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After selecting a date, the option expirations' data will be displayed in the chain. The fields supported for historical futures options data are in the table below.

Field

Description

Theoretical

The theoretical value or price of the option

Theta

Theta is a measure of the time decay of an option, the dollar amount that an option will lose each day due to the passage of time

Vega

Vega measures the sensitivity of the price of an option to changes in volatility

Gamma

Gamma measures the rate of change in the delta for each one-point increase in the underlying asset

Delta

Delta measures the sensitivity of an option's theoretical value to a change in the price of the underlying asset

Implied Volatility

The volatility for the option calculated using the Black 76 Model (for spread options the Bachelier model is used)

Rho

The rate at which the price of a derivative changes relative to a change in the risk-free rate of interest (US Treasuries Yield and the Canada Bank Rate)