708,1355,042,085
2015-12-18$15.35$15.3341.0%11.9%37.7%38.0%41.9%5.5%-1.0%7.7M-437.7M-12.3M0.7919.10N/AN/A622,455488,9853,795,5105,141,745
2015-12-21$15.49$15.3339.3%11.6%37.7%32.5%40.9%5.6%0.0%13.8M-464.2M-12.1M0.7619.34N/AN/A392,745300,1203,152,4904,267,530
2015-12-22$15.34$15.3338.8%11.4%37.6%31.2%40.5%5.2%-0.5%7.6M-312.6M-11.8M1.0517.03N/AN/A324,555341,9103,253,1854,353,975
2015-12-23$15.30$15.3336.6%10.8%37.7%24.1%39.1%4.8%-0.1%-1.5M-269.7M-11.6M0.8619.61N/AN/A313,740270,3303,330,7204,438,920
2015-12-24$15.37$15.3336.5%10.9%33.2%24.1%42.3%4.7%-0.0%6.0M-364.5M-11.4M1.5022.16N/AN/A237,660355,5153,371,6254,506,480
2015-12-28$15.27$15.3337.1%11.3%33.1%25.9%39.6%5.0%0.4%4.0M-267.0M-11.0M0.8816.84N/AN/A302,130265,4403,156,6154,313,070
2015-12-29$15.81$15.3337.2%11.4%35.4%26.1%41.1%4.9%0.1%35.3M-811.7M-11.5M0.8414.28N/AN/A421,605355,9953,274,7854,384,875
2015-12-30$15.89$15.3337.7%11.5%33.8%27.7%40.6%4.8%-0.2%47.1M-948.9M-11.4M0.7016.05N/AN/A810,060565,8753,338,7604,470,195
2015-12-31$16.00$15.3338.6%11.9%32.8%30.5%42.1%5.5%0.1%78.0M-990.0M-11.8M0.7817.36N/AN/A633,150494,6103,456,6304,647,405