TSLA Options History — May 2021

In May 2021, TSLA traded between $186.58 and $228.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 55.2%, placing in the 5.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.4% (HV 20d: 47.8%). Max pain ranged from $146.67 to $246.67. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2021-05-14: Highest Volume — 4,734,861 contracts
  • 2021-05-12: Largest IV spike — 11.7% change
  • 2021-05-13: Highest IV Rank — 17.9%
  • 2021-05-13: Largest Expected Move — 18.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$205.44$186.58$228.45$228.45$209.59
Max Pain$172.17$146.67$246.67$246.67$166.67
ATM IV55.2%47.5%65.6%53.5%47.5%
Expected Move15.8%13.2%18.7%15.4%13.2%
HV 20d47.8%41.9%52.1%49.7%49.1%
HV 60d65.3%62.5%67.1%65.1%62.5%
IV Rank5.2%0.0%17.9%2.1%0.0%
IV Percentile6.6%0.0%32.9%1.6%0.0%
Term Structure0.8%-0.5%3.0%0.8%3.0%
VWIV56.6%48.1%65.5%53.8%48.1%
Skew 25d8.0%3.1%12.8%6.1%3.1%
Skew 10d16.6%8.8%25.6%12.9%8.8%
Call IV 25d52.1%46.8%60.8%50.9%46.8%
Put IV 25d60.2%49.8%73.6%57.1%49.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.932.6914.522.9614.52
Gamma HHI0.030.020.170.020.17
Net GEX288.2M-193.4M1.51B317.1M1.51B
Net DEX-45.81B-64.81B-26.61B-64.81B-60.40B
Net VEX-369.9M-398.7M-334.8M-387.9M-398.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.571.080.750.70
Total Volume3,363,869.251,978,4434,734,8612,191,3954,239,849
Total OI16,368,146.8515,217,61717,728,70415,217,61717,349,993

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-05-03$228.45$246.6753.5%15.4%49.7%2.1%53.8%6.1%0.8%317.1M-64.81B-387.9M0.752.96N/AN/A1,250,346941,0497,485,8767,731,741
2021-05-04$222.12$245.0057.5%16.9%50.6%7.2%59.5%7.8%0.2%132.4M-57.38B-384.0M1.062.69N/AN/A1,218,6541,292,9347,694,4097,907,811
2021-05-05$224.13$243.3355.2%16.1%49.7%4.3%56.7%7.7%0.6%199.8M-59.78B-388.8M0.753.84N/AN/A1,132,125846,3187,814,4308,043,468
2021-05-06$220.06$146.6756.8%16.5%49.7%6.4%58.3%8.9%0.3%-22.8M-54.25B-383.5M0.916.70N/AN/A1,649,9941,508,1637,925,8358,146,158
2021-05-07$223.42$146.6752.4%15.5%50.0%0.6%56.4%9.1%1.0%451.4M-58.51B-385.5M0.636.50N/AN/A2,499,1471,564,9538,058,0698,288,007
2021-05-10$209.95$146.6758.4%16.8%52.1%8.5%60.0%10.2%0.0%60.5M-45.95B-365.2M1.006.14N/AN/A1,359,0631,360,1197,556,0287,837,782
2021-05-11$207.39$146.6758.5%16.8%41.9%8.6%60.6%10.0%0.1%23.7M-43.13B-363.3M1.035.58N/AN/A1,779,3331,827,5407,766,4728,031,300
2021-05-12$197.97$150.0065.3%18.6%42.7%17.6%65.3%12.5%-0.5%-67.3M-34.21B-354.8M1.049.80N/AN/A1,485,9481,546,0417,963,1228,184,336
2021-05-13$191.33$155.0065.6%18.7%42.8%17.9%65.5%12.8%-0.3%-193.4M-27.71B-340.9M1.036.96N/AN/A2,249,8292,308,9718,015,2418,326,209
2021-05-14$196.56$160.0058.0%16.7%44.9%8.0%60.4%10.6%0.5%138.7M-33.43B-349.5M0.756.45N/AN/A2,703,4082,031,4538,260,4258,475,627
2021-05-17$190.64$160.0059.6%17.1%44.5%10.0%61.2%9.9%-0.5%21.6M-30.77B-334.8M0.764.28N/AN/A1,996,8691,513,2457,811,6768,068,455
2021-05-18$193.52$163.3356.0%16.1%44.8%5.3%58.6%8.5%-0.0%165.0M-34.19B-350.8M0.694.32N/AN/A2,029,0141,402,7648,259,4958,269,722
2021-05-19$186.58$166.6757.1%16.4%43.1%6.7%58.5%9.6%-0.0%-14.0M-26.61B-341.4M1.084.57N/AN/A1,998,0272,150,2658,528,6048,435,637
2021-05-20$195.57$166.6752.5%15.0%47.9%0.7%53.7%7.4%0.2%433.0M-38.73B-365.3M0.644.10N/AN/A2,118,3271,354,2458,723,2148,741,946
2021-05-21$193.71$166.6752.6%15.1%47.4%0.9%53.3%7.4%0.2%150.0M-36.27B-361.2M0.614.57N/AN/A2,485,4971,528,0298,866,8038,861,901
2021-05-24$203.29$166.6749.9%14.2%51.3%0.0%51.3%5.3%2.4%445.4M-50.06B-379.6M0.574.53N/AN/A2,011,1101,143,6157,815,3608,134,377
2021-05-25$200.70$166.6749.3%14.0%49.9%0.0%50.0%5.3%2.5%449.1M-47.46B-373.2M0.713.86N/AN/A1,375,014980,0318,061,6458,316,588
2021-05-26$207.30$166.6748.8%13.9%51.8%0.0%50.0%4.3%2.4%811.1M-57.37B-393.4M0.574.27N/AN/A2,104,1101,195,7648,192,3588,452,932
2021-05-27$206.47$166.6748.5%13.6%51.1%0.0%51.0%4.5%2.7%750.9M-55.24B-396.2M0.7412.02N/AN/A1,778,5081,317,7148,325,5828,634,303
2021-05-28$209.59$166.6747.5%13.2%49.1%0.0%48.1%3.1%3.0%1.51B-60.40B-398.7M0.7014.52N/AN/A2,494,5841,745,2658,479,3418,870,652