Options Skew Analytics

TSLA options analytics

TSLA · Stock

Data as of 24 September 2026 (end of day)

TSLA options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 44.2%, a move of about ±12.7% over the next month. That is higher than 34% of the 252 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta calls carry 0.49 volatility points more than the puts, around the middle of its own range for the past year.

The term structure is inverted: 90-day volatility is 5% below 30-day, which happens when the market prices something dated into the nearer expirations.

Its next earnings report is 2026-10-02 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 16 reports the options market priced an average move of ±7.8% and TSLA moved 6.4% on average, staying inside the priced band 12 times out of 16.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
44.18%

Prices a move of about ±12.7% over 30 days, or ±2.8% on a typical day.

Higher than 34% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-0.49

Calls carry 0.49 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

Higher than 39% of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.46

The wings carry 0.46 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.952

90-day volatility is 5% below 30-day.

Higher than 12% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 252 prior sessions (one-year window)

44.2% — 34th percentile
37.2%65.0%
IV percentile, 1 year
34%
IV rank, 1 year
25%
IV percentile, 2 years
18%
IV rank, 2 years
11%

Rank is the position between the lowest and highest readings in the window, so a single past extreme pins everything after it near one end. Percentile is the share of sessions below the current reading and is unaffected by how far that extreme reached. Both are withheld when the window holds fewer than 180 sessions.

Session detail

Underlying close
$377.94
30-day implied forward
$380.60
60-day ATM IV
42.92%
90-day ATM IV
42.06%
180-day ATM IV
43.82%
Expirations used
18
Total open interest
3,988,429
Put / call open interest
0.66

The forward is derived from put-call parity on the strikes nearest the money, not taken from the underlying close. It is what every moneyness and delta on this page is measured against.

