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»Forums Index »Archive (2017 and earlier) »IQFeed Developer Support »OptionChain for BBD equity returns Options not aligned with definition
Author Topic: OptionChain for BBD equity returns Options not aligned with definition (3 messages, Page 1 of 1)

ovolansky
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Posted: Jun 15, 2018 03:17 AM          Msg. 1 of 3
Hello,

today I requested OptionChain for BBD and my application failed on parsing Option name, as some of the returned options had different format.

BBD1918A15 - correct one
BBD11918A15.45 - not correct.

Can you please advice me, if it is an issue on your side, or when this could occurs?

Thank you,
Ondrej

DTN_Tim Walter
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Joined: Apr 25, 2006
Posted: Jun 18, 2018 08:06 AM          Msg. 2 of 3
Good morning,

Sorry I missed this, but this happens when a corporate action, like a split occurs.

You can see a list of the underlying option roots for a given item in the fundamental message in the "Root Option symbol" field. In this case, it shows BBD and BBD1. If there was another action done, a BBD2 root value would be created.

Tim

ovolansky
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Posted: Jun 21, 2018 03:50 AM          Msg. 3 of 3
Thank you for clarification
 

 

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