DSU Blackrock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

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Key stats
About
Exchange
XNYS
Market Cap
$0.6B
List Date
1998-03-31
CIK
0001051003
Homepage
https://www.blackrock.com

Blackrock Debt Strategies Fund Inc is a closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to seek to provide current income by investing in a diversified portfolio of U.S. companies debt instruments, including senior and subordinated corporate loans, both secured and unsecured, which are rated in the lower rating categories of the established rating services or unrated debt instruments, which are in the judgment of the investment adviser of equivalent quality. The Fund may invest directly in debt instruments or synthetically through the use of derivatives. The Fund'…

Fund profile
Taxable Bond Multisector Bond iShares
Expense ratio
—
Assets
$555M
shares × price, Oct 21, 2026
Trailing yield
—
Average daily volume
$3.3M
30 sessions
Holdings
—
Listed
Mar 31, 1998
NYSE
FrenzyCap ETF score
57
how it is built
Costn/a
Liquidity50
Scale65
Diversificationn/a

Moves with. US large-cap stocks (14% of its variance, beta 0.22); High yield over Treasuries (5% of its variance, beta 0.51). These factors explain 26% of its daily moves over the last year, so most of what drives this fund is something else.

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Summary
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composite
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No summary data available for this symbol yet.

Each spoke is this symbol's rank within its sector (0–100; the dotted ring marks the sector median at 50). Higher is more constructive for a long. One spoke — News sentiment — is an absolute reading, not a sector rank. Grayed spokes have no data. A fuller shape is a summary, not a recommendation.

Chart
Seasonality
'21'22'23'24'25'26Avg
Jan1.74%-5.11%5.83%3.08%-0.92%0.10%0.79%
Feb0.94%-5.53%-0.30%-0.63%-0.83%-2.85%-1.53%
Mar1.38%-1.98%-2.96%-0.49%-2.61%-3.13%-1.63%
Apr-0.18%-2.13%1.15%-3.44%-1.25%3.62%-0.37%
May1.35%-3.80%-3.31%1.76%1.75%-1.90%-0.69%
Jun1.33%-5.68%3.82%-1.36%0.38%-0.72%-0.37%
Jul-2.97%5.10%2.75%1.10%-0.56%-3.14%0.38%
Aug3.59%-1.43%1.09%-1.63%0.47%0.42%0.42%
Sep-0.17%-6.50%0.39%1.01%0.09%-4.46%-1.61%
Oct1.65%1.00%-2.94%-2.09%-3.00%-3.03%*-1.40%
Nov-0.51%6.78%4.10%-0.64%-0.39%--1.87%
Dec1.21%-5.15%3.25%-1.01%-0.78%---0.50%
Total9.62%-22.68%13.10%-4.43%-7.47%-14.33%-4.37%
Technical Indicators

Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.

Trend Indicators
  • SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
  • EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
  • MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
  • ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
  • +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
  • RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
  • Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
  • Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.

Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.

Volume & Volatility
  • Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
  • OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
  • Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
  • ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
  • HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.

Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →

Trend Indicators

SMA 20: $8.82
SMA 50: $9.13
SMA 200: $9.65
Current: $8.65
EMA 12: $8.74
EMA 26: $8.88
MACD: -0.1391 | Signal: -0.0059
BEARISH
ADX (14): 63.36
STRONG TREND
+DI: 4.69
−DI: 41.11

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14): 28.84
OVERSOLD
Stoch %K: 15.80
Stoch %D: 15.83
Williams %R: -80.26

Volume & Volatility

BB Upper: $9.06
BB Lower: $8.58
NEUTRAL
OBV: -16,176,262
Vol SMA 20: 391,185
Vol ROC: 8.10%
ATR: $0.08
True Range: $0.06
HV 20: 11.1%
HV 30: 10.6%
HV 60: 8.7%

Data Summary

Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-23T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis

LLM Stock Analysis Report: DSU

Executive Summary

Overall Assessment: NEUTRAL (Confidence Level: 6/10)

Key Drivers:

  • The stock is trading in a range, with no clear trend direction.
  • Technical indicators are mixed, with bearish MACD and RSI neutral.
  • Recent news headlines have been neutral, with no significant market-moving events.

Primary Risks:

  • Low volatility, which may indicate lack of catalysts for significant price moves.
  • No earnings data available to provide insights into company performance.

Recent News Sentiment Impact: Neutral

Technical Analysis

Trend Direction: Range-bound (short-term), Medium-term trend is unclear.

Support/Resistance Levels:

  • SMA 20: $9.45 (support)
  • Upper Bollinger Band: $9.55 (resistance)

Momentum Signals:

  • RSI interpretation: Neutral (40.48)
  • MACD signal: Bearish (-0.03 / Signal: 0.00 / Histogram: -0.03)
  • Bollinger Bands position: Neutral

Volume Analysis: Low volume, with no institutional interest signals.

