OCSL Options History — December 2018

In December 2018, OCSL traded between $12.36 and $14.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.9%, placing in the 39.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.1% (HV 20d: 26.7%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 8.25.

Notable Days

  • 2018-12-24: Highest Volume — 37 contracts
  • 2018-12-17: Largest IV spike — 53.8% change
  • 2018-12-20: Highest IV Rank — 74.6%
  • 2018-12-20: Largest Expected Move — 24.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.24$12.36$14.34$14.34$12.87
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV49.9%30.6%84.0%33.8%51.7%
Expected Move13.6%8.2%24.1%9.7%14.8%
HV 20d26.7%24.1%30.8%24.9%29.3%
HV 60d21.3%19.5%25.4%19.9%25.4%
IV Rank39.5%19.6%74.6%22.9%41.4%
IV Percentile82.9%50.0%99.2%59.9%89.3%
Term Structure-13.7%-40.9%0.6%-7.0%-12.3%
VWIV63.6%26.6%123.1%119.7%34.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %85.5539.62139.6759.4341.30
Gamma HHI0.970.891.001.000.95
Net GEX2.3K-9189.8K9.8K-562
Net DEX77.1K11.9K133.9K26.1K101.7K
Net VEX-377-638-177-638-280
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio8.250.00103.000.000.00
Total Volume9.6503720
Total OI367.35196430423210

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-12-03$14.34$15.0033.8%9.7%24.9%22.9%0.0%0.0%-7.0%9.8K26.1K-6380.0059.4320296127
2018-12-04$14.25$15.0037.4%10.7%25.0%26.6%119.7%0.0%-7.8%9.0K31.8K-6321.5080.3434298127
2018-12-05$14.19$15.0047.9%13.7%24.9%37.4%123.1%0.0%-8.6%7.1K18.9K-6051.5087.5934298127
2018-12-06$13.98$15.0048.1%8.2%25.3%37.7%42.8%0.0%0.6%6.9K39.9K-5590.00113.9500298128
2018-12-07$13.68$15.0051.0%11.2%26.4%40.6%26.6%0.0%-9.4%5.6K59.5K-5011.63113.1734298128
2018-12-10$13.65$15.0070.0%23.3%26.4%60.3%0.0%0.0%-0.0%5.9K11.9K-5630.50139.6773298128
2018-12-11$13.53$15.0059.4%8.8%24.3%49.3%0.0%0.0%-4.8%4.9K79.6K-4030.40103.0783299128
2018-12-12$13.53$15.0031.2%9.0%24.1%20.3%0.0%0.0%-4.9%4.9K75.8K-4120.48105.3484301128
2018-12-13$13.23$15.0035.7%10.2%25.3%24.9%34.4%0.0%-17.9%-800133.9K-1890.48103.7384301129
2018-12-14$12.96$15.0030.6%8.8%26.3%19.6%34.7%0.0%-18.2%-909112.8K-2530.4894.5684301122
2018-12-17$12.69$15.0047.1%13.5%27.1%36.6%0.0%0.0%-20.6%-682113.6K-2040.0075.6000301121
2018-12-18$12.78$15.0045.8%13.1%27.1%35.3%0.0%0.0%-26.4%-64796.6K-2530.0098.2300301112
2018-12-19$12.72$15.0059.7%17.1%25.9%49.6%0.0%0.0%-27.3%-62689.6K-2770.00109.3200301112
2018-12-20$12.36$15.0084.0%24.1%27.0%74.6%0.0%0.0%-30.4%-49368.1K-3541.00112.8600301112
2018-12-21$12.63$15.0058.8%16.9%28.4%48.7%0.0%0.0%-40.9%-43995.0K-177103.00100.15034300104
2018-12-24$12.66$15.0054.1%15.5%28.5%43.9%0.0%0.0%-9.3%-73895.3K-29712.7539.9133476120
2018-12-26$13.02$15.0052.7%15.1%29.4%42.4%0.0%0.0%-9.1%-918100.0K-2920.0039.626076120
2018-12-27$12.66$15.0051.5%14.8%30.8%41.1%0.0%0.0%-10.8%-516100.5K-2860.0040.0518090120
2018-12-28$13.14$15.0046.8%13.4%28.7%36.3%0.0%0.0%-9.5%-62491.6K-3640.0053.0718090120
2018-12-31$12.87$15.0051.7%14.8%29.3%41.4%0.0%0.0%-12.3%-562101.7K-2800.0041.300090120