Golub Capital BDC Inc

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Golub Capital BDC Inc (GBDC) Implied Volatility Current

GBDC implied volatility is 58%. IV Rank is 27%, placing current premiums in the bottom of their 52-week range.

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Tracking GBDC implied volatility helps you identify when options premiums on Golub Capital BDC Inc are historically cheap or expensive, and where the best trades are hiding. Golub Capital BDC Inc implied volatility reflects the market's expectation of future price movement: when GBDC IV rises, option premiums increase, creating opportunities for sellers, and when it drops, buyers can find cheaper contracts. Use our scanner to monitor Golub Capital BDC Inc's implied volatility current levels in real time and filter for high-probability trades.

Implied volatility is derived from option prices using models like Black-Scholes and represents the annualized expected move of an underlying stock. For GBDC, tracking metrics like GBDC IV rank helps traders understand whether current implied volatility is historically high or low. IV rank compares today's reading against the past year's range — a high rank on GBDC signals rich premiums and potential mean-reversion, while a low rank may favor long options strategies.

Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) is a business development company and operates as an externally managed closed-end non-diversified management investment company. It invests in debt and minority equity investments in middle-market companies that are, in most cases, sponsored by private equity investors. It typically invests in diversified consumer services, automobiles, healthcare technology, insurance, health care equipment and supplies, hotels, restaurants and leisure, healthcare providers and services, IT services and specialty retails. It seeks to invest in the United States. It primarily invests in first lien traditional senior debt, first lien one stop, junior debt and equity, senior secured, one stop, unitranche, second lien, subordinated and mezzanine loans of middle-market companies, and warrants.

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Implied Volatility

IV Rank
27.38%IV Rank
Low

IV is below its typical range - premiums look reasonable for buyers.

Implied Volatility (30d)58.24%

IV Rank27.38%

Historical Volatility (30d)17.10%

IV - HV+41.14%

As of September 21, 2026

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