ARCC / Ares Capital Corporation - Put/Call Ratio, Options Sentiment, Unusual Options Activity

Put/Call Ratios - Forward Looking and Historical

By looking at the put/call ratios of specific expirations, we can deduce what the options markets think of the short, medium, and long-term outlook of the company.

Expiry	DTX	Open Put Interest	Open Call Interest	Put/Call Ratio
2025-09-19	12	42,166
2025-10-17	40	262
2025-12-19	103	27,617
2026-01-16	131	17,606
2026-03-20	194	531
2027-01-15	495	13,880

Date	Put OI	Put OI (OTM)	Call OI	Call OI (OTM)	Put/Call Ratio	Put/Call Ratio (OTM)
2025-09-05	102,062	90,298
2025-09-04	101,941	90,166
2025-09-03	101,643	90,057
2025-09-02	101,411	89,944
2025-08-29	101,360	89,939
2025-08-28	101,311	89,928
2025-08-27	101,042	89,738
2025-08-26	101,037	89,711
2025-08-25	100,600	89,292
2025-08-22	100,547	89,296
2025-08-21	100,557	89,332
2025-08-20	100,414	89,243
2025-08-19	98,114	86,974
2025-08-18	97,813	86,860
2025-08-15	90,966	79,571
2025-08-14	90,589	79,127
2025-08-13	88,483	77,260
2025-08-12	88,696	77,265
2025-08-11	87,381	76,085
2025-08-08	86,677	75,614

Unusual Options Activity - Trade Volume

The Put/Call Ratio shows the total number of disclosed open put option positions divided by the number of open call option options. Since puts are generally a bearish bet and calls are a bullish bet, put/call ratios greater than 1 indicate a bearish sentiment, and ratios less than one indicate a bullish sentiment.

Unusual options activity (UOA) is generally considered a strong signal for a directional price movement. One metric of unusual options activity is the total volume of put or call options divided by the open interest in the same option type. If the total volume of call or put options exceeds the current open interest, then that is considered unusual and indicates a strong directional signal. In the table below, any date on which the volume of an option exceeds the current open interest is highlighted in green (for call options) or red (for put options).

For example, if, on any trading day, the call volume exceeds the current call open interest, then the Call Volume/Call OI ratio will be greater than one and that cell in the able will be highlighted in green. This would indicate a significant purchase of call options, which is a bullish signal. Likewise, if the opposite is true - the put volume exceeds the put open interest, then the table cell would be highlighted in red and represent a strong bearish signal.

Update Frequency: Daily

Date	Put Volume	Put OI	Put Volume /Put OI	Call Volume	Call OI	Call Volume /Call OI
2025-09-05	619	102,062		487	67,559
2025-09-04	803	101,941		11,116	63,728
2025-09-03	805	101,643		1,310	63,700
2025-09-02	305	101,411		1,500	63,569
2025-08-29	225	101,360		789	63,215
2025-08-28	95	101,311		1,168	63,198
2025-08-27	565	101,042		791	62,967
2025-08-26	692	101,037		1,871	62,111
2025-08-25	618	100,600		2,140	61,874
2025-08-22	256	100,547		2,311	61,594
2025-08-21	181	100,557		780	61,525
2025-08-20	648	100,414		1,067	61,555
2025-08-19	3,936	98,114		1,874	61,307
2025-08-18	690	97,813		1,186	60,774
2025-08-15	8,973	90,966		1,660	64,834
2025-08-14	735	90,589		512	64,783
2025-08-13	2,326	88,483		2,247	64,420
2025-08-12	190	88,696		2,548	63,214
2025-08-11	2,820	87,381		1,508	63,172
2025-08-08	1,006	86,677		1,975	63,426
2025-08-07	535	86,450		368	63,474
2025-08-06	652	86,564		405	63,245
2025-08-05	162	86,557		473	63,023
2025-08-04	2,093	85,274		735	62,507
2025-08-01	294	85,162		469	62,628

Option Premium Bought/Sold - Total Market

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Option Greeks - Delta, Gamma, Theta

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Option Trading Volume - Total Market

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Option Trading Volume - Exchange

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