Options

CQG IC offers these options applications:

      Options Window

      Options Monitor

      Options Calculator

      Volatility Workshop

      Strategy Analysis

      Options Graph

QTrader offers these options applications:

      Options Window

      Options Monitor

      Options Calculator

      Strategy Analysis

 

See Symbology for specifics about options symbol formatting. Strike prices must be formatted exactly as shown on the Options Window.

Search CQG’s Workspaces for options Excel dashboards, such as Option Put Call Ratios and Volume by Month.

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This table identifies the outputs you can expect on each options application:

Application

Displays

Inputs

Outputs

Options Monitor

calls and puts

symbol

 

      Identifies underlying price, days until expiration, expiration date, volatility, implied volatility shift, and interest rate

      Lists 40+ data points (price, volume, Greeks, volatility, net change, time, etc.) by strike price

Options Window

calls or puts

symbol

 

      Identifies underlying price, days until expiration, expiration date, volatility, implied volatility shift, interest rate

      Lists by strike price: price, net change, time, underlying price, theoretical value, implied volatility, Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, volume, open interest, Rho, theoretical price value, volatility curve value

Options Graph

calls and/or puts

symbol

 

      Charts volume/open interest, tick volume, theoretical price value, Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, or implied volatility against strike price

Options Calculator

calls or puts

symbol

option

strike

model

WhatIf (optional)

      Identifies premium, Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta, Rho

      Charts premium, Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta, Rho based on underlying price, days to expiry, interest rate, and volatility with second curve for WhatIf (optional)

      Charts implied volatility against strike price (Vol.Skew)

Strategy Analysis

calls or puts

symbol

strategy

model

chart axes

limits

range parameters

trade details

WhatIf (optional)

      Identifies Greeks, Cost, TradeTimes, VolumeOI, Underlying

      Charts P&L, Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, Rho against underlying price

      Charts time value against days to expiration

      Lists by strike price: entry values for today’s date and expiry and values for Greeks, provides days until expiration (Table tab)

Volatility Workshop

calls or puts

symbol

option

approximation parameters

modification parameters

      Charts implied volatility by strike price