Legacy Option Format (Excel and Java)

Options on US Equities

Ticker Format: The letter O, then a colon (:) followed by the ticker, then a backslash (\),

then the two-digit year, then the month code, then the day of the month, then a backslash (\), followed by the price with a space before the decimal point.

Ticker Examples

O:GOOG\14A18\485 .0

Google - Jan 18, 2014 - $485.00 Call

O:ORCL\15A17\40 .0

Oracle - Jan 17, 2015 - $40.00 Call

O:IBM\16M15\130 .0

IBM - Jan 15, 2016 - $130.00 Put

O:F\14R21\17 .0

Ford - Jun 21, 2014 - $17.00 Put

Month Codes

A

January - Call Option

M

January - Put Option

B

February - Call Option

N

February - Put Option

C

March - Call Option

O

March - Put Option

D

April - Call Option

P

April - Put Option

E

May - Call Option

Q

May - Put Option

F

June - Call Option

R

June - Put Option

G

July - Call Option

S

July - Put Option

H

August - Call Option

T

August - Put Option

I

September - Call Option

U

September - Put Option

J

October - Call Option

V

October - Put Option

K

November - Call Option

W

November - Put Option

L

December - Call Option

X

December - Put Option