Options Tab Columns

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The Options Tab allows you to view up to 19 types of information about each option in a chain.

Configuring Options Tab Columns

Click Settings > Option Page Columns in the Trading window. The following window opens:
To add a column, click on a column name in the Available Columns list and click Add to add it to the Selected Columns (which are the columns that will display).
To remove a column, click on a name in the Selected Columns list and click Remove.
To sort the Selected Columns list, click on a name and use the Move Up/Move Down buttons to change its location in the list.

TIP: If you only want to rearrange the columns but not add new ones, you can right-click on the column header and select a different column for that position or you can use drag-and-drop.

Available Columns
Strike	Option strike price; price at which the option may be exercised
Symbol	Option symbol, showing (in order) underlying symbol (root symbol), expiration date, strike price, and Call or Put
Last	Price at which the option last traded
Time of Last	Time at which this option last traded
Exchange of Last	Exchange on which this option last traded
Net	Net change from yesterday's close price
Bid	Current inside bid price
Ask	Current inside ask price
Size	The available number of contracts for the bid and ask, displayed as [bid quantity] x [ask quantity].
Volume	Cumulative volume for the day
Open Interest	Total number of outstanding option contracts in a particular series
Implied Volatility	The 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.
Delta	Indicates how much the price of a call option moves for every one-point move in the price of the underlying security.
Gamma	Measures the change in delta for a change in the underlying stock price.
Theta	The change in option price in relation to the time left before the option expires.
Vega	The change in option price in relation to a 1% change in volatility.
Rho	The change in the price of an option resulting from a 1% change in interest rates.
Ask Implied Volatility	Implied Volatility based on ask price.
Bid Implied Volatility	Implied Volatility based on bid price.