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Field

Description

Name

Underlying company name or commodity 

Open

Opening price for the day

High

The highest trade price for the day

Low

The lowest trade price for the day

Close 

The last traded price

Sale Condition

A special condition associated with the trade

Symbol

The ticker symbol

Volume

The total number of shares or futures contracts traded for the day

OI

The total number of futures contracts or options traded that have not yet been liquidated either by an offsetting futures transaction or by delivery

Volatility

Implied Volatility is the estimated volatility of the underlying stock over the term of the option (only available for equity options)

Theoretical Value

The hypothetical value of the options, calculated by the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (only available for equity options)

Delta

Measures the sensitivity of an option’s theoretical value to a change in the underlying price (only available for equity options)

Gamma

Measures the rate of change in the delta for every one point move in the underlying (only available for equity options)

Theta

The measure of the time decay of an option, the dollar amount that an option will lose each day due to the passage of time (only available for equity options)

Vega

Measures the sensitivity of the price of an option to changes in volatility (only available for equity options)

Rho

The rate at which the price of an option changes relative to a change in the risk-free rate of interest (only available for equity options)

Bid

The highest price a buyer of a security or instrument is willing to pay

Ask

The lowest price a seller of a security or instrument is willing to offer

Implied Volatility

The ATM average of the implied volatility of the nearest monthly contract

IV Change

 The underlying asset's change in implied volatility for the current trading session (only available for equity options)

IV Rank

The current IV compared to the highest and lowest values over the past 1-year. If IV Rank is 100% this means the IV is at its highest level over the past 1-year, and can signify the market is overbought (only available for equity options)

IV Percentile

The percentage of days with IV closing below the current IV value over the prior 1-year. A high IV Percentile means the current IV is at a higher level than for most of the past year. This would occur after a period of significant price movement, and a high IV Percentile can often predict a coming market reversal in price (only available for equity options)

Put/Call Volume Ratio

The total Put/Call volume ratio for all option contracts (across all expiration dates). A high put/call ratio can signify the market is oversold as more traders are buying puts rather than calls, and a low put/call ratio can signify the market is overbought as more traders are buying calls rather than puts (only available for equity options)

Options Volume

The total volume for all option contracts (across all expiration dates) traded during the current session (only available for equity options)

Put/Call Open Interest Ratio

The put/call open interest ratio for all options contracts across all expiration dates (only available for equity options)

Total OI

The total open interest for all option contracts across all expiration dates (only available for equity options)

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