Open Interest for Options data

Modified on 2019/10/31 06:23 by Eugene — Categorized as: Community Components

Syntax

public enum OptionType {Call, Put}

public class OptionsData { string Symbol, DateTime LastTradeDate, double Strike, double LastPrice, int Volume, double OpenInterest, double IV }

public static List GetDataForSymbol(string symbol, OptionType type, DateTime dt)


Parameter Description

symbolSymbol to get the options data
typeOptionType.Call or OptionType.Put
dtAn expiration date in the future

Description

For a given U.S. stock symbol, retrieves the option specific data (such as last trade date, strike, last price, volume, open interest and implied volatility) for a specified expiry date in the future and option type (call or put).

Example

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Drawing; using WealthLab; using Community.Components;

namespace WealthLab.Strategies { public class MyStrategy : WealthScript { protected override void Execute() { ClearDebug(); var dateTime = NextOptionExpiryDate(Bars.Count - 1); var key = Bars.Symbol + ";" + OptionType.Put + ";" + dateTime; PrintDebug(key); List lst = new List(); if (GetGlobal(key) == null) { lst = OpenInterestForOptions.GetDataForSymbol(Bars.Symbol, OptionType.Put, dateTime); SetGlobal(key, (object)lst); } else lst = (List)GetGlobal(key);

PrintDebug("Symbol" + "\t" + "Last Trade" + "\t" + "Strike" + "\t" + "Last Price" + "\t" + "Volume" + "\t" + "Open Interest" + "\t" + "IV"); foreach (var t in lst) PrintDebug(t.Symbol + "\t" + t.LastTradeDate + "\t" + t.Strike + "\t" + t.LastPrice + "\t" + t.Volume + "\t" + t.OpenInterest + "\t" + string.Format("Value: {0:P2}.", t.IV / 100d)); } } }