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»Forums Index »Archive (2017 and earlier) »IQFeed Developer Support »Option Symbol Conventions

Author	Topic: Option Symbol Conventions (3 messages, Page 1 of 1)
stargrazer -DTN Guru- Posts: 302 Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Right Here & Now	Posted: Sep 3, 2013 12:13 PM Msg. 1 of 3 Two questions regarding options in the Market Symbols file: 1) In the following line: AGII11418A36.36 AGII JAN 2014 C 36.360 OPRA OPRA IEOPTION The option base symbol is AGII1. But in the descripion, the underlying shows as AGII. What is the 1 after the symbol, but before the four digit date, represent? There are a number of symbols referencing the underlying this way. 2) The question is in the third set of symbols: These I know are regular options: SPY1304J145 SPY OCT 2013 C 145.000 OPRA OPRA IEOPTION SPY1319J145 SPY OCT 2013 C 145.000 OPRA OPRA IEOPTION These I know are mini options: SPY71319J145 SPY OCT 2013 C 145.000 OPRA OPRA IEOPTION But what are these options? With symbol SPYJ? The underlying in the description indicates SPY. SPYJ1304J145 SPY OCT 2013 C 145.000 OPRA OPRA IEOPTION SPYJ1319J145 SPY OCT 2013 C 145.000 OPRA OPRA IEOPTION
DTN_Steve_S -DTN Guru- Posts: 2093 Joined: Nov 21, 2005	Posted: Sep 3, 2013 02:38 PM Msg. 2 of 3 An option with a number after the root but before the expiry date indicates it is an adjusted option (usually due to a split/merger of the company). The numbers themselves are irrelevant (with the exception of minis = 7 as you have pointed out) except to indicate the option is adjusted "in some way". I do not know what the J represents. I have forwarded that over to our market data group for investigation. I'll let you know what I come up with on this one.
DTN_Steve_S -DTN Guru- Posts: 2093 Joined: Nov 21, 2005	Posted: Sep 3, 2013 03:08 PM Msg. 3 of 3 Apparently these are Jumbo options (1000 shares vs 100 shares).