Options Data Definitions

IV Percentile: Indicates the percentage of days with implied volatility closing below the current implied volatility over the period. Range 0% to 100%.  E.g. if last 4 days of daily Imp Vol were 1.41%, 1.61%, 2.01%, 3.12% and the current is 1.91% then latest is the 3rd highest out of 5 days or 60%.

Open/Close: The last opening and closing price.

Volume Today/Avg: Today's and 30-day average trading volume.

Dividend: Most recent or upcoming dividend amount.

Ex-Dividend: Stock must be purchased prior to ex-dividend date to get the dividend.

VWAP: Volume-Weighted Average Price normalizes prices and indicates price trends. It is the average price within a period divided by the volume traded in the same period.

Implied Volatility (Annual Vol): Implied volatility measures the uncertainty of the underlying's price implied from the options prices. Learn more.

IV/HV: The ratio between Implied Volatility over Historical Volatility for a specific period.  If IV/HV is >1 it indicates that forecasted volatility (i.e., imp vol) is greater than the historical (i.e., observed) volatility.

Open Interest: Number of open option contracts for the given underlying, strike and expiration.

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