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- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!intrepid!gary
- From: gary@intrepid.com (Gary Funck)
- Subject: Re: Stock Option symbols
- Organization: Intrepid Technology, Inc.
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:42:17 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.164217.7180@intrepid.com>
- References: <BxxL0r.31J@SSD.intel.com>
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- In article <BxxL0r.31J@SSD.intel.com> tim@ssd.intel.com (Tim Gates) writes:
- >Is there someone out there that has some information on the stock option
- >symbols for, say, the fortune 500 companies? My local broker has a free,
- >dial-up quoting system and I was looking to track some of the larger company
- >options. Silly me, I thought the stock symbol would be the same as the
- >option symbol with an addition of a strike price and put/call selection, but
- >it isn't. Help anyone?
- >
- >Thanks in advance,
- >tim@ssd.intel.com
-
- Tim,
-
- Call 1-800-OPTIONS (the CBOE) and ask for their "Directory of Listed
- Options". Also, ask for their nifty little calendar that shows
- expiration dates and gives a crib sheet for coming up with the
- proper options symbol, once you have the "root symbol" listed in
- the directory.
-
- - Gary
-
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