TSLA Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, TSLA traded between $16.71 and $22.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 71.9%, placing in the 77.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 17.5% (HV 20d: 89.4%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.33. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-26: Highest Volume — 8,402,385 contracts
  • 2018-10-25: Largest IV drop — 25.6% change
  • 2018-10-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-10-24: Largest Expected Move — 24.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.97$16.71$22.60$20.62$22.60
Max Pain$20.04$20.00$20.33$20.00$20.00
ATM IV71.9%54.4%87.0%63.5%54.4%
Expected Move20.5%15.3%24.6%16.6%16.5%
HV 20d89.4%70.4%101.9%91.7%70.4%
HV 60d73.6%70.8%78.2%70.8%72.3%
IV Rank77.3%41.8%100.0%76.2%41.8%
IV Percentile92.8%61.5%100.0%96.4%61.5%
Term Structure-1.9%-4.6%2.4%0.9%-0.1%
VWIV72.4%53.8%86.4%60.6%61.0%
Skew 25d15.0%9.3%21.2%12.4%11.7%
Skew 10d30.3%19.9%43.7%28.2%23.2%
Call IV 25d65.4%49.8%78.3%60.0%49.8%
Put IV 25d80.5%61.5%98.3%72.4%61.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.453.6629.534.157.69
Gamma HHI0.040.030.100.030.04
Net GEX11.6M-137.4M224.8M61.4M126.0M
Net DEX847.0M-6.55B5.23B-1.50B-5.41B
Net VEX-56.6M-62.7M-52.0M-62.7M-60.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.691.290.891.07
Total Volume3,815,964.7831,817,0858,402,3855,560,2602,101,035
Total OI31,096,940.21727,880,74033,263,29529,284,06529,933,940

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$20.62$20.0063.5%16.6%91.7%76.2%60.6%12.4%0.9%61.4M-1.50B-62.7M0.894.15N/AN/A2,949,0602,611,20010,080,25519,203,810
2018-10-02$19.99$20.1763.8%15.7%91.1%76.8%56.0%12.6%1.2%44.5M-82.6M-60.0M0.854.65N/AN/A1,853,5501,573,71010,618,39519,737,810
2018-10-03$19.67$20.0063.8%15.3%90.8%76.8%53.8%12.8%2.4%5.9M907.1M-60.4M0.993.66N/AN/A1,437,6451,429,17010,887,85520,086,860
2018-10-04$18.69$20.3367.4%19.3%92.7%85.2%67.8%13.4%2.3%-66.5M3.04B-57.7M0.885.44N/AN/A2,111,4601,849,17011,059,78520,365,800
2018-10-05$17.36$20.3378.9%22.1%93.1%100.0%81.4%17.6%0.4%-137.4M5.23B-54.2M1.155.47N/AN/A3,174,6303,663,12011,496,10520,598,330
2018-10-08$16.71$20.0084.7%23.5%88.9%100.0%81.1%21.2%-2.6%-67.3M4.91B-52.3M1.116.48N/AN/A2,001,0902,216,58010,882,08020,070,750
2018-10-09$17.47$20.0082.1%22.6%90.5%95.2%80.1%18.5%-3.0%-42.5M3.86B-55.6M0.894.36N/AN/A1,703,6551,516,81511,364,03020,557,185
2018-10-10$17.15$20.0087.0%24.0%89.5%100.0%80.5%20.1%-3.3%-47.5M4.21B-54.9M0.918.60N/AN/A1,652,6401,502,10011,684,88020,982,990
2018-10-11$16.82$20.0085.5%23.7%89.5%97.4%84.9%20.5%-3.2%-63.1M4.75B-53.7M0.886.92N/AN/A1,296,6601,139,17511,973,66021,067,320
2018-10-12$17.20$20.0079.3%21.9%89.8%86.3%79.8%18.4%-4.4%-40.7M4.14B-53.5M1.206.61N/AN/A1,482,7651,782,00012,166,53021,080,610
2018-10-15$17.44$20.0077.8%22.1%90.1%83.7%74.6%17.6%-4.6%-45.7M3.60B-52.8M1.096.00N/AN/A970,4101,053,46511,042,07020,524,155
2018-10-16$18.43$20.0073.6%21.0%91.8%76.0%74.1%14.3%-4.3%15.1M1.51B-53.7M0.755.51N/AN/A2,040,5401,536,91511,281,02020,723,430
2018-10-17$18.10$20.0073.5%21.1%90.3%75.9%73.3%14.3%-4.1%-2.9M2.29B-53.2M0.835.03N/AN/A1,554,3001,291,05011,495,77521,049,770
2018-10-18$17.63$20.0074.7%21.6%90.5%78.1%73.7%14.2%-4.1%-33.3M3.14B-52.5M0.836.68N/AN/A1,273,8001,057,38011,710,74021,237,135
2018-10-19$17.18$20.0077.9%22.7%90.7%83.7%78.6%15.6%-3.8%-60.6M3.85B-52.0M1.296.02N/AN/A1,899,0902,455,08011,931,70521,331,590
2018-10-22$17.36$20.0078.1%23.6%90.9%84.1%83.9%16.4%-2.2%-23.5M2.68B-52.8M1.184.70N/AN/A833,685983,4009,946,74017,934,000
2018-10-23$19.51$20.0073.9%22.3%100.9%76.7%78.9%13.6%-3.2%46.0M-1.23B-58.7M0.737.82N/AN/A3,512,8502,577,93010,212,87018,265,065
2018-10-24$19.70$20.0079.5%24.6%100.1%86.5%86.4%14.1%-2.9%55.7M-1.74B-60.2M0.699.97N/AN/A2,319,4501,611,16510,773,06019,000,560
2018-10-25$20.77$20.0059.1%17.9%101.9%50.2%63.7%11.1%-0.1%144.2M-3.77B-59.8M1.056.99N/AN/A2,899,5903,043,92011,264,29519,411,200
2018-10-26$22.01$20.0058.5%17.5%88.2%49.1%63.9%9.3%-3.9%224.8M-6.55B-59.8M0.9029.53N/AN/A4,421,2803,981,10511,337,52519,970,745
2018-10-29$21.97$20.0059.1%18.0%71.5%50.2%64.8%13.0%-0.4%96.6M-4.38B-59.5M0.9210.36N/AN/A1,699,2151,561,27510,143,39019,076,160
2018-10-30$21.98$20.0058.0%17.7%70.4%48.3%62.4%13.0%0.0%77.1M-3.96B-60.6M0.898.78N/AN/A1,132,1251,010,94010,235,13019,432,515
2018-10-31$22.60$20.0054.4%16.5%70.4%41.8%61.0%11.7%-0.1%126.0M-5.41B-60.2M1.077.69N/AN/A1,014,0751,086,96010,391,11519,542,825