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For example, an Apple Inc AAPL.O call option that would have expired in December 2007 at a $122.50 strike price would be displayed as APVLZ in old convention (AAPL071222C00122500 in new convention). Stock option names are written in the following format: SYMBOL+MONTH+STRIKE. SYMBOL = Option Root Symbol, normally the stock's ticker symbol
Options Clearing Corporation's (OCC) Options Symbology Initiative (OSI) mandated an industry-wide change to a new option symbol structure, resulting in option symbols 21 characters in length. March 2010 - May 2010 was the symbol consolidation period in which all outgoing option roots will be replaced with the underlying stock symbol.
Many options calculators will simply provide the implied volatility for you when you input the stock’s ticker symbol. Factors influencing implied volatility Implied volatility can be influenced ...
In 2009, Bloomberg released Bloomberg’s Open Symbology ("BSYM"), a system for identifying financial instruments across asset classes. [1]As of 2014 the name and identifier called 'Bloomberg Global Identifier' (BBGID) was replaced in full and adopted by the Object Management Group and Bloomberg with the standard renamed as the 'Financial Instrument Global Identifier' (FIGI).
On January 19, 1993, the Chicago Board Options Exchange introduced the CBOE Volatility Index, commonly known as the VIX Index. [16] The index was developed by Robert E. Whaley, a Vanderbilt University finance professor, [17] and was intended to measure the 30-day implied volatility of S&P 100 option prices. [16]
On Monday, shares of PG&E (NYSE: PCG) saw unusual options activity. After the option activity alert, the stock price moved down to $9.05. * Sentiment: BULLISH * Option Type: TRADE * Trade Type ...
At 12:43 p.m., a trader bought 500 PG&E put options at a $21 strike price that expire on July 19. Shares of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) are up 27.4% over the past week on optimism that the ...
The RIC is made up primarily of the security's ticker symbol, optionally followed by a period and exchange code based on the name of the stock exchange using that ticker. For instance, IBM.N is a valid RIC, referring to IBM being traded on the New York Stock Exchange. IBM.L refers to the same stock trading on the London Stock Exchange. The ...