Shares of Ares Capital Corp. (ARCC) are up .08 to 17.47. ?ARCC is in the middle of the 52-week range.
Today paper traded 1208 ARCC Apr 18 calls for.10.? The ADV is 339 contracts.? The OI is 130 contracts.
The volume went up in two blocks.? The trade on the strike is over 5000 contracts as of this writing with a standing .10 bid for the calls.? Most of the paper looked buy to open this morning.? With the low IV the traders are looking for a big move in the short term from a possible news announcement.
30-day implied volatility is 16%.? ?10-day implied volatility is 6%.? 30-day implied volatility is trading above the 10-day historical volatility.
Ares Capital Corporation (Ares Capital) is a specialty finance company, which is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company.?