TSLA gamma exposure: flip, call wall, put wall

Dealer gamma by strike for Tesla, from the option chain itself: two books, the level where net gamma changes sign, and the two strikes that carry the most. Expiries out to 120 days.

data as of 2026-10-12 14:57:27 ET · replay TSLA in the terminal
Spot
378.3
from put-call parity
Zero gamma flip
378.8
0.1% above spot
Call wall
380
0.4% above spot
Put wall
377.5
0.2% below spot
Net gamma, volume
-$1.51B
per 1% move
Net gamma, OI
+$215M
per 1% move
Price sits below the flip at 378.8: on this book dealer hedging adds to a move rather than leaning against it. The two books disagree: price is above one flip and below the other, and that split is the reading.
TSLA reports earnings on Wednesday, October 21, after the close, 9 days from now. Every expiry after that date is priced for the report's move, so their implied volatility and the gamma on this page reset once it is out. Date from Nasdaq's earnings calendar; companies can move it.
The session, 2026-09-28 priceflipcall wallput wall
365350350357.4 net gamma, volume book09:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:30
day10-1210-0910-0810-0710-0610-0510-0210-0109-3009-2909-2809-25 82 points · volume book · levels drawn as they stood
Strikes through the day levelchange since the open absorbs a movefeeds itprice
385382.5380377.5375372.5370367.5365362.5360357.5355352.5350347.5345342.5340337.5335332.533009:3010:3011:3012:3013:3014:3015:30
Gamma by strike, two books on one axis
OPEN INTEREST · last close
STRIKE
VOLUME · today
415
412.5
410
407.5
405
402.5
400
397.5
395
392.5
390
387.5
385
382.5
380
call wall
377.5
put wall · spot
375
372.5
370
367.5
365
362.5
360
357.5
355
352.5
350
347.5
345
342.5
340
By expiry, volume book
expiryflipcallputnet
2026-10-12 · 0DTE378.9380377.5-$1.72B
2026-10-14371.2380377.5+$105M
2026-10-16368.6400375+$64M
2026-10-19335.2380375+$18M
2026-10-23356.6390350+$6M
2026-10-26367.1385345+$251K
How far to trust this bookC

a single stock with an active tape; the dealer-sign convention is an approximation here.

Prints a second, regular session9.01
Strikes where the two books agree on the sign91%
Contracts traded today, expiries shown966,393

What this page assumes

  • Calls count as dealer-long gamma and puts as dealer-short. That is a convention, not a measurement: open interest does not say who holds a contract.
  • The volume book signs today's traded contracts. The open-interest book uses positions as of the last close and does not move inside the day.
  • Spot is derived from the option quotes by put-call parity, so it can sit a few cents from the last trade in the underlying.
  • TSLA options are American style and the underlying may pay a dividend. Each expiry is priced off its own forward from put-call parity, and gamma is Black-Scholes on that forward. Deep in-the-money contracts near a dividend are the weak spot.
  • Every figure is dollars of dealer delta per 1% move in TSLA, the unit that compares across symbols.
  • There is no tape-signed book on this page. That book exists only where a live engine runs.

Questions

What does it mean that TSLA is below its flip?

Net dealer gamma on this book is negative, so hedging flows tend to add to a move. It says nothing about direction.

Why are there two books?

Open interest is positioning as it stood at the last close. Volume is what traded today. When they disagree, that split is the reading.

Is this a trading signal?

No. We tested wall touches and flip crosses on SPX across more than a thousand sessions and found no edge that survives costs. These are measurements of where hedging concentrates.

How is this different from the SPX terminal?

SPX runs on a live engine: every second, with a third book signed print by print from the trade tape. This page is rebuilt from chain snapshots and carries the two conventional books only.