strategic-options.com
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96points
26comments
#474of 2,242 in 2017
Top 22%of 2017 by points
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0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
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Yahoo options data is unreliable with bad bid/ask prices and missing expirations
From 3 comments
Another good source for option prices is: https://datashop.cboe.com I would not recommend to use the Yahoo or Google apis to get option prices. Some of the bid/ask prices are…
Schweigi on HNI tried using this and got really excited when I thought I found some options that were grossly mispriced (indicating that I could buy them, immediately exercise them, and make a…
SnacksOnAPlane on HNNote that you can't redistribute this data or generate income through it [0] per the Yahoo TOS [1]. Also note that Yahoo's data is somewhat unreliable [0, 2]. Unfortunately…
_dvdu on HN
Yahoo terms of service prohibit redistribution or income from the data
From 1 comment
Note that you can't redistribute this data or generate income through it [0] per the Yahoo TOS [1]. Also note that Yahoo's data is somewhat unreliable [0, 2]. Unfortunately…
_dvdu on HN
Alternatives named
CBOE DataShop
From 2 comments
Another good source for option prices is: https://datashop.cboe.com I would not recommend to use the Yahoo or Google apis to get option prices. Some of the bid/ask prices are…
Schweigi on HNWith IV and greeks from 1990 is $384.62 apparently: https://datashop.cboe.com/option-quotes-end-of-day-with-calcs Since CBOE is the exchange itself, I'd assume the quality of the…
Veratyr on HN
QuantConnect
From 2 comments
Note that you can't redistribute this data or generate income through it [0] per the Yahoo TOS [1]. Also note that Yahoo's data is somewhat unreliable [0, 2]. Unfortunately…
_dvdu on HNAt QuantConnect we offer minute level options trades"es for your backtesting. Its 400TB of data :D. (I'm founder of QC). To backtest it we run it on 5GHZ water cooled…
jaredbroad on HN
E*TRADE, TradeKing, Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade APIs
From 3 comments
The TradeKing API has quotes, including options quotes. I think all you need is a TradeKing brokerage account and then you can get an API key.…
caleblloyd on HNetrade also has a free API if you have an account: https://us.etrade.com/ctnt/dev-portal
imichael on HNIf you want to get more active, I'd recommend Interactive Brokers APIs: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=1325 Ditto for TDAmeritrade but their forums are not…
erikig on HN
quantmod in R
From 2 comments
Since you are using Yahoo and presumably option for further analysis .. you can get Option data in R using the following three lines: ```r require(quantmod) OPTS <-…
santa_boy on HNquantmod can pull in stock data easily if you just want to mess around: http://www.quantmod.com/examples/intro/ RStudio + quantmod is a good playground
brobinson on HN