OCSL Options History — March 2018

In March 2018, OCSL traded between $12.60 and $13.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.9%. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 29.7% (HV 20d: 21.2%). 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 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.64.

Notable Days

  • 2018-03-22: Highest Volume — 82 contracts
  • 2018-03-13: Largest IV spike — 68.2% change
  • 2018-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 17.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.06$12.60$13.62$12.93$12.63
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV50.9%33.8%108.6%57.3%44.6%
Expected Move11.1%8.5%17.4%16.4%12.8%
HV 20d21.2%16.2%31.2%30.2%19.6%
HV 60d24.9%22.7%26.4%25.1%22.7%
Term Structure5.0%-17.1%29.2%-16.9%1.3%
VWIV80.8%77.0%84.6%77.0%84.6%
Skew 25d6.8%-11.8%24.6%5.0%3.4%
Skew 10d14.2%-23.5%100.9%1.4%5.4%
Call IV 25d25.0%16.8%38.2%34.4%27.3%
Put IV 25d31.8%22.3%47.3%39.4%30.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.1634.97112.6761.2336.84
Gamma HHI0.810.500.910.760.50
Net GEX4.8K1988.5K5.9K198
Net DEX143.9K16.8K222.6K91.3K212.1K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.6K-610-1.4K-654
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.641.037.781.356.00
Total Volume62.1940825682
Total OI846.286816857841857

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-03-01$12.93$15.0057.3%16.4%30.2%0.0%77.0%5.0%-16.9%5.9K91.3K-1.4K1.3561.232432584257
2018-03-02$13.08$15.0060.8%17.4%30.0%0.0%84.6%10.1%-17.1%5.0K148.9K-1.1K1.4366.772232584256
2018-03-05$13.20$0.0061.6%8.8%30.0%0.0%0.0%-0.8%18.2%6.3K119.1K-1.3K1.6898.071932585256
2018-03-06$13.17$0.0068.5%10.0%29.5%0.0%0.0%2.9%8.9%6.2K174.3K-9651.66101.941932585256
2018-03-07$13.32$0.0064.7%8.5%30.0%0.0%0.0%24.6%7.8%4.9K150.6K-1.1K3.2076.801032585256
2018-03-08$13.62$0.0067.3%8.5%31.2%0.0%0.0%8.2%0.4%7.1K78.4K-1.4K1.03101.443132584256
2018-03-09$13.47$0.0045.3%9.6%16.2%0.0%0.0%9.3%9.3%7.4K138.7K-1.2K1.13102.212832595256
2018-03-12$13.56$0.0064.6%9.4%16.2%0.0%0.0%-11.8%-0.1%7.3K16.8K-1.6K1.22112.672632596256
2018-03-13$13.53$0.00108.6%9.5%16.2%0.0%0.0%6.9%-0.2%8.5K94.1K-1.3K2.6174.121231594256
2018-03-14$13.17$0.0035.5%10.2%18.0%0.0%0.0%-1.5%24.6%7.0K123.7K-1.2K2.61111.561231590256
2018-03-15$13.02$0.0035.1%10.1%17.3%0.0%0.0%1.0%11.3%5.5K166.0K-9611.77104.061831590256
2018-03-16$12.93$0.0037.5%10.7%17.2%0.0%0.0%2.8%0.1%3.7K186.9K-7821.7734.971831597256
2018-03-19$12.96$0.0039.4%11.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%14.3%29.2%6.3K21.1K-1.4K2.94106.641030595222
2018-03-20$12.84$0.0033.8%9.7%16.5%0.0%0.0%2.3%12.7%4.5K154.4K-8026.77102.831070594222
2018-03-21$12.96$0.0037.9%10.9%16.9%0.0%0.0%6.8%-0.9%2.1K194.0K-8176.77106.161070594262
2018-03-22$13.05$0.0036.6%10.5%17.1%0.0%0.0%11.6%2.0%4.0K192.6K-8466.00107.841270594262
2018-03-23$12.75$0.0040.6%11.6%19.0%0.0%0.0%17.6%-2.9%3.1K146.1K-1.1K6.00104.861270595262
2018-03-26$12.78$0.0043.2%12.4%19.0%0.0%0.0%11.2%7.1%2.4K213.2K-7126.3682.501170595262
2018-03-27$12.60$0.0042.4%12.2%19.5%0.0%0.0%8.7%2.8%1.5K222.6K-6106.3672.311170595262
2018-03-28$12.66$0.0043.8%12.6%19.6%0.0%0.0%10.8%7.5%2.4K176.7K-8977.7885.47970595262
2018-03-29$12.63$0.0044.6%12.8%19.6%0.0%0.0%3.4%1.3%198212.1K-6546.0036.841270595262