Recent content by TradeHunter

Absolutely agree, but the way I look at the problem is the following. Possibly, there are methods that allow to consistently outperform the market. Of course, they are well kept secrets and it is almost impossible for retail investors to have access at them. On the other hand, there is...

Many thanks for your answer. Your post raises the important point that his method should be, at the very least, coupled to the analysis of open interest.

Recently, I have been reading the daily postings by Andrew Wilkinson at seeking alpha: http://seekingalpha.com/author/andrew-wilkinson Andrew seems to be a pretty smart guy. He spots (well, his computer does) unusual high volume option trades and then, by looking at the times&sales...

Many thanks for pointing things out. Unfrotunately, I have hundreds symbols per day to convert and feed to DTN. Doing it by hand would be a nightmare. Do you happen ready a small script to do the trick?

Hi, everyone. The CBOE recently switched to the new option nomenclature. For example, the new symbol of the OVTI 2009 Dec 12.50 Call is now UCM0919L12.5, whereas it used to be UCMLV in the old format. Unfortunately, my data provider DTN is still using the old format. Therefore, I am...

I was wondering if there was any hedge fund basing its activity mainly on options. In positive case, is there any info available on the type of strategy employed?

Many thanks for pointing out this resource. It looks like it is just what I am looking for at a reasonable price. However, I am not clear abou the pricing: is the basic, delayed service at $55, whereas the real time stuff is $40? Also, would have a direct link to the basic service? Thanks...

I am looking for a report indicating for all the options the time of each sale, including the transaction price, plus the bid and the offer at that time. TradeHunter

Thanks for pointing out the trade-alert resource. Apparently, it has real time times & sales, but it also also rather expensive at $450/month. I would be happy also with a end of day service at a more affordable price. Thanks again for your help. TradeHunter

OOps! I found it. Thanks again.

Thanks for your reply, but I couldn't find this resource. Could you double check it?

Hi everyone. I am looking for a service that would give me the Times & of the options on the US stock market. Is there any kind soul that could help? Thanks in advance.