Bailey Nevener 40 Posted March 19 (edited) This is a short guide on how to read option symbols in DAS Follow me on YouTube and Twitch where I live stream my trading day: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkK2SWIsYGuWm1gtlbD2C4w Also follow my Journal on BBT where I record my trading results: https://forums.bearbulltraders.com/topic/2516-youtube-video-journal-see-the-progress-profitloss/page/4/ When you initiate an option position in DAS, it can be confusing knowing how to interpret the Symbol Column referencing the Option Contract. For example: A DAS Position Window with a closed option position. Symbol Reference Guide + SYMBOL ^ YEAR MONTH DAY STRIKE "+" - denotes an option position SYMBOL - the underlying symbol "^" or " * " - denotes whether the option is a Call ( ^ ) or Put ( * ) YEAR - the year the option expires, represented by: 2020 - A 2021 - B 2022 - C etc... MONTH - the month the option expires, represented by: 1 - January 2 - February 3 - March 4 -April 5 - May 6 - June 7 - July 8 - August 9 - September A - October B - November C - December DAY - the day the option expires, represented by: 1 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 3 4 - 4 5 - 5 6 - 6 7 - 7 8 - 8 9 - 9 A - 10 B - 11 C - 12 D - 13 E - 14 F - 15 G - 16 H - 17 I - 18 J - 19 K - 20 L - 21 M - 22 N - 23 O - 24 P - 25 Q - 26 R - 27 S - 28 T - 29 U - 30 V - 31 STRIKE - the strike price of the option (the decimal, if there is one, will also be displayed) ** While holding an Option Position in DAS it is important to know, ** the Shares column will actually show the # of Option Contracts you are holding instead of shares. ** (1 Option Contract is actually 100 Shares, but it would be displayed as 1 in the Shares column) Let me know if there are any clarifications I can make. I got all of this information from DAS's website at https://dastrader.com/documents/OptionSymbols.pdf Good luck trading maties! Edited March 19 by Bailey Nevener Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