News & Sentiment Analysis

Recent Headlines Summary: Two recent headlines have been neutral, providing no significant market-moving events.

Sentiment Assessment: Neutral

Catalyst Identification: No upcoming earnings or product launches announced.

Market Narrative: The stock is trading in a range, with no clear trend direction. Recent news has been neutral, providing no significant market-moving events.

Risk & Volatility Assessment

Beta Interpretation: Low risk relative to the market (beta: 0.33).

Volatility Regime: Low volatility (stock volatility: 0.09).

Options Market Signals: No options data available to provide insights into institutional activity or unusual trading patterns.

Downside Protection: Support levels are present at SMA 20 ($9.45), and risk management considerations suggest monitoring this level for potential buy signals.

Market Context & Positioning

Sector Performance: The sector is performing neutrally, with no clear trend direction.

Institutional Activity: No institutional interest signals or volume patterns suggesting significant buying or selling pressure.

Correlation Analysis: Low correlation (0.49) suggests the stock may move independently of market trends.

Relative Valuation: The stock is trading within its historical range, providing no clear relative value insights.

Key Levels & Action Items

Critical Price Levels:

  • SMA 20: $9.45 (support)
  • Upper Bollinger Band: $9.55 (resistance)

Breakout/Breakdown Levels:

  • SMA 50: $9.52 (resistance)
  • Lower Bollinger Band: $9.35 (support)

Time-Sensitive Catalysts: No earnings or product launches announced.

Risk Management: Monitor SMA 20 ($9.45) as a potential buy signal, and consider setting stop-loss levels below this level to manage risk.

Note: The analysis is based on the provided data and may not reflect the full range of market conditions or potential catalysts that could impact the stock's performance.

Generated
News
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DSU Options Activity & IV Rank

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Spread Scanner GPU
Full Algorithm Docs ↗

Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →

Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)

score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.

Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)

RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.

Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
  • RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
  • MACD crossover + histogram trend
  • Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
  • Stochastic %K <20 / >80
  • Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
  • Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
  • Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
  • BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
  • IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
  • IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
  • Min open interest across all legs
  • OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05

score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →

Enter a ticker to scan for optimal spread opportunities.

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Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Metric:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol points

How much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.

  • Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
  • Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
  • Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
  • Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each side

Which side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.

  • Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
  • Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
  • Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
  • Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together

Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:

  • High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
  • Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
  • Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
ATM — / Wing —
30 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
ATM — / Wing —

Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.

Volatility Surface

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Volatility Smile

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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)
Straddle Price (30 DTE)
Beta Analysis

Risk Metrics

Beta: 0.3171
Alpha: -20.91%
Correlation: 0.4577
R-Squared: 20.9%
Stock Volatility: 8.8%
Market Volatility: 12.7%

Analysis Details

Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
Notable investors who own DSU
1 of 37 tracked investors
InvestorValueShare of their portfolioRankQ/Q sharesSource
Rockefeller Capital Management Family office
Rockefeller family
$31K
0.00%
#3578 of 4729+448.3%13F

Hedge funds, activists, holding companies and family offices we track, from their latest 13F (quarter-end value) and Form 4 filings in the last 3 years. Family offices · all institutions

DSU Institutional Ownership (13F)

Latest filings — 2026-09-30

Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.

  • Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
  • Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
  • % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
  • Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.

Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.

108 filers15,483,800 shares$149.69M value
# Filer Shares Value % of Total % of Float Period
1 Morgan Stanley Custodian 4,444,535 $43.11M 28.80% — 2026-06-30
2 Penserra Capital Management LLC 1,763,406 $17.11M 11.43% — 2026-06-30
3 GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 1,357,719 $13.17M 8.80% — 2026-06-30
4 LPL Financial LLC Custodian 696,289 $6.75M 4.51% — 2026-06-30
5 OAK HILL ADVISORS LP 578,922 $5.62M 3.75% — 2026-06-30
6 Invesco Ltd. Custodian 554,585 $5.38M 3.59% — 2026-06-30
7 Bank of America Corp Custodian 552,605 $5.36M 3.58% — 2026-06-30
8 Elevated Capital Advisors, LLC 462,634 $4.49M 3.00% — 2026-06-30
9 GREENUP STREET WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 396,179 $3.84M 2.57% — 2026-06-30
10 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Custodian 390,627 $3.79M 2.53% — 2026-06-30
11 Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 351,476 $3.41M 2.28% — 2026-06-30
12 Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd. 329,048 $3.19M 2.13% — 2026-06-30
13 GraniteShares Advisors LLC 272,252 $2.64M 1.76% — 2026-06-30
14 Bison Wealth, LLC 275,748 $2.44M 1.63% — 2026-09-30
15 Wells Fargo & Company Custodian 226,492 $2.20M 1.47% — 2026-06-30
16 Raymond James Financial, Inc. Custodian 221,746 $2.15M 1.44% — 2026-06-30
17 Smith Asset Management Co., LLC 196,494 $1.77M 1.18% — 2026-09-30
18 PMG Family Office LLC 168,146 $1.63M 1.09% — 2026-06-30
19 Royal Bank of Canada Custodian 131,908 $1.28M 0.85% — 2026-06-30
20 UBS Group AG Custodian 118,215 $1.15M 0.77% — 2026-06-30
21 Cetera Investment Advisers Custodian 116,699 $1.13M 0.76% — 2026-06-30
22 Whipplewood Advisors, LLC 98,931 $959.63K 0.64% — 2026-06-30
23 NewEdge Advisors, LLC 85,502 $829.37K 0.55% — 2026-06-30
24 Ethos Financial Group, LLC 84,153 $816.28K 0.55% — 2026-06-30
25 COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 75,051 $727.99K 0.49% — 2026-06-30
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period

