OCSL Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, OCSL traded between $13.92 and $15.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 27.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-14: Highest Volume — 181 contracts
  • 2017-12-22: Largest IV spike — 36.3% change
  • 2017-12-13: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.50$13.92$15.18$14.64$14.67
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV32.2%21.9%51.0%32.8%30.3%
Expected Move8.3%5.5%11.4%9.4%8.7%
HV 20d27.0%24.6%33.3%27.1%26.6%
HV 60d26.6%25.2%27.6%25.2%27.0%
Term Structure6.5%-7.6%18.8%16.5%1.8%
VWIV28.8%18.1%39.3%34.3%30.3%
Skew 25d-2.7%-8.6%17.3%17.3%2.8%
Skew 10d26.3%-4.1%92.7%23.3%5.3%
Call IV 25d31.2%26.3%37.2%29.4%28.1%
Put IV 25d28.5%21.9%46.8%46.8%30.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.4215.5690.8331.1160.99
Gamma HHI0.370.340.440.350.38
Net GEX17.0K11.2K31.1K15.7K19.7K
Net DEX-73.4K-363.1K78.5K-70.5K-124.2K
Net VEX-2.6K-3.2K-2.1K-2.6K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.501.320.500.98
Total Volume161.15138181174153
Total OI2,284.852,2202,3252,2202,320

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$14.64$15.0032.8%9.4%27.1%0.0%34.3%17.3%16.5%15.7K-70.5K-2.6K0.5031.11116581,728492
2017-12-04$14.58$15.0032.1%10.1%25.0%0.0%37.8%3.4%-4.7%16.6K-95.4K-2.8K0.5474.84104561,745492
2017-12-05$14.40$15.0032.1%11.0%24.9%0.0%37.0%9.0%-2.2%11.6K-10.0K-2.4K0.5890.83104611,749492
2017-12-06$14.43$15.0034.0%6.9%25.2%0.0%26.5%-7.9%8.6%17.2K-65.3K-2.9K1.3256.6566871,749509
2017-12-07$14.31$15.0034.6%8.0%25.2%0.0%20.8%-7.6%13.9%12.1K44.0K-2.5K1.3274.7566871,750542
2017-12-08$14.34$15.0037.5%6.3%25.4%0.0%18.9%-7.6%14.1%11.9K51.0K-2.4K1.3256.2266881,750542
2017-12-11$14.40$15.0043.4%5.5%25.6%0.0%18.1%-7.7%14.5%12.2K38.7K-2.4K0.6374.8486541,750542
2017-12-12$14.43$15.0051.0%8.9%25.2%0.0%31.2%-4.7%-0.7%12.6K28.6K-2.4K0.6515.5684541,747543
2017-12-13$14.34$15.0039.6%11.4%24.6%0.0%39.3%-7.1%-7.2%12.0K50.9K-2.3K1.0546.7384881,747543
2017-12-14$14.25$15.0025.4%7.3%24.6%0.0%25.4%-4.6%2.8%11.2K73.9K-2.3K0.9520.6393881,747572
2017-12-15$13.92$15.0026.8%7.7%25.1%0.0%26.8%-8.6%3.9%11.9K78.5K-2.4K1.0722.3975801,761564
2017-12-18$14.28$15.0027.5%7.9%26.7%0.0%27.5%-6.0%6.6%13.9K-38.1K-2.5K0.7521.5191681,741525
2017-12-19$14.37$15.0023.9%6.9%27.1%0.0%23.9%-7.0%12.2%19.4K-129.7K-2.9K0.7425.2892681,756525
2017-12-20$14.55$15.0025.6%7.3%28.0%0.0%25.6%-5.5%12.2%18.4K-120.8K-2.7K0.7457.6393691,757525
2017-12-21$14.82$15.0021.9%6.3%28.5%0.0%21.9%-2.8%18.8%22.8K-218.5K-3.0K0.6539.72106691,758525
2017-12-22$14.52$15.0029.9%8.6%27.4%0.0%29.9%-3.3%8.3%22.8K-190.2K-2.9K0.6536.37106691,769525
2017-12-26$15.18$15.0033.4%9.6%32.3%0.0%37.1%-5.7%5.2%31.1K-363.1K-3.2K0.8353.1290751,769525
2017-12-27$14.79$15.0032.1%9.2%33.3%0.0%33.9%-1.6%-7.6%24.1K-223.3K-2.1K0.8334.9491751,770532
2017-12-28$14.73$15.0029.6%8.5%31.8%0.0%29.6%1.1%12.5%23.5K-183.6K-2.7K0.8834.3687761,781538
2017-12-29$14.67$15.0030.3%8.7%26.6%0.0%30.3%2.8%1.8%19.7K-124.2K-2.2K0.9860.9977761,781539