Guide to read option chain/data to trade stocks?

Discussion in 'Options' started by curiosity, May 31, 2025.

  1. spy

    spy

    Lol, that's fine... just remember when you're codifying your strategy you'll want to be specific or the computer will cut your fingers off ;)
     
    #31     Jun 1, 2025
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  2. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    OI change is greater than volume
    ΔOI > volume for OI > 0 and volume > 0 and ΔOI - volume > 0
     
    #32     Jun 1, 2025
  3. spy

    spy

    But how is Δ defined? Should the user just assume to know? WRONG... better test it or look at the impl.

    GL
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    #33     Jun 1, 2025
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  4. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    ΔOI = OI[0] - OI[1]
     
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    #34     Jun 1, 2025
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  5. spy

    spy

    Sometimes there's an "abs" thrown in there. You've been warned, lol.
     
    #35     Jun 1, 2025
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  6. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

    Especially when we want to know the absolute difference :D
     
    #36     Jun 1, 2025
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  7. spy

    spy

    Sometimes I wish I were born a lawyer... alas that change was not passed to me.

    C'est la Vie
     
    #37     Jun 1, 2025
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  8. L

    Yeah.

    Betting against you is an arb and his barchart link didn't show any -change on OI. Descending it started +.
     
    #38     Jun 1, 2025
  9. Sekiyo

    Sekiyo

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    #39     Jun 1, 2025
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  10. spy

    spy

    I was just spitballing in a casual conversation lunatic. Of course you want to get paid out now or something... deal w/ my bot tomorrow morning :thumbsup:
     
    #40     Jun 1, 2025