Option Dynamics Download and Installation
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System Requirements:
Windows XP, Windows Vista - With current Service Pack installed.
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz or faster
17" or larger monitor with a minimum of 1024x768 resolution
2 GB Ram
40 MB available disk space
DSL or Cable Modem
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
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Release Notes:
Version 1.0 Build 149 - 1/31/10
- New Option Symbol format
- Updated Data Manager v10.6
- Miscellaneous issues fixed
- Maintenace release
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Version 1.0 Build 147 - 12/29/09
- Fixed issue with Option Chains not updating
- Maintenace release
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Version 1.0 Build 145 - 5/28/09
- Added Moving Average Envelope Study to Charts
- Added Custom Scan List to Matrix Scanner
- Added Williams Percent R study to Charts
- Added right click to Option Chain which allows users to open an Options Chart or Underlying chart with the Options chart
- Added Probability Break Even and Probability In The Money to the Options Chain
- Added Candle Stick Pattern Study to Charts
- Added Added Roadblock Study to Charts
- Added DT Volatility Difference Study to Charts
- Added Comparative Chart Study to Charts
- Added Apply button to all Studies and Indicators
- Added Save Results to Matrix (Custom List - List File - Excel File - Text File)
- Added Ability to scan on Option Symbols with custom Options Filters to Matrix
- Added Preset Advanced Option Filters to Matrix
- Added Interest Rate options to Risk Graph custom models
- Added Profit Line to Line Drawing Tools in Charts
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Version 1.0 Build 122 - 1/8/09
- Initial release. Please see the Features page for more information.
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New Option Industry Format (Effective 1 Feb 2010)
Stock options symbols as we’ve known them are changing. Starting February 2010 the Options Clearing Commission (OCC) has voted to chance current option symbols to be replaced with a new option symbol format. The current format is limited as the options business has grown and diversified. Hence, the OCC has decided to replace the five-character OPRA code with a new 21-character symbology key for identifying and trading options. The new, longer symbol format will be able to accommodate new products and support future growth and better meet the need of option traders and the industry. The conversion begins in February 1st, 2010. |
New Option Symbol Format:
Required
Option
Distinction |
Stock
Symbol |
Required
Blank
Space |
Expiration Year |
Call/Put
Month
Code |
Strike Price |
Expiry Day
(optional) |
Region Code
(optional) |
O: |
IBM |
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10 |
B |
150.00 |
D5 |
A |
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Examples of New Option Format:
| O:GS 10B150.00 |
Goldman Sachs FEB 2010 Call for 150.00 |
| O:IBM 10O75.00 |
IBM MAR 2010 Put for 75.00 |
| O:IBM 10O100.00B |
IBM MAR 2010 Put for 100.00 Boston Exchange |
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| Option Symbol Format Key: |
| Required Option Distinction |
Option Symbols always start with O: or o: (letter o, not number zero) |
| Stock Symbol |
Underlying Stock Symbol for option (root) |
| Required Blank Space |
Required space between stock symbol and options information |
| Expiration Year |
Two digit expiration year of option (10 = 2010) |
| Put/Call Month Code |
Call |
Month |
Put |
A |
January |
M |
B |
February |
N |
C |
March |
O |
D |
April |
P |
E |
May |
Q |
F |
June |
R |
G |
July |
S |
H |
August |
T |
I |
September |
U |
J |
October |
V |
K |
November |
W |
L |
December |
X |
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| Strike Price |
Default value in 1/100ths – Example - 25.00 or 175.00 |
| Expiry Day (optional) |
D - for Daily/Quarterly expiry + day of month 1 - 31
Example: D31
Used for Quarterly, Weekly or any expiry other than 3rd Saturday |
| Region Code (optional) |
A |
AMEX |
B |
Boston |
C |
CBOE |
I |
ISE |
P |
NYSE-Arca |
X |
Philadelphia Options Exchange |
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