Other Data Sources

The Security Name

Type in a name for the security. This is required. If you are using the CBOE web site, this is the ticker of security. Otherwise, this is used only for the display, and you should enter a name that lets you easily recognize the security; for example, for a stock such as IBM, you may simply enter IBM.

Link Bid To

For data from the CBOE Internet site, leave this blank; the program uses the last traded price of the security.

For data from a Web Table, this will be entered for you.

With a data source such as Reuters or data from Excel, this is the information needed to get the bid price of the security from the data source. To get the bid for IBM from the New York Stock Exchange on Reuters, you would type in IBM.N,BID while NIBM BID would be the corresponding entry for Telerate. If you wanted to trade at the last traded price, you would replace BID with LAST.

If your data source is Excel, simply type in the row and column information. For example, type in R2C3 if the bid is in Row 2 Column 3.

Link Ask To

For data from the CBOE Internet site, leave this blank; the program uses the last traded price of the security.

With a data source such as Reuters or data from Excel, this is the information needed to get the ask price of the security from the data source. To get the ask for IBM from the New York Stock Exchange on Reuters, you would type in IBM.N,ASK while NIBM ASK would be the corresponding entry for Telerate. If you wanted to trade at the last traded price, you would replace ASK with LAST.

If your data source is Excel, simply type in the row and column information. For example, type in R2C4 if the ask is in Row 2 Column 4.