TSLA Options History — December 2020

In December 2020, TSLA traded between $189.48 and $234.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 79.5%, placing in the 32.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 20.8% (HV 20d: 58.7%). Max pain ranged from $53.33 to $143.33. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2020-12-18: Highest Volume — 6,853,650 contracts
  • 2020-12-08: Largest IV spike — 11.3% change
  • 2020-12-09: Highest IV Rank — 58.4%
  • 2020-12-09: Largest Expected Move — 29.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$211.86$189.48$234.93$194.07$234.93
Max Pain$73.18$53.33$143.33$141.67$100.00
ATM IV79.5%59.7%106.5%90.0%67.2%
Expected Move22.2%15.4%29.1%27.3%16.9%
HV 20d58.7%51.7%65.8%58.1%51.8%
HV 60d59.2%52.1%81.0%81.0%52.1%
IV Rank32.8%8.3%58.4%44.8%13.7%
IV Percentile49.0%9.9%85.3%68.7%24.6%
Term Structure0.2%-5.4%6.8%-2.0%4.7%
VWIV79.9%57.6%104.0%97.6%61.7%
Skew 25d-1.5%-12.3%6.1%-7.9%0.1%
Skew 10d-0.1%-19.0%13.9%-12.0%0.6%
Call IV 25d81.9%57.8%115.8%96.2%67.8%
Put IV 25d80.5%61.7%103.5%88.3%68.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.654.0643.7111.016.39
Gamma HHI0.080.040.240.050.24
Net GEX753.4M215.8M1.94B506.8M1.94B
Net DEX-138.24B-155.91B-120.34B-126.71B-144.38B
Net VEX-280.4M-300.2M-268.4M-274.2M-296.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.430.820.440.56
Total Volume3,644,249.5911,881,2796,853,6502,300,7966,436,065
Total OI23,545,669.77321,488,44525,652,24422,951,34422,371,552

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-12-01$194.07$141.6790.0%27.3%58.1%44.8%97.6%-7.9%-2.0%506.8M-126.71B-274.2M0.4411.01N/AN/A1,593,249707,5479,300,79513,650,549
2020-12-02$189.48$143.3385.0%25.5%58.0%40.6%91.1%-10.8%-1.5%407.6M-120.34B-271.7M0.537.44N/AN/A2,003,8171,056,4419,440,27113,770,477
2020-12-03$197.88$53.3380.5%22.9%58.2%36.9%82.1%-6.1%0.6%774.7M-134.61B-270.5M0.439.54N/AN/A2,561,2861,110,3879,679,93513,832,913
2020-12-04$198.32$53.3380.6%22.8%58.1%36.9%81.5%-3.0%0.8%916.1M-134.19B-271.0M0.569.29N/AN/A2,022,1561,134,3549,867,06913,998,399
2020-12-07$214.56$53.3386.8%24.2%61.2%42.1%86.0%-2.5%-2.1%707.5M-153.02B-271.9M0.5110.15N/AN/A2,733,6931,396,9599,319,00513,612,674
2020-12-08$215.98$54.0096.7%26.7%60.4%50.2%94.8%-6.4%-3.4%676.1M-154.31B-287.5M0.4310.80N/AN/A2,853,1771,230,9429,608,13613,994,949
2020-12-09$202.11$56.67106.5%29.1%64.7%58.4%104.0%-12.3%-5.0%458.2M-134.29B-295.6M0.5410.01N/AN/A2,956,4731,602,57610,002,30614,303,001
2020-12-10$208.11$56.6799.9%27.5%64.8%52.9%98.6%-7.3%-5.0%625.9M-143.83B-300.2M0.5410.40N/AN/A3,002,2201,613,19610,375,17314,533,539
2020-12-11$203.28$57.0096.0%26.5%65.8%49.6%93.9%-6.0%-5.4%215.8M-135.60B-294.4M0.7911.12N/AN/A2,373,9481,877,25010,473,48314,704,242
2020-12-14$213.01$57.3388.8%25.1%65.5%43.6%89.5%-3.7%-1.4%671.9M-148.86B-288.0M0.4611.78N/AN/A2,107,506970,3719,814,05314,424,120
2020-12-15$211.78$58.0084.2%24.0%65.8%39.0%85.5%0.4%-1.0%684.8M-146.87B-285.8M0.539.57N/AN/A1,585,074846,53410,033,21514,659,638
2020-12-16$207.50$58.3381.1%23.3%63.8%36.1%83.1%2.4%-0.5%611.8M-139.50B-283.0M0.569.67N/AN/A1,622,466909,76210,095,76514,830,011
2020-12-17$217.14$60.0082.3%23.6%58.2%36.9%85.1%2.0%-1.0%889.4M-155.91B-283.6M0.6215.72N/AN/A2,132,2981,330,89310,266,84015,028,299
2020-12-18$212.87$57.3379.6%23.2%59.2%32.9%84.2%6.1%-5.2%848.4M-148.49B-279.2M0.6243.71N/AN/A4,242,2912,611,35910,401,76515,250,479
2020-12-21$217.05$61.3371.2%20.3%58.3%25.0%76.7%5.8%2.6%612.6M-135.65B-275.0M0.8213.06N/AN/A1,874,9371,539,6668,898,85813,392,201
2020-12-22$212.82$63.3367.0%18.5%56.1%21.2%66.7%5.5%2.5%496.7M-128.22B-272.8M0.698.50N/AN/A2,244,8011,557,9879,075,08413,708,065
2020-12-23$215.31$67.0061.0%16.9%53.2%15.9%60.7%4.2%4.9%702.8M-129.62B-271.3M0.686.11N/AN/A1,735,2511,186,7319,132,07513,887,357
2020-12-24$220.04$80.0060.0%16.6%52.7%12.5%59.4%4.5%5.5%1.27B-134.22B-269.3M0.616.08N/AN/A1,749,6481,063,5939,100,09813,996,500
2020-12-28$222.00$86.6762.6%16.2%52.4%13.6%59.7%0.4%6.8%660.3M-128.48B-268.4M0.695.80N/AN/A1,289,022893,4308,122,22713,366,218
2020-12-29$221.55$94.0059.7%15.4%51.7%8.3%57.6%0.7%5.7%624.9M-125.27B-276.3M0.654.10N/AN/A1,138,671742,6088,212,21213,513,290
2020-12-30$231.08$97.3362.2%15.8%53.2%10.5%57.8%1.7%4.5%1.27B-138.84B-281.8M0.464.06N/AN/A3,104,1001,428,7568,341,19413,616,703
2020-12-31$234.93$100.0067.2%16.9%51.8%13.7%61.7%0.1%4.7%1.94B-144.38B-296.9M0.566.39N/AN/A4,120,8812,315,1848,534,42713,837,125