Options Symbols

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The Options Symbology key consists of the following data elements:

Security Symbol
The security symbol will have a maximum of 5 characters and may contain digits.
In those instances where there is a 5 character underlying with a corporate
action, the symbol will be converted into a 5 character symbol.

Expiration Year
The expiration year will have a maximum of 2 digits (example: year 2009 = 09)

Expiration Date
The expiration date will have a maximum of 2 digits.

Expiration Month
The expiration month is a single character code and represents month/put/call.
Month Codes
 
Options
Month
Calls
Puts
January
A
M
Feburary
B
N
March
C
O
April
D
P
May
E
Q
June
F
R
July
G
S
August
H
T
September
I
U
October
J
V
November
K
W
December
L
X

Strike Price
The strike price will have a maximum of 7 characters with leading/trailing 0s
trimmed and decimal point included if necessary

Here are some examples of the current options symbol format.

SYMBOLDESCRIPTION
CSCO1220V19Cisco October Put at 19.00 Expiring on 10/20/12
AMZN1017D110Amazon April Call at 110.00 Expiring on 04/17/10
MSFT1220J30.5Microsoft October Call at 30.50 Expiring on 10/20/12