OCSL Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, OCSL traded between $13.20 and $14.91. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 14.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.8% (HV 20d: 13.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-29: Highest Volume — 254 contracts
  • 2018-10-17: Largest IV spike — 83.0% change
  • 2018-10-29: Highest IV Rank — 36.0%
  • 2018-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 13.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.08$13.20$14.91$14.88$13.77
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV25.8%15.2%46.5%15.7%30.6%
Expected Move7.4%4.4%13.3%4.5%8.8%
HV 20d13.0%9.6%19.4%12.6%19.4%
HV 60d12.9%11.9%14.1%12.1%14.1%
IV Rank14.7%3.8%36.0%4.2%19.6%
IV Percentile38.4%6.2%87.7%7.9%51.6%
Term Structure3.6%-8.2%34.5%2.6%17.3%
VWIV32.3%13.8%68.2%13.8%37.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.8020.1278.7932.8327.76
Gamma HHI1.000.991.001.001.00
Net GEX3.3K-1.3K13.2K3.8K10.9K
Net DEX56.9K-88.1K200.5K-812-47.8K
Net VEX-663-1.0K-255-1.0K-699
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.081.590.410.84
Total Volume41.783252542543
Total OI385.261256479427479

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$14.88$15.0015.7%4.5%12.6%4.2%13.8%0.0%2.6%3.8K-812-1.0K0.4132.83187227200
2018-10-02$14.88$15.0016.1%4.6%12.3%4.7%14.2%0.0%4.1%3.7K9.6K-1.0K0.4134.53187227201
2018-10-03$14.91$15.0017.3%4.9%12.4%5.9%14.2%0.0%8.4%3.5K-22.7K-1.0K0.4136.13187227201
2018-10-04$14.82$15.0015.2%5.2%12.5%3.8%18.0%0.0%2.3%4.8K13.7K-9860.4250.56187227201
2018-10-05$14.73$15.0022.1%5.6%10.5%10.9%19.5%0.0%-3.0%3.0K29.5K-9630.4254.41187227201
2018-10-08$14.58$15.0016.2%5.5%10.3%4.8%19.1%0.0%-2.2%3.0K74.0K-8770.4225.86187227201
2018-10-09$14.73$15.0018.2%4.9%9.6%6.9%15.9%0.0%-7.2%4.0K59.6K-8830.4237.15187227201
2018-10-10$14.49$15.0017.1%4.9%11.0%5.7%15.3%0.0%-6.8%1.8K65.3K-8610.4330.74188227201
2018-10-11$14.25$15.0021.1%6.1%11.4%9.9%21.2%0.0%-8.2%1.3K79.4K-7880.5274.532312227201
2018-10-12$14.04$15.0031.1%8.9%12.1%20.1%48.8%0.0%-0.0%457134.5K-7300.5278.792312221211
2018-10-15$13.92$15.0025.1%7.2%11.7%14.0%35.2%0.0%5.0%221166.6K-5970.5249.672312221211
2018-10-16$13.95$15.0015.5%4.4%11.8%4.0%16.0%0.0%4.2%197200.5K-4950.5220.122312221211
2018-10-17$13.92$15.0028.3%8.1%11.0%17.3%41.2%0.0%8.7%-1.3K165.3K-6220.5543.612212221211
2018-10-18$13.89$15.0028.7%8.2%11.0%17.6%41.3%0.0%-4.3%3.3K65.2K-4601.0753.652021221110
2018-10-19$13.68$15.0022.6%6.5%11.6%11.4%26.7%0.0%-5.5%2.5K99.9K-3561.0725.522021221123
2018-10-22$13.71$15.0035.1%10.1%11.8%24.3%51.1%0.0%0.0%2.6K76.8K-3921.5943.831220182119
2018-10-23$13.65$15.0027.0%7.7%11.7%15.9%33.7%0.0%34.5%2.5K83.0K-3811.4834.631320182119
2018-10-24$13.20$15.0029.6%8.5%15.5%18.6%33.9%0.0%-3.0%1.9K63.7K-3291.5121.19132018297
2018-10-25$13.29$15.0031.3%9.0%16.1%20.3%37.7%0.0%-3.1%2.8K44.8K-2551.5125.33132018373
2018-10-26$13.26$15.0041.3%11.9%15.9%30.7%57.6%0.0%-3.6%3.1K28.1K-3371.5139.31132018373
2018-10-29$13.50$15.0046.5%13.3%17.9%36.0%68.2%0.0%30.9%3.8K7.5K-3940.0873.622342018373
2018-10-30$13.71$15.0042.7%12.2%19.3%32.1%62.0%0.0%8.9%13.2K-88.1K-8210.8447.74232040673
2018-10-31$13.77$15.0030.6%8.8%19.4%19.6%37.6%0.0%17.3%10.9K-47.8K-6990.8427.76232040673