Opening a Chart
Reading Time: 2 minutesOpening a Chart From the Main Menu Bar Select Charts/Chart Type a base symbol for the chart in the <Symbol or Expression> entry. Tip: You can also click on the drop-down arrow in the symbol entry area to select a symbol that was previously used. What you can enter to create a chart: A
Read MoreOption Settings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Options Settings are listed separately. ATM Series Strike Strategy Options Calculator Option Publishing Click on the + sign next to Options to display the various options selections and change the default settings. Options Colors and Fonts Settings Change default colors and font for the various options displays.
Read MoreOption Window Templates
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOptions window templates let you design a format for Options that you can use for all of your options displays. To Save an Option Template: Customize your display. Click on your customized option window to make it the active window, and then select FILE/Save Option Template from the Main Menu Bar. In the dialog, under
Read MoreOptions Calculator Settings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSelect the pricing model you want to use with the Options Calculator.
Read MoreOptions Format Excel Link
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom either the Series or Strike view, you can select Format Excel Link from the right-click menu: Select the Link Type: The selection you make depends on whether the option is valid over time as At the Money changes, which curve gets used, and whether it matches or not. Fixed – If the selected strike
Read MoreOptions Get Symbol
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter selecting an Options View from the Main Menu, you will first be presented with a popup Window allowing you to select the contract to view: Symbol: enter the Symbol for the futures contract. Depending on the View selected, you may be required to enter the Root symbol or the complete Symbol including the Root
Read MoreOptions Overview
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOptions Get Symbol – After selecting an Options View from the Main Menu, you will first be presented with a popup Window allowing you to select the contract to view. ATM View – Options windows allow you to analyze the options of an underlying instrument using a number of pricing models. Series View
Read MoreOptions Publishing Settings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Options Publishing feature will allow you to automatically publish and display the calculated options “greeks” on a quote sheet without having the options window open in the background. Select Options and Option Publishing Select Automatic and any other underlying selections as shown in the diagram below and Click OK The other selections are the
Read MoreOptions Windows Properties
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou may change many of the values and parameters used in options pricing as part of your assumptions and the what-if analysis that you do. To change values that affect the whole window, right-click on the underlying section (bar at the top of the window) and select Properties or the What If command from the
Read MoreOther Displays Overview
Reading Time: 3 minutesMaps Menu Layered Weather Maps – The layered weather maps display detailed weather information in a Google Map format. Layered Data Maps – The Layered Data Maps include crop bids and basis information from DTN’s reporting locations around the United States. In addition, the USDA crop reports can also be layered on the maps. DTN
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