30-day at-the-money implied volatility

Last 520 sessions

20%40%60%80%100%120%22 Aug5 Mar10 Sep19 Mar24 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2444.18%-0.490.952$377.94
2026-09-2344.61%-0.640.956$380.12
2026-09-2244.71%-0.910.966$378.90
2026-09-2144.43%-0.330.982$375.30
2026-09-1841.66%-0.621.042$364.27
2026-09-1741.74%-0.491.057$366.20
2026-09-1642.37%-0.041.054$358.08
2026-09-1541.42%-0.011.068$356.58
2026-09-1440.27%-0.381.089$358.97
2026-09-1139.08%-0.421.120$365.44
2026-09-1040.50%+0.001.101$363.56
2026-09-0941.90%+0.221.080$367.81
2026-09-0841.33%+0.061.082$368.16
2026-09-0439.94%-1.551.099$354.08
2026-09-0343.33%-0.881.045$376.37
2026-09-0241.40%-0.341.085$357.01
2026-09-0140.62%-0.311.082$356.09
2026-08-3141.56%-0.791.079$367.95
2026-08-2837.84%+0.381.142$348.75
2026-08-2739.33%-0.441.125$354.81
2026-08-2640.25%-0.291.100$345.82
2026-08-2540.30%-0.051.117$350.25
2026-08-2440.57%+0.121.108$348.95
2026-08-2140.67%-0.271.117$362.86
2026-08-2040.75%-0.661.122$345.13
2026-08-1941.77%-1.811.096$351.12
2026-08-1840.23%-0.801.116$336.87
2026-08-1738.72%-1.081.136$339.30
2026-08-1438.41%-1.771.146$342.27
2026-08-1337.85%-1.771.151$339.96
2026-08-1237.18%-1.121.161$327.51
2026-08-1138.27%-1.351.147$332.81
2026-08-1039.78%-1.721.126$330.88
2026-08-0741.28%-1.791.096$328.58
2026-08-0642.31%-0.881.086$319.53
2026-08-0543.36%-0.831.067$321.55
2026-08-0445.81%-1.111.039$327.35
2026-08-0345.41%-0.251.036$322.08
2026-07-3145.20%+0.461.035$311.21
2026-07-3045.82%+0.661.020$308.85
2026-07-2947.85%+2.481.002$298.32
2026-07-2846.59%+1.611.000$307.44
2026-07-2747.30%+2.180.993$309.22
2026-07-2447.97%+2.250.987$313.03
2026-07-2346.97%+1.400.989$319.69
2026-07-2248.43%+0.110.957$374.01
2026-07-2148.17%+0.230.956$378.93
2026-07-2049.60%+0.650.936$369.57
2026-07-1748.55%+1.010.947$380.84
2026-07-1649.39%+0.140.947$391.06
2026-07-1549.29%+0.140.957$394.46
2026-07-1447.99%+0.420.967$396.18
2026-07-1348.24%+0.650.970$394.76
2026-07-1047.14%+0.610.981$407.76
2026-07-0947.90%-0.240.974$406.55
2026-07-0848.51%+0.160.965$394.06
2026-07-0748.83%+0.610.957$402.90
2026-07-0647.70%+0.700.968$419.77
2026-07-0246.92%+0.420.974$393.45
2026-07-0145.61%+0.540.988$425.30
2026-06-3047.04%+0.190.974$420.60
2026-06-2947.84%+0.780.970$411.84
2026-06-2646.69%+0.060.973$379.71
2026-06-2546.03%+1.480.973$375.12
2026-06-2447.87%+0.760.957$375.53
2026-06-2347.51%+0.530.967$381.61
2026-06-2245.65%+0.130.998$405.05
2026-06-1842.36%-0.191.064$400.49
2026-06-1743.59%-0.121.058$396.38
2026-06-1642.67%-0.891.073$404.66
2026-06-1544.37%-0.981.068$411.15
2026-06-1248.14%-0.931.041$406.43
2026-06-1149.31%-0.871.027$399.15
2026-06-1049.42%+1.031.020$381.59
2026-06-0947.91%+0.401.037$396.68
2026-06-0847.14%-0.611.043$408.95
2026-06-0548.86%+0.031.017$391.00
2026-06-0445.55%-2.501.053$418.45
2026-06-0346.18%-2.441.050$423.70
2026-06-0245.72%-2.411.056$423.74
2026-06-0144.20%-0.811.083$415.88
2026-05-2941.96%-1.941.116$435.79
2026-05-2843.96%-2.571.094$442.10
2026-05-2745.51%-2.581.078$440.36
2026-05-2644.63%-1.921.081$433.59
2026-05-2243.96%-1.741.084$426.01
2026-05-2143.60%-1.071.086$417.85
2026-05-2044.73%-0.911.062$417.26
2026-05-1944.52%-0.791.054$404.11
2026-05-1844.61%-1.881.054$409.99
2026-05-1544.98%-2.211.056$422.24
2026-05-1446.14%-2.491.057$443.30
2026-05-1347.88%-2.631.038$445.27
2026-05-1247.50%-2.331.038$433.45
2026-05-1147.19%-2.511.036$445.00
2026-05-0842.65%-1.331.082$428.35
2026-05-0742.21%-0.871.067$411.79
2026-05-0641.24%+0.301.076$398.73
2026-05-0541.03%+0.541.080$389.37
2026-05-0441.24%+0.121.071$392.51
2026-05-0139.90%+0.281.089$390.82
2026-04-3039.72%-0.031.081$381.63
2026-04-2939.02%+0.671.072$372.80
2026-04-2840.01%+0.491.059$376.02
2026-04-2741.39%+0.641.036$378.67
2026-04-2440.55%+0.711.051$376.30
2026-04-2341.57%+0.641.031$373.72
2026-04-2246.07%-0.010.973$387.51
2026-04-2147.08%+0.550.956$386.42
2026-04-2045.72%+0.230.973$392.50
2026-04-1746.35%-0.200.968$400.62
2026-04-1647.69%+0.220.958$388.90
2026-04-1550.17%-0.050.928$391.95
2026-04-1446.40%+1.800.944$364.20
2026-04-1346.16%+3.240.947$352.42
2026-04-1046.47%+2.970.948$348.95
2026-04-0947.74%+3.810.943$345.62
2026-04-0848.90%+5.210.936$343.25
2026-04-0748.06%+6.110.946$346.65
2026-04-0646.76%+6.500.959$352.82

The chart covers every session in the archive, 520 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 520 sessions

-20.0-10.00.010.020.030.022 Aug5 Mar10 Sep19 Mar24 Sep

The dashed line marks zero, where the 25-delta put and call carry the same implied volatility.