DSU Insider Trading (Form 4)

Latest: 2026-02-03
Form 4 filings — insider beneficial-ownership changes by officers, directors, and 10%+ holders. Filed within 2 business days of transaction.
Filed Reporter Role Action Shares Avg Price Net $ Link
2026-02-03 Mitchell Garfin Mixed — $10.21 -$23.0K EDGAR
2026-02-03 David Delbos Mixed — $10.21 -$44.8K EDGAR
2026-02-03 Carly Wilson Mixed — $10.21 -$29.3K EDGAR
2025-02-04 David Delbos Mixed — $10.75 -$42.1K EDGAR
2025-02-04 Mitchell Garfin Mixed — $10.75 -$21.7K EDGAR
2025-02-04 Carly Wilson Mixed — $10.75 -$12.1K EDGAR
2024-10-30 Stayce D. Harris Director Buy (P) +10 $10.82 $108 EDGAR
2024-02-02 Carly Wilson Grant (A) +3,023 RSU — EDGAR
2024-02-02 Mitchell Garfin Grant (A) +5,424 RSU — EDGAR
2024-02-02 David Delbos Grant (A) +10,554 RSU — EDGAR
2023-02-02 David Delbos Mixed — $9.81 -$37.9K EDGAR
2023-02-02 Mitchell Garfin Mixed — $9.81 -$24.2K EDGAR
2022-02-03 David Delbos Mixed — $11.15 -$93.4K EDGAR
2022-02-02 Mitchell Garfin Mixed — $11.15 -$67.4K EDGAR
2021-02-02 David Delbos Mixed — $10.55 -$82.9K EDGAR
Codes: P = open-market purchase · S = open-market sale · A = grant/award · M = option exercise · F = tax withholding at vest · G = bona-fide gift · D = disposition to issuer · J = other (described in filing footnote — typically 401(k), trust, inheritance) · W = will/inheritance. Only P / S codes carry directional signal.

DSU Insider Holdings

4 insiders · @ $8.65
Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years, ranked by current disclosed exposure (shares × today's price). Shares are direct + indirect (via trusts / LLCs / spouse). Excludes unvested RSU and option grants — those aren't beneficially owned until vest.
# Insider Role Shares Disclosed Exposure Lifetime OM Net Filings Last Filed
1 David Delbos 53,836 $465.7K $0 8 2026-02-03
2 Mitchell Garfin 2,256 $19.5K -$56.4K 11 2026-02-03
3 Carly Wilson 1,166 $10.1K $0 3 2026-02-03
4 Stayce D. Harris Director 10 $86 $108 1 2024-10-30
Lifetime OM Net = signed sum of open-market buys (P) and sells (S) over their career; excludes grants, tax withholdings, and dispositions to issuer. A large negative number is normal for long-tenured executives — they've sold compensation grants over many years.
ETF Holders
4 ETFs hold DSU
4 shown · $16.97M total exposure · 1.45% AUM-weighted avg weight
# ETF Provider Weight $ Exposure ETF AUM As Of
1 YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF Amplify 1.45% $9.5M $657.2M 2026-10-20
2 PCEF Invesco CEF Income Composite ETF Invesco 0.60% $4.4M — 2026-10-20
3 HIPS GraniteShares HIPS U.S. High Income ETF Nport 2.40% $2.6M — 2026-06-30
4 VPC Virtus Private Credit Strategy ETF Nport 1.24% $376,150 — 2026-07-31
Fundamentals

Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.

Metrics
  • Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
  • Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
  • Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
  • Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
How to read the bars
  • Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
  • YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
  • Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
  • Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.

TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.