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Option Chain Functionality

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Options Chain video: Options Dashboard title slide with a play button and the IV bar with Liquidity, Skew, and Accelerator gauges
Expiration Cycle dashboard annotated: earnings date with days remaining (red if under 7), Open Interest, Avg and Prev Volume, P/C Ratio, current/average/high/low IV, the IV volatility bar against its 52-week range, and the Liquidity, Skew, and Accelerator gauges
Liquidity: the lower it is, the higher the Bid/Ask spread becomes, making it more difficult to exit a position. Skew: the black mark is the average for this symbol — green means more Calls than average are being traded, red more Puts. Accelerator: the higher the Previous Day’s Volume is in relation to the Average 5-Day Volume, the higher the Acceleration.

Research>Option Tab, click on “Expiration Cycle” for the “Call+Put”, “Calls” or “Puts” view.

Options tab for KR with the Expiration Cycles button highlighted and the note to click it to view available expiration cycles; the chain reads Please Select Expiration Cycle

Option Chain Expiration Cycles

The Option Chain Expiration Table gives you control of selecting which Expiration Cycle(s) you want to view.

The Option Dashboard provides a wealth of pertinent information to make informed decisions easier.
See below for more detail

Expiration Cycles: All available options will be displayed. Monthly Options are indicated with an asteriskAsterisk (monthly option) marker

NVDA Expiration Cycle table: the dashboard on top (Open Interest, volumes, P/C ratio, IV range, Liquidity/Skew/Accelerator gauges) and a row per expiration with DTE, volumes, OI, P/C ratio, IV%, SD1, and bid/ask spreads; asterisks mark monthly options

Select Expiration Cycles

Click ‘OK”

Chain will display for selected

Steps beside the KR chain: 1 select expiration cycle(s), 2 click OK, 3 click Expiration Cycles on the chain to change selections; the chain then shows the two selected October cycles