Skew curve

Implied volatility by delta, front expirations

Implied volatility by delta

1d (2026-09-25) · 4d (2026-09-28) · 6d (2026-09-30)

20%30%40%50%60%2026-09-25 (1d) — 5Δ C — IV 50.02%2026-09-25 (1d) — 10Δ C — IV 46.35%2026-09-25 (1d) — 15Δ C — IV 44.67%2026-09-25 (1d) — 20Δ C — IV 43.84%2026-09-25 (1d) — 25Δ C — IV 43.19%2026-09-25 (1d) — 30Δ C — IV 42.75%2026-09-25 (1d) — 35Δ C — IV 42.44%2026-09-25 (1d) — 40Δ C — IV 42.24%2026-09-25 (1d) — 45Δ C — IV 42.10%2026-09-25 (1d) — ATM — IV 42.05%2026-09-25 (1d) — 45Δ P — IV 42.02%2026-09-25 (1d) — 40Δ P — IV 42.01%2026-09-25 (1d) — 35Δ P — IV 42.05%2026-09-25 (1d) — 30Δ P — IV 42.13%2026-09-25 (1d) — 25Δ P — IV 42.21%2026-09-25 (1d) — 20Δ P — IV 42.36%2026-09-25 (1d) — 15Δ P — IV 43.02%2026-09-25 (1d) — 10Δ P — IV 44.23%2026-09-25 (1d) — 5Δ P — IV 47.45%1d2026-09-28 (4d) — 5Δ C — IV 35.18%2026-09-28 (4d) — 10Δ C — IV 33.29%2026-09-28 (4d) — 15Δ C — IV 32.54%2026-09-28 (4d) — 20Δ C — IV 32.13%2026-09-28 (4d) — 25Δ C — IV 31.76%2026-09-28 (4d) — 30Δ C — IV 31.51%2026-09-28 (4d) — 35Δ C — IV 31.29%2026-09-28 (4d) — 40Δ C — IV 31.05%2026-09-28 (4d) — 45Δ C — IV 30.94%2026-09-28 (4d) — ATM — IV 30.80%2026-09-28 (4d) — 45Δ P — IV 30.55%2026-09-28 (4d) — 40Δ P — IV 30.55%2026-09-28 (4d) — 35Δ P — IV 30.64%2026-09-28 (4d) — 30Δ P — IV 30.69%2026-09-28 (4d) — 25Δ P — IV 30.81%2026-09-28 (4d) — 20Δ P — IV 31.08%2026-09-28 (4d) — 15Δ P — IV 31.58%2026-09-28 (4d) — 10Δ P — IV 32.57%2026-09-28 (4d) — 5Δ P — IV 35.39%4d2026-09-30 (6d) — 5Δ C — IV 40.11%2026-09-30 (6d) — 10Δ C — IV 37.96%2026-09-30 (6d) — 15Δ C — IV 37.20%2026-09-30 (6d) — 20Δ C — IV 36.73%2026-09-30 (6d) — 25Δ C — IV 36.34%2026-09-30 (6d) — 30Δ C — IV 36.13%2026-09-30 (6d) — 35Δ C — IV 35.75%2026-09-30 (6d) — 40Δ C — IV 35.63%2026-09-30 (6d) — 45Δ C — IV 35.46%2026-09-30 (6d) — ATM — IV 35.25%2026-09-30 (6d) — 45Δ P — IV 35.06%2026-09-30 (6d) — 40Δ P — IV 35.12%2026-09-30 (6d) — 35Δ P — IV 35.11%2026-09-30 (6d) — 30Δ P — IV 35.12%2026-09-30 (6d) — 25Δ P — IV 35.25%2026-09-30 (6d) — 20Δ P — IV 35.54%2026-09-30 (6d) — 15Δ P — IV 36.03%2026-09-30 (6d) — 10Δ P — IV 37.14%2026-09-30 (6d) — 5Δ P — IV 40.19%6d10Δ C25Δ CATM25Δ P10Δ Pout-of-the-money calls ← delta → out-of-the-money puts

The axis is call delta. Readings to the right of the dashed centre line are taken from the out-of-the-money put at that strike, which is the contract whose quote the volatility was solved from. Points are only plotted where surviving quotes bracket the delta on both sides; nothing is extrapolated past the last traded strike.

