Fiwnin Options (Quote)

Requests:

OptionChain

Quote

Types:

·Query

·Delimited

Sample Code:

Coldfusion

ASP

JSP

PHP

Perl

About Finwin Options (Quote)

Finwin Options (Quote) will return a wddx recordset with the following columns.

Symbol - symbol of option with a root (i.e. DLQ) and a 2-letter Month/strike identifier (i.e. UW). Therefore, DLQ UW is the symbol for DELL Computer, September, 17.5 strike price
Expire - This is a whole number representing the date of expiration. First 2 positions are the month, next 2 are the day, and the next 2 are the year. 092201 would be 9/22/2001.
Strike - The strike price of this option.
Last - Option price at last trade.
Change - Change from previous price.
PChange - "Percent change" is the (change / close) * 100.
Open - Price of option at market open.
High - Today's High Price.
Low - Today's Low Price.
Close - Closing price at market's last close. During the market trading hours, this value represents the close of the previous trading day. After market hours it represents this days close.
Bid - Current Bid.
Ask - Current Ask.
Ask_size - Current Ask size.
Bid_size - Current Bid size.
Inc_Volume - Last Trade size.
Volume - Today's Cumulative trade volume.
OpenInt - Open Interest. This number represents the number of contracts currently held for that option. Open interest is an indication of the level or scale of interest in the option.

The optional parameter Fields is a list of all fields you wish to be returned. Utlizing this option will give you complete control over the data returned. If you leave this field blank or omit it altogether, you will be returned all applicable fields for the particular security type your are requesting.

You also have the ability to rename the field names. Among other benefits, this feature will allow you to more easily migrate existing applications to FinWin. To utilize this feature, simply use the format: Fields="NEWNAME=OLDNAME,...". For example, to rename SYMBOL to SYM, use: Fields="SYM=SYMBOL".