In June, Cboe made it official: the exchange group confirmed global trading hours (GTH) for VIX and SPX options, which would make the products tradable nearly 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. And now, it’s live. (Note: All following times are in Eastern.) Those first...
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At SpiderRock, we often get questions about historical stock options closing prices. Knowing the methodology used to capture your closing prices is fundamentally part of the data analysis being performed. Unlike the underlying stocks, there is no official close for...
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As equity derivatives markets have grown in terms of volumes, products offered, number of exchanges, and technological sophistication, so too has the literature surrounding options pricing models and the challenges posed by quantifying that all-important variable:...
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Consider the ocean of elements that comprise U.S. equity derivatives markets — 16 options exchanges, thousands of optionable securities, tens of millions in average daily volume, billions of daily messages, and a growing constituency of active, self-directed options...
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When it comes to option analytics, simply having an eye on the numbers is not enough. To ensure data consistency, real time options data and analytics should be integrated with the same data source and produced holistically. Combining historical datasets with real...
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How do you evaluate Raw and Normalized Options Market Data? Raw options market data feeds should generally include basic equity prices and underlying fundamental data direct from an exchange or the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA) prices. You can read more...
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