Show the underlying numbers
Delta1d4d6d
5Δ call50.02%35.18%40.11%
10Δ call46.35%33.29%37.96%
15Δ call44.67%32.54%37.20%
20Δ call43.84%32.13%36.73%
25Δ call43.19%31.76%36.34%
30Δ call42.75%31.51%36.13%
35Δ call42.44%31.29%35.75%
40Δ call42.24%31.05%35.63%
45Δ call42.10%30.94%35.46%
ATM42.05%30.80%35.25%
45Δ put42.02%30.55%35.06%
40Δ put42.01%30.55%35.12%
35Δ put42.05%30.64%35.11%
30Δ put42.13%30.69%35.12%
25Δ put42.21%30.81%35.25%
20Δ put42.36%31.08%35.54%
15Δ put43.02%31.58%36.03%
10Δ put44.23%32.57%37.14%
5Δ put47.45%35.39%40.19%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-251$379.3442.05%42.21%43.19%-0.98+0.6658
2026-09-284$379.3030.80%30.81%31.76%-0.95+0.4956
2026-09-306$379.4035.25%35.25%36.34%-1.10+0.5458
2026-10-028$379.6043.65%43.49%45.17%-1.67+0.6897
2026-10-0511$379.6739.84%40.00%40.99%-0.99+0.6661
2026-10-0713$379.8240.34%40.40%41.49%-1.09+0.6130
2026-10-0915$379.9240.61%40.65%41.60%-0.94+0.5293
2026-10-1622$380.2039.79%39.91%40.69%-0.78+0.51108
2026-10-2329$380.5544.20%44.38%44.91%-0.53+0.4486
2026-10-3036$380.8844.06%44.45%44.76%-0.31+0.5481
2026-11-0643$380.7343.19%43.77%44.25%-0.48+0.8229
2026-11-2057$381.7443.06%43.39%43.87%-0.48+0.57134
2026-12-1885$383.1142.13%42.41%43.01%-0.60+0.58134
2027-01-15113$384.6441.83%42.11%42.81%-0.70+0.63107
2027-02-19148$386.5043.32%43.70%44.46%-0.76+0.7681
2027-03-19176$387.7043.72%43.95%44.87%-0.92+0.69102
2027-06-17266$392.4345.29%45.51%46.45%-0.94+0.69102
2027-09-17358$396.9446.20%46.22%47.06%-0.84+0.4488

Each curve above is one expiration. The vertical position is implied volatility; the horizontal position is the delta of the contract it was read from. For US equities the curve normally slopes upward to the right, meaning out-of-the-money puts carry higher implied volatility than equidistant calls.

The 25-delta risk reversal summarises that slope as a single number: the 25-delta put volatility minus the 25-delta call volatility. The butterfly summarises the curvature: the average of the two wings minus the at-the-money reading.

Term structure

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

18 listed expirations produced a usable reading

25%30%35%40%45%50%2026-09-25 — 1 days — at-the-money IV 42.05%2026-09-28 — 4 days — at-the-money IV 30.80%2026-09-30 — 6 days — at-the-money IV 35.25%2026-10-02 — 8 days — at-the-money IV 43.65%2026-10-05 — 11 days — at-the-money IV 39.84%2026-10-07 — 13 days — at-the-money IV 40.34%2026-10-09 — 15 days — at-the-money IV 40.61%2026-10-16 — 22 days — at-the-money IV 39.79%2026-10-23 — 29 days — at-the-money IV 44.20%2026-10-30 — 36 days — at-the-money IV 44.06%2026-11-06 — 43 days — at-the-money IV 43.19%2026-11-20 — 57 days — at-the-money IV 43.06%2026-12-18 — 85 days — at-the-money IV 42.13%2027-01-15 — 113 days — at-the-money IV 41.83%2027-02-19 — 148 days — at-the-money IV 43.32%2027-03-19 — 176 days — at-the-money IV 43.72%2027-06-17 — 266 days — at-the-money IV 45.29%2027-09-17 — 358 days — at-the-money IV 46.20%7306090180days to expiration

The horizontal axis is the square root of days to expiration, which is the scale volatility lives on. A curve that is flat in variance terms plots as a straight line here rather than bending sharply through the front week.

