EQUITY/INDEX OPTION SYMBOL GUIDE
MONTH CALLS PUTS STRIKE PRICE CODE
JANUARY A M 5 A
FEBRUARY B N 10 B
MARCH C O 15 C
APRIL D P 20 D
MAY E Q 25 E
JUNE F R 30 F
JULY G S 35 G
AUGUST H T 40 H
SEPTEMBER I U 45 I
OCTOBER J V 50 J
NOVEMBER K W 55 K
DECEMBER L X 60 L
65 M
Stock Option Market Codes: 70 N
A American Stock Exchange 75 O
C Chicago Board Options Exchange 80 P
N New York Stock Exchange 85 Q
P Pacific Stock Exchange 90 R
X Philadelphia Stock Exchange 95 S
100 T
Equity Option symbols consist of the root SPECIAL VALUES U-Z
symbol (IBM, OEX, ect.) followed by the
month Put/Call letter code and the Strike Special Values on Strike Price
Price letter code. An IBM March Call Codes for symbols U-Z are
option with a strike price of 155 = IBMCK assigned by the exchange.
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DOW JONE INDEX OPTION SYMBOL GUIDE
STRIKE PRICE CODE
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53 79 A
54 80 B
55 81 C
56 82 D
57 83 E
58 84 F
59 85 G
60 86 H
61 87 I
62 88 J
63 89 K
64 90 L
65 91 M
66 92 N
67 93 O
68 94 P
69 95 Q
70 96 R
71 97 S
72 98 T
73 99 U
74 100 V
75 101 W
76 102 X
77 103 Y
78 104 Z