Is it worth accumulating OHM right now? Here's the answer at a glance β with the why and the numbers behind it.
π‘ Normal β neither cheap nor expensive
OHM costs $17.27 and its treasury backing is $12.04: you pay a premium of +43.5%, cheap relative to its yearly range (percentile 22% of the year). If you buy and take the Cooler loan, you really only risk $5.96 per OHM (34.5%): below $11.31 you don't lose any more, no matter what.
No rush: you can wait for the premium to drop for a better entry.
Premium (yearly percentile)
+43.5% Β· p22
What you really risk / OHM
$5.96 (34.5%)
Floor β you don't lose below this
$11.31
β rising to $11.60 by 27 Oct 2026
GUARANTEED Β· ON-CHAIN
Your exit floor rises every day
The Cooler borrowable floor drips up linearly β about $0.0027/OHM every day β toward $11.60/OHM by 27 Oct 2026, reflecting rising backing (OIP-194a). By contract it can only go up, never down.
1 OHM costs $17.27 and has $12.04 of backing. The gap you pay is the premium.
Premium over backing
+43.5%
NORMAL
In the 22% percentile of the last year: among the cheapest.
What you really risk
$5.96
Max loss per OHM (34.5% of price). Below $11.31 (Cooler floor) you don't lose any more.
Carry while you wait
+$203.06
Per year for every $10K, parking the loan in sUSDS (3.6%) at 0.5% cost.
When to buy? β the premium and its zones
Hover over the chart to see each day
Green = cheap (buy) Β· amber = normal Β· red = expensive. The lower you buy, the less you risk and the more upside you have. The dashed gold line projects the premium forward: the floor/backing drips up on-chain, so even with no price move the premium drifts down toward the buy zone.
How much do you make per zone? β ROI / APR
ROI / APR by the zone you accumulate in
You can use the Cooler money two ways: park it in sUSDS (carry, conservative) or buy more OHM (loop, leveraged). ROI is the loop figure on your capital, assuming the premium reverts to its yearly median (+80%) or high (+95%). Carry APR is the safe alternative while you wait.
Entry zone
Price
Risk/OHM
Max leverage
Carry APR
ROI loop β med.
ROI loop β high
Very cheap (+15%)
$13.84
$2.53
5.5Γ
13.9%
+309.5%
+379.8%
Cheap (+30%)
$15.65
$4.34
3.6Γ
8.1%
+139.0%
+180.0%
Normal (+50%)
$18.06
$6.74
2.7Γ
5.2%
+53.7%
+80.1%
Expensive (+70%)
$20.46
$9.15
2.2Γ
3.8%
+13.3%
+32.7%
Very expensive (+90%)
$22.87
$11.56
2.0Γ
3.0%
β
+5.1%
Notice: in the cheap zones the possible leverage is higher (price sits near the floor) and ROI explodes β that's why using the loan to buy lower is so powerful. The trade-off: the loop raises max loss to 100% of your capital (at the floor), but never more, with no liquidation. Detail and both modes in the docs.
The floor here is today's. It drips up to $11.60/OHM by 27 Oct 2026, so every Risk/OHM above shrinks (and leverage rises) the longer you hold.
Live mechanics (read on-chain)
Cooler V2 β your loan / floor
0.50% APR
Lends $11.31/OHM Β· open. No price liquidations: your OHM is never force-sold.
Emissions β are you diluted?
NO DILUTION NOW
New OHM is only minted once premium β₯ 50%. Now 48.4% β below it, no dilution.
YRF β buyback & burn
ACTIVE π₯
Buys back ~$4.5K/week of OHM with revenue and burns it β pushes backing up.
Size your position
Position Sizer
OHM bought579.0
USDS borrowed β sUSDS$6,550.30
Capital at risk$3,449.70 (34.5%)
Max lossβ$3,449.70
Max loss if held to 27 Oct 2026β$3,283.11
Net carry / year+$203.06
P&L at exit Β· on capital at risk
Scenario
Price
P&L
vs risk
Floor (default)
$11.31
$-3,449.70
-100.0%
Floor @ 27 Oct 2026
$11.60
$-3,283.11
-95.2%
Backing
$12.04
$-3,029.56
-87.8%
Today
$17.27
+$0.00
+0.0%
Premium +50%
$18.06
+$455.66
+13.2%
Premium +80%
$21.67
+$2,546.80
+73.8%
Premium +100%
$24.08
+$3,940.89
+114.2%
Conservative: the loan goes to sUSDS and earns. Max loss only $5.96/OHM because below the floor you don't lose more. Cooler interest: 0.5%.
The floor rises on-chain, so holding shrinks your max loss by $166.59 by 27 Oct 2026 (same position, higher guaranteed exit).
Origami hOHM or do it yourself (manual)?
For you: stay MANUAL
hOHM is the SAME thing you already did (one maxed Cooler loan, tokenised). Verified on-chain: same leverage, same non-recourse protection. It doesn't earn you more; it charges you for convenience.
Manual (what you hold) β
Origami hOHM
Leverage
~3x max (you choose)
~3x (same, on-chain)
Fees
0
1% exit + 3.3% performance
Control
Full (your loan)
Delegated to the vault
Exit
Repay & sell OHM
Sell hOHM (thin, below NAV today)
Contract risk
Olympus only
Olympus + Origami
Management
Manual
Automatic
hOHM only pays off if you DON'T want to touch a loan and prefer a self-managed token. You already built it: switching costs fees and adds a risk layer, with no better return.
How many loops?
A βloopβ = use the Cooler USDS to buy more OHM and borrow again. Each round adds less. The real max is ~3x; beyond that it's impossible (the loan caps at ~95% of backing).
1.0x
Spot (0 loops)
1.9x
1 loan (~your case)
2.9x
Max β hOHM
π‘ Max loss is ALWAYS capped at your capital (non-recourse, no liquidation). You never owe more.
Right now: Mid premium β one moderate loan is fine; don't max out. Add only if the premium falls.