Show the underlying numbers
ExpirationDaysForwardATM IVATM strikeQuotes used
2026-09-251 day$379.3442.05%$379.4358
2026-09-284 days$379.3030.80%$379.5056
2026-09-306 days$379.4035.25%$379.7958
2026-10-028 days$379.6043.65%$380.3997
2026-10-0511 days$379.6739.84%$380.5861
2026-10-0713 days$379.8240.34%$380.9330
2026-10-0915 days$379.9240.61%$381.2193
2026-10-1622 days$380.2039.79%$382.02108
2026-10-2329 days$380.5544.20%$383.5286
2026-10-3036 days$380.8844.06%$384.5481
2026-11-0643 days$380.7343.19%$384.9329
2026-11-2057 days$381.7443.06%$387.30134
2026-12-1885 days$383.1142.13%$391.11134
2027-01-15113 days$384.6441.83%$395.20107
2027-02-19148 days$386.5043.32%$401.4981
2027-03-19176 days$387.7043.72%$405.99102
2027-06-17266 days$392.4345.29%$422.88102
2027-09-17358 days$396.9446.20%$440.7588

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
44.18%
60 days
42.92%
90 days
42.06%
180 days
43.82%

Interpolation is linear in total variance, not in volatility. Interpolating volatility directly implies a forward variance that can be negative between two expirations. A tenor beyond the longest listed expiration is reported as unavailable rather than extrapolated.

Term structure slope

Last 520 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.4022 Aug5 Mar10 Sep19 Mar24 Sep

The dashed line marks 1.00, where the 90-day and 30-day at-the-money volatilities are equal. Above it the longer tenor carries the higher volatility.

The term structure is the at-the-money implied volatility of each listed expiration, plotted against how far away that expiration is. Its usual shape for a calm underlying slopes gently upward, because a longer horizon admits more uncertainty.

It inverts when the market prices a dated event: an expiration that captures a scheduled announcement carries the variance of that event on top of ordinary trading, so a shorter contract can print a higher volatility than a longer one.

Earnings

What the options priced in before each report, and what happened

Next report

2026-10-02Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 16 reports

Landed inside the implied band
12 of 16
75% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
7.8%
Mean move that happened
6.4%
absolute

Reports

Newest first. The implied move is one standard deviation, priced from the session before the release.

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-07-22After the close7.4%-14.5%1.97×
2026-07-02Before the open4.4%-7.5%1.69×
2026-04-22After the close6.6%-3.6%0.54×
2026-04-02Before the open4.4%-5.4%1.25×
2026-01-28After the close7.1%-3.5%0.49×
2026-01-02Before the open6.1%-2.6%0.43×
2025-10-22After the close8.5%+2.3%0.27×
2025-10-02Before the open5.5%-5.1%0.93×
2025-07-23After the close9.0%-8.2%0.91×
2025-07-02Before the open6.1%+5.0%0.82×
2025-04-22After the close13.9%+5.4%0.39×
2025-04-02Before the open9.6%+5.3%0.55×
2025-01-29After the close11.7%+2.9%0.25×
2025-01-02Before the open7.4%-6.1%0.82×
2024-10-23After the close10.1%+21.9%2.16×
2024-10-02Before the open7.0%-3.5%0.50×
2024-07-23After the close———
2024-07-02Before the open———
2024-04-23After the close———
2024-04-02After the close———
2024-01-24After the close———
2024-01-02After the close———
2023-10-18After the close———
2023-10-02Before the open———

The implied move is read from the at-the-money straddle on the first expiration strictly after the report date, converted to a one-standard-deviation move and divided by the forward. Realised moves are the close-to-close return across the event, measured from the session before the release to the session after it.

Report dates that have already happened come from the company’s own 8-K filing and are exact. A date still in the future is either one the company has announced, or an estimate from its reporting cadence.