Option symbology changes to reflect Options Industry Council new format
The OIC symbol format changes provide a common sense method for option ticker symbols. Several format styles were recommended. AIQ has adopted the following compliant format for options symbols:
| Underlying ticker symbol | Month/Year | Strike | Call/Put |
| XYZ | May10 | 170 | C |
For example the Goldman Sachs [GS] May 10 170 call symbol is GS May10 170 C
AIQ Charts real-time, AIQ RTAlerts and AIQ Quotes Barometer will accept the new symbol format. The first screen shot below shows AIQ Quotes/Barometer with several option tickers in the new format, the second screen shot shows the same tickers in AIQ RTAlerts.
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