Options Chain Column Descriptions

Quote Data
Strike Option strike price; the price at which the owner of an option can purchase (call) or sell (put) the underlying security
Symbol Stock, option, or index symbol. This column cannot be removed or moved within the Watch List.
Last Trade Price of last trade
Change Change from Previous Close to Last Trade
Bid Current inside Bid price
Ask Current inside Ask price
Midpoint Midpoint between Bid and Ask
Volume Number of shares/contracts the security has traded for the day
Bid Size The quoted size of the inside bid price
Ask Size The quoted size of the inside ask price
Open Int Open Interest is the total number of outstanding options contracts that have not yet been closed
% Change Percent change from Previous Close to Last Trade
Last Size Size of last trade
Last Time Time of last trade
Chg (Open) Change from Open to Last Trade
% Chg (Open) Percentage change from Open to Last Trade
Open Opening price for the day
High Highest price the security has traded at for the day
Low Lowest price the security has traded at for the day
Prev Close Closing price from previous market session
Ending Ask Ending Ask price of the market session
Ending Bid Ending Bid price of the market session
Ending Mid Ending Midpoint price of the market session
Intrinsic Value The value by which the option is in the money, calculated for calls as (underlying price – strike price), or for puts as (strike price-underlying price)
Time Value The value of the option that is not attributed to the intrinsic value, calculated as (Midpoint - Intrinsic Value)

 

Greeks
IV

Implied Volatility based on the option midpoint price and underlying price as calculated with selected option pricing model.

IV is a theoretical value (in %) designed to represent the forecasted volatility of the security or index as determined by the prices of multiple call and put options using the Black-Scholes pricing model.

Other variables usually include security price, strike price, risk-free rate of return, and days to expiration. If all other variables are equal, the security with the highest volatility will generally have the highest option prices.

IV Ask Implied Volatility based on the option ask price and underlying price as calculated with selected option pricing model.
IV Bid Implied Volatility based on the option bid price and underlying price as calculated with selected option pricing model.
Delta Estimate of the change in option price per one point change in the underlying price based on the selected option pricing model.
Gamma Measures the change in delta for a change in the underlying security price
Theta Estimate of the change in option price per one day passing based on selected option pricing model.
Vega Estimate of the change in option price per a 1% change in volatility of the underlying based on selected option pricing model.
Rho Estimate of the change in option price per a 1% change in interest rates based on selected option pricing model.

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