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There used to be an excel worksheet maintained by the CBOE and available for
download from the CBOE site (www.cboe.com ??) That had all the option roots
in it by equity symbol. Also has leaps,etc
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sentinel Trading [SMTP:rjbiii@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 9:00 AM
> To: rtobiass@xxxxxxx
> Cc: Omega List
> Subject: Re:cusip numbers and roots
>
> I've never had to put in the cusip#, but the root is the Symbol itself,
> for
> equities, if you let me know what the symbol is I'll put it in my universe
> get
> it collecting from DTN and then try sending you the data to import, which
> will
> put it into your server as well.
>
> For Futures the Root is SP for the S&P 500 futures.
>
> For equity options the root is the same as the underlying equity for NYSE,
> and
> AMX, and the unique root from the cboe is used for NASDAQ stocks. ABTX
> options
> are QXQ for example, IBM options are IBM.
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject: cusip numbers and roots
> Author: richard tobiassen
> Date: 5/10/99 10:14 PM
>
> Hi,
> I tried to set up a security.symbol..cra.......it is on the
> nyse..............a spinoff of perkin-elmer........ts2000i asks for the
> root and the cusip number...........I would have thought securities
> traded on major exchanges would not need more than symbol, exch ,,,,all
> the standard stuff of the last tradestation version........
> does anyone know where I can get cusip# and root?
> thanks and good trading
> rich t
>
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