Goldman Sachs BDC Inc (GSBD) Historical Volatility

Tracking GSBD historical volatility helps you see how much Goldman Sachs BDC Inc's stock price has actually moved over past periods, giving you a baseline to judge whether current option premiums are fair, cheap, or expensive. While implied volatility tells you what the market expects, Goldman Sachs BDC Inc's HV tells you what really happened. Use our scanner to monitor GSBD 30 day historical volatility alongside longer lookback windows and spot the moments when realized and implied diverge.

Historical volatility is the annualized standard deviation of an underlying's past returns, typically measured over rolling windows like 10, 20, 30, or 60 days. The GSBD 30 day historical volatility is one of the most widely watched readings because it balances responsiveness with stability. Comparing Goldman Sachs BDC Inc's HV to its implied volatility reveals the volatility risk premium — when IV sits well above HV, option sellers tend to have an edge; when HV runs hot relative to IV, buyers may be underpaying for movement.

Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. is a business development company specializing in middle market and mezzanine investment in private companies. It seeks to make capital appreciation through direct originations of secured debt, senior secured debt, junior secured debt, including first lien, first lien/last-out unitranche and second lien debt, unsecured debt, including mezzanine debt and, to a lesser extent, investments in equities. The fund primarily invests in United States. It seeks to invest between $10 million and $75 million in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $75 million annually.

Sizing a long premium trade, modeling a covered call, or hunting volatility arbitrage all come back to one question: how much has the stock actually moved? Our scanner puts Goldman Sachs BDC Inc's historical volatility side-by-side with implied readings across every lookback window, so you can see exactly where GSBD HV is running hot, cold, or in line. Make the GSBD 30 day historical volatility — and every other window — work for your edge instead of against it.