TSLA Options History — March 2019

In March 2019, TSLA traded between $17.32 and $19.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.9%, placing in the 38.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.2% (HV 20d: 46.7%). Max pain ranged from $19.33 to $20.67. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.11.

Notable Days

  • 2019-03-01: Highest Volume — 8,764,470 contracts
  • 2019-03-04: Largest IV spike — 10.2% change
  • 2019-03-25: Highest IV Rank — 45.7%
  • 2019-03-25: Largest Expected Move — 18.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.51$17.32$19.65$19.65$18.66
Max Pain$19.97$19.33$20.67$20.67$19.33
ATM IV56.9%52.5%60.6%52.5%59.2%
Expected Move16.9%14.9%18.1%14.9%17.2%
HV 20d46.7%39.6%51.2%43.8%39.6%
HV 60d55.3%50.0%57.1%56.2%50.0%
IV Rank38.3%29.8%45.7%29.8%42.8%
IV Percentile56.6%40.9%75.0%40.9%68.3%
Term Structure1.2%-1.5%6.2%1.5%6.2%
VWIV61.3%52.2%66.7%52.2%62.4%
Skew 25d12.6%9.3%15.3%9.3%11.0%
Skew 10d26.2%17.8%33.0%17.8%22.2%
Call IV 25d51.3%48.1%55.3%48.3%51.9%
Put IV 25d63.9%57.7%68.2%57.7%62.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.984.416.965.345.27
Gamma HHI0.070.030.270.060.27
Net GEX-61.2M-236.6M165.1M-110.8M165.1M
Net DEX2.20B485.9M3.61B1.78B485.9M
Net VEX-42.1M-43.3M-40.3M-40.3M-43.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.110.801.321.021.07
Total Volume3,448,822.8572,005,5008,764,4708,764,4703,015,525
Total OI25,201,642.85720,964,25528,521,27024,798,54024,913,155

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-03-01$19.65$20.6752.5%14.9%43.8%29.8%52.2%9.3%1.5%-110.8M1.78B-40.3M1.025.34N/AN/A4,341,9754,422,4957,735,20017,063,340
2019-03-04$19.08$20.3357.9%16.9%44.3%40.7%59.3%13.8%-0.9%-59.3M2.07B-41.0M1.325.53N/AN/A2,259,3602,985,8857,340,79016,720,335
2019-03-05$18.47$20.0058.2%16.6%45.3%41.3%60.8%15.3%0.1%-112.4M3.24B-41.6M1.094.94N/AN/A2,605,6052,831,7607,963,26017,885,940
2019-03-06$18.48$20.0056.9%15.9%43.9%38.6%57.1%13.6%0.1%-96.7M3.03B-42.3M1.294.41N/AN/A1,303,4251,683,5708,425,33518,596,025
2019-03-07$18.41$20.0058.1%16.0%43.9%41.1%57.2%12.9%-0.4%-97.5M3.03B-42.3M1.165.83N/AN/A1,657,9351,920,1208,723,43019,100,235
2019-03-08$18.86$20.0056.9%15.6%44.0%38.6%56.3%12.9%-0.6%-50.8M2.08B-43.3M1.025.43N/AN/A1,892,2201,938,3458,873,04019,565,100
2019-03-11$19.36$20.0054.2%16.5%45.3%33.0%65.6%13.9%-1.0%-26.1M1.16B-43.2M1.016.07N/AN/A1,161,2551,167,3307,792,81518,683,100
2019-03-12$18.86$20.0055.4%16.6%44.9%34.9%63.8%13.6%-1.5%-74.4M2.20B-42.4M1.306.74N/AN/A885,6901,150,5907,928,37019,118,880
2019-03-13$19.21$20.0054.0%16.4%45.7%32.0%59.1%13.0%-1.5%-40.3M1.42B-42.8M1.146.40N/AN/A992,3101,128,7058,121,25519,452,120
2019-03-14$19.39$20.0053.4%16.4%45.7%30.8%60.2%12.2%-1.1%-12.2M977.3M-43.2M1.096.18N/AN/A1,148,8951,252,0508,261,73019,827,270
2019-03-15$18.34$20.0055.1%17.0%49.4%34.3%57.4%13.2%-1.0%-236.6M3.61B-41.0M1.176.96N/AN/A2,420,2652,827,9508,407,93520,113,335
2019-03-18$17.98$20.0056.8%17.4%49.4%37.7%66.7%14.0%1.2%-87.2M2.80B-41.2M1.166.67N/AN/A1,442,2351,675,5756,197,94014,766,315
2019-03-19$17.82$20.0057.6%17.7%49.4%39.4%64.6%13.5%1.4%-102.5M3.04B-41.7M1.046.84N/AN/A1,643,7901,717,3956,588,18015,758,880
2019-03-20$18.22$20.0057.0%17.4%50.3%38.2%61.7%13.1%1.7%-46.3M2.05B-42.1M0.806.60N/AN/A1,112,160893,3406,983,94016,017,870
2019-03-21$18.32$20.0057.3%17.5%48.9%38.9%63.3%13.1%2.1%-25.1M1.89B-42.5M0.856.12N/AN/A1,266,8701,078,9807,108,44016,361,685
2019-03-22$17.62$20.0059.9%18.0%50.1%44.1%65.5%12.8%2.0%-150.5M3.27B-41.9M1.236.41N/AN/A1,592,9101,953,8407,345,24516,583,655
2019-03-25$17.32$20.0060.6%18.1%49.6%45.7%63.5%12.9%4.0%-99.1M3.42B-41.0M0.996.18N/AN/A1,645,9951,629,2106,589,51515,969,585
2019-03-26$17.81$19.6758.3%17.7%51.2%40.8%63.5%11.1%4.3%-56.8M2.41B-42.1M1.206.09N/AN/A1,097,6251,320,6307,067,28016,512,120
2019-03-27$18.30$19.6757.9%17.0%48.2%40.0%64.7%9.6%3.7%-7.9M1.41B-42.7M1.295.87N/AN/A1,310,2651,689,9757,303,83016,832,520
2019-03-28$18.54$19.6758.5%17.0%47.9%41.2%62.9%10.8%5.6%42.1M828.0M-43.2M1.135.69N/AN/A1,106,6101,254,6157,513,36517,122,140
2019-03-29$18.66$19.3359.2%17.2%39.6%42.8%62.4%11.0%6.2%165.1M485.9M-43.1M1.075.27N/AN/A1,459,3951,556,1307,702,14017,211,015