OCSL Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, OCSL traded between $14.52 and $15.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.2% (HV 20d: 24.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-10: Highest Volume — 471 contracts
  • 2018-01-11: Largest IV spike — 44.8% change
  • 2018-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.97$14.52$15.27$14.91$14.85
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV36.2%23.9%51.6%28.7%51.6%
Expected Move10.2%6.8%14.8%8.2%14.8%
HV 20d24.0%14.9%28.2%26.8%15.0%
HV 60d25.4%24.0%27.1%27.1%24.0%
Term Structure-1.1%-18.8%14.0%-0.6%-15.3%
VWIV36.1%23.9%51.4%28.8%51.4%
Skew 25d5.5%0.5%9.7%3.8%7.8%
Skew 10d8.8%1.3%17.8%6.0%10.9%
Call IV 25d30.8%24.0%45.8%24.0%45.8%
Put IV 25d36.3%27.7%53.6%27.7%53.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %87.3918.86103.8154.47100.07
Gamma HHI0.500.420.630.470.58
Net GEX41.4K28.0K54.3K35.8K37.6K
Net DEX-505.4K-732.6K-202.6K-324.0K-425.1K
Net VEX-2.8K-3.6K-1.7K-2.2K-2.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.191.051.000.87
Total Volume180.19149471154158
Total OI2,551.2862,3042,7042,3052,703

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$14.91$15.0028.7%8.2%26.8%0.0%28.8%3.8%-0.6%35.8K-324.0K-2.2K1.0054.4777771,766539
2018-01-03$14.97$15.0023.9%6.8%26.8%0.0%23.9%3.5%14.0%33.6K-346.3K-2.8K1.0050.0177771,766538
2018-01-04$14.94$15.0032.3%8.4%26.3%0.0%29.7%2.9%6.9%33.5K-290.2K-2.2K1.00101.5577771,766538
2018-01-05$14.73$15.0027.3%9.5%26.9%0.0%33.4%0.5%-0.3%28.0K-205.9K-2.1K1.0557.7273761,766538
2018-01-08$14.61$15.0031.3%6.8%26.9%0.0%26.5%3.5%5.0%29.8K-202.6K-1.7K1.05101.2873761,768538
2018-01-09$14.52$15.0036.3%8.0%27.1%0.0%29.9%6.6%2.2%34.0K-304.1K-1.9K0.95103.8180761,772538
2018-01-10$14.67$15.0029.0%8.3%27.3%0.0%29.1%1.1%3.0%28.6K-205.3K-1.8K0.19100.69394771,778538
2018-01-11$14.94$15.0042.0%12.0%27.9%0.0%42.4%7.9%-5.6%40.9K-597.0K-3.6K0.60103.48128772,065542
2018-01-12$14.97$15.0034.7%10.0%27.8%0.0%35.0%6.9%-5.8%50.7K-706.2K-3.5K0.5684.64136772,099542
2018-01-16$14.76$15.0035.2%10.1%28.2%0.0%35.3%5.1%0.4%45.9K-613.9K-3.3K0.7398.72105772,119542
2018-01-17$15.03$15.0031.5%9.0%27.1%0.0%32.4%7.6%6.0%46.2K-627.6K-3.1K0.8898.6093822,124551
2018-01-18$15.03$15.0038.6%11.1%25.9%0.0%39.8%6.9%-5.0%54.3K-672.0K-3.5K0.8696.5389762,125551
2018-01-19$15.03$15.0049.4%14.2%25.9%0.0%49.9%6.2%-18.8%52.1K-636.0K-3.4K0.8099.8195762,122551
2018-01-22$15.15$15.0033.1%9.5%25.7%0.0%33.2%4.6%6.4%43.0K-575.1K-3.1K0.7018.8699702,103549
2018-01-23$15.27$15.0034.7%9.9%25.1%0.0%35.3%6.2%-7.2%50.3K-732.6K-3.1K0.6897.03103702,128549
2018-01-24$15.24$15.0032.1%9.2%23.8%0.0%32.4%4.8%3.8%47.9K-691.7K-3.0K0.7093.4893652,129550
2018-01-25$15.24$15.0042.6%12.2%17.8%0.0%43.0%7.1%-4.4%47.2K-655.0K-3.2K0.7093.2290632,144551
2018-01-26$15.27$15.0040.5%11.6%14.9%0.0%40.8%7.2%-7.2%46.4K-645.5K-3.0K0.6888.9293642,143553
2018-01-29$15.18$15.0035.4%10.2%15.0%0.0%35.6%9.7%0.9%42.4K-589.1K-2.7K0.82100.2288732,136553
2018-01-30$15.03$15.0049.2%14.1%15.4%0.0%49.6%6.0%-2.0%41.7K-567.6K-2.9K0.8792.0684732,141563
2018-01-31$14.85$15.0051.6%14.8%15.0%0.0%51.4%7.8%-15.3%37.6K-425.1K-2.6K0.87100.0784742,140563