Bearish on TSLA

We recommend selling the following OTM Call Option of TSLA.

Sell TSLA Mar 21, 260 CE

Our analysis behind this recommendation is as follows:
A) Analysis of Stock Market Indices
Insight #1: NASDAQ (QQQ) is mild Bullish today!
* QQQ has 56.1 Bear-Bull Percent, implying it is mild Bullish.

We can also check the Open Interest distribution for QQQ below.
The pie charts illustrate the bullish or bearish sentiment for each ticker {GLD, IWM, QQQ, SPY} by showing the distribution of Open Interest, color-coded as follows:
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Insight #2: For QQQ options expiring on Mar 21, 2025 (4 DTE), 54.5 % of the total open interest is jointly attributed to “Put Long Unwinding and Call Writing” reinforcing a BEARISH sentiment.
B) Analysis of Mag-7 Stocks

Insight #3: TSLA shows the strongest BEARISH sentiment among the Mag 7 stocks, based on the Open Interest distribution across weekly (4 DTE) option chain.

TSLA has 13.7 Bear-Bull Percent, implying it is strongly bearish.
We can also check the Open Interest distribution for TSLA below.
Insight #4: TSLA is the most BEARISH based on the weekly (4 DTE) option chains, with 100% of total Open Interest jointly attributed to “Put Long Buildup, and “Call Writing”. This distribution signals a strong BEARISH sentiment.
Insight #5: Additionally, we confirm that TSLA shows strong BEARISH sentiment, as evidenced by the absolute Open Interest distribution across its weekly (4 DTE) option chain.
Insight #6: We propose to sell Call options in TSLA, since we have strong BEARISH sentiment. To identify the optimal Strike Price for trading, we analyze the Open Interest at various Strike Prices for TSLA’s Call Options in the weekly (4 DTE) option chain.
Notably, the 260 CE Strike has an Open Interest of 24,495, a Delta of 15.3%, and a Call Option Premium of $1.60

Conclusion

Based on our analysis, we propose to Sell to Open the following OTM Call Option of TSLA:

Sell TSLA Mar 21 260 CE

Appendix — My Trade

On Mar 17, 2025, at 10:55 AM, I executed the following trade:

Sell To Open TSLA Mar 21 260 CE @ $1.60

This trade is clearly reflected in the price chart of the TSLA 260 CE shown below:
sold to open an TSLA Mar 21, 260 CE at $1.60, collecting $160 per contract.