OCSL Options History — December 2023

In December 2023, OCSL traded between $19.98 and $20.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.0%, placing in the 1.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.1% (HV 20d: 9.9%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.27.

Notable Days

  • 2023-12-13: Highest Volume — 1,423 contracts
  • 2023-12-11: Largest IV spike — 29.8% change
  • 2023-12-06: Highest IV Rank — 3.2%
  • 2023-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.31$19.98$20.71$19.98$20.44
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV17.0%12.3%24.6%22.1%16.4%
Expected Move3.9%2.9%6.3%6.3%4.7%
HV 20d9.9%6.8%12.5%8.7%12.5%
HV 60d16.8%14.7%18.3%18.3%14.7%
IV Rank1.8%0.9%3.2%2.8%1.7%
IV Percentile32.3%7.5%75.8%66.3%26.6%
Term Structure2.3%-9.6%7.3%-8.1%1.7%
VWIV14.4%10.0%25.5%22.2%16.5%
Skew 25d20.6%-0.5%132.8%-0.5%2.1%
Skew 10d58.9%-0.9%298.2%-0.9%7.8%
Call IV 25d12.9%10.7%22.5%22.5%14.5%
Put IV 25d33.5%12.3%145.7%22.0%16.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.0737.11108.7491.4565.87
Gamma HHI0.690.410.960.870.52
Net GEX-120.1K-772.4K175.5K-198.2K-56.2K
Net DEX-932.0K-3.8M1.2M1.2M-685.5K
Net VEX-10.1K-14.3K-6.0K-9.8K-14.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.270.0312.570.173.99
Total Volume351.3281,4231501,138
Total OI5,194.53,4396,3965,6175,320

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-12-01$19.98$20.0022.1%6.3%8.7%2.8%22.2%-0.5%-8.1%-198.2K1.2M-9.8K0.1791.45128222,7332,884
2023-12-04$20.04$20.0021.0%4.0%7.5%2.6%13.8%72.1%1.3%-283.7K829.1K-9.2K1.6138.8318292,8282,906
2023-12-05$19.98$20.0022.6%3.7%7.0%2.9%12.8%132.8%2.9%-250.3K1.2M-9.1K2.70101.07962592,8542,925
2023-12-06$20.02$20.0024.6%3.8%6.8%3.2%13.1%75.1%2.3%-254.5K1.2M-10.4K0.2942.6363182,9333,184
2023-12-07$20.18$20.0022.0%3.6%7.2%2.7%12.5%59.3%1.3%-471.7K-297.0K-9.2K0.0378.3118062,9463,200
2023-12-08$20.41$20.0016.2%2.9%7.9%1.7%12.2%2.2%5.3%144.6K-3.0M-6.4K0.4575.81213952,9493,206
2023-12-11$20.39$20.0021.0%3.0%7.9%2.6%11.3%1.7%6.1%128.7K-3.3M-6.6K0.2666.52242623,1483,119
2023-12-12$20.46$20.0023.5%3.0%7.7%3.0%11.6%1.1%4.8%159.0K-3.7M-6.3K4.9740.73331643,2243,101
2023-12-13$20.56$20.0016.7%4.8%7.8%1.8%17.0%28.6%-9.6%175.5K-3.8M-6.0K2.36108.744231,0003,2413,155
2023-12-14$20.07$20.0013.0%3.7%12.0%1.1%13.0%2.5%2.5%-772.4K81.4K-9.5K1.4285.581071522,0392,394
2023-12-15$20.13$20.0012.3%3.5%11.6%0.9%12.3%8.5%3.7%-710.1K-560.0K-9.7K1.84105.68811492,1522,453
2023-12-18$20.30$20.0013.7%3.9%11.8%1.2%13.7%3.1%2.9%64.5K-942.4K-9.9K4.8043.521507202,1241,315
2023-12-19$20.29$20.0013.9%4.0%11.7%1.3%13.9%2.6%2.3%15.1K-796.2K-11.5K3.8741.25532052,2731,778
2023-12-20$20.29$20.0012.9%3.7%11.6%1.1%12.8%2.2%3.5%-13.4K-661.7K-11.6K2.4582.8211272,2761,958
2023-12-21$20.30$20.0013.5%3.9%11.5%1.2%13.5%2.3%3.0%-7.5K-697.2K-12.1K0.2592.6676192,2941,978
2023-12-22$20.44$20.0013.8%4.0%11.6%1.2%13.7%1.6%2.9%2.3K-1.0M-11.9K1.0990.4346502,3201,983
2023-12-26$20.59$20.0015.0%4.3%11.8%1.4%25.5%2.8%2.9%13.6K-1.3M-11.7K12.5775.86536662,3662,034
2023-12-27$20.63$20.0012.4%3.6%11.8%1.0%10.0%6.0%7.3%-47.4K-1.1M-13.3K0.0476.562712,4272,691
2023-12-28$20.71$20.0013.3%3.8%11.3%1.1%15.9%5.2%6.6%-40.4K-1.3M-12.9K0.2737.11192522,4882,691
2023-12-29$20.44$20.0016.4%4.7%12.5%1.7%16.5%2.1%1.7%-56.2K-685.5K-14.3K3.9965.872289102,5982,722