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Fact of life for for-profit exchanges: data has...
Fact of life for for-profit exchanges: data has become a large, predictable source of revenue and the margins are probably better than software or drugs. It's obviously not in their interest to give...
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September 1st, 2015, 06:16 PM
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Hi - Are these files "independent" in that a...
Hi - Are these files "independent" in that a person could download version 4c, get some data, play around with the new historical feature, and not interfere with downloads and analysis in their...
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June 24th, 2015, 09:06 PM
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Ah! Those darn Type 81 records. I should have...
Ah! Those darn Type 81 records. I should have known. :becky:
Thanks for the quick response!
ETA: I'm pretty sure they fixed it already (there's a 7:49 pm CT update). They must be watching us.
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June 24th, 2015, 08:35 PM
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FYI, I think there is an error in the ICE (NYBOT)...
FYI, I think there is an error in the ICE (NYBOT) file for today, June 24 p.m.
I went to the CME's FTP site to download it directly and it's about half its normal size.
Using the 'direct'...
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November 8th, 2014, 03:04 PM
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Option model used by CME SPAN
Hi - this is a (minor) caution about using the ATM IV figures in the CME SPAN files for long term tables and charts.
Below I've attached an image that compares CME SPAN IV on nat gas with the IV...
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October 4th, 2014, 03:57 PM
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^^ The revised method worked for me. - let...
^^ The revised method worked for me.
- let the whole thing download in a browser window
- CTRL A, CTRL C, open a notepad, CTRL V
- save notepad in SPAN4 > DATA folder, make sure it's saved as...
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October 4th, 2014, 12:38 PM
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Same thing. The two files download OK and if I...
Same thing. The two files download OK and if I "track select" or "scan select" ICE contracts the application works fine. If I include CME contracts the "calculating - please wait" window displays for...
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September 3rd, 2014, 10:19 AM
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It worked! I didn't break anything! Thanks...
It worked! I didn't break anything!
Thanks for adding the .txt file. That helped this novice to know what to look for.
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September 2nd, 2014, 08:46 PM
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DudeTooth - I have a selfish request...
DudeTooth -
I have a selfish request unrelated to the issue immediately above.
Would it take a lot of work to add the Kansas City (KE) wheat contract to your application? It doesn't have the...
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July 3rd, 2014, 11:06 AM
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Your work continues to impress! And I agree...
Your work continues to impress!
And I agree with your comments above. I think the summary stats are most useful when presented by PRODUCT and then by month within that PRODUCT. The separation...
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July 1st, 2014, 10:56 PM
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Well, whaddya know. A complete shut-down and...
Well, whaddya know. A complete shut-down and reboot and now it works fine.
I'll leave the post up in case someone has a similar problem in the future.
The puzzling thing was the partial...
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July 1st, 2014, 10:42 PM
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An incomplete download?
For the first time, the two daily files are not downloading and unzipping/extracting themselves. I thought it might be "my" version of PC-SPAN so I downloaded a fresh copy from the first page of this...
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June 29th, 2014, 12:01 AM
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Did you double check to make sure the date is...
Did you double check to make sure the date is correct? It has to be in this format: 20140627
That's Friday. As far as I know, it won't pull in the closest business day, so you have to be precise....
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June 25th, 2014, 08:58 PM
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BlueRoo, I think I have the workbook you're...
BlueRoo,
I think I have the workbook you're referring to. FWIW, another resource from a well-known author is the "DerivaGem" software that accompanies John Hull's book(s).
DerivaGem Software...
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June 25th, 2014, 08:29 PM
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I'm trying to get the basics on one spreadsheet...
I'm trying to get the basics on one spreadsheet so I can see my cumulative positions across brokerages. Here's a snip of the Risk Navigator tool from Interactive Brokers....
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June 25th, 2014, 03:53 PM
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DudeTooth - If you're thinking about...
DudeTooth -
If you're thinking about updating the SPAN tool some day, and if the data elements already exist in the risk arrays (I think that's the term for the big files from the CME and ICE),...
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June 4th, 2014, 04:05 PM
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I was mostly wondering if you've had difficulty...
I was mostly wondering if you've had difficulty retrieving so many consecutive days of data. Currently, I don't store any history, but if it's a reliable source and it downloads fairly quickly, I...
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June 4th, 2014, 01:23 PM
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Just out of curiosity, is all of the data on the...
Just out of curiosity, is all of the data on the chart derived from the SPAN files, i.e. have you collected several months of history and your application calculates HVs based on the futures...
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June 2nd, 2014, 10:01 PM
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That's a good find. We still don't know how many...
That's a good find. We still don't know how many strikes the CME uses; some providers use the two nearest the money (one above and one below) and I've come across at least one that uses three (the...
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June 2nd, 2014, 09:17 PM
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A couple of months ago I tried to get a better...
A couple of months ago I tried to get a better understanding of the historical volatility (HV) column in DudeTooth's application. I messed around for a little while but I couldn't match it with...
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May 13th, 2014, 02:12 PM
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I meant archiving the data behind the chart. Will...
I meant archiving the data behind the chart. Will you store it in your program or in some other dbase? A number of options analysis programs contain what you've displayed, but once expiration occurs,...
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May 13th, 2014, 01:05 PM
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(^ image above ^) That's valuable! I don't...
(^ image above ^)
That's valuable! I don't know if you plan on archiving it, but in my experience it's useful to have that type of history, although it's expensive to procure.
It's easy and...
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May 12th, 2014, 08:27 PM
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BlueRoo - I've attached the formulas for 1 to 3...
BlueRoo - I've attached the formulas for 1 to 3 standard deviations using the lognormal distribution. Rows 7 and 8 (I think) are used as a shortcut so the long formula in Row 7 doesn't need to be...
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May 11th, 2014, 10:00 PM
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BlueRoo - First, I don't know how you added...
BlueRoo -
First, I don't know how you added all those elements since I posted my message; because of the time difference, you should have been sleeping most of the time. You must know this stuff...
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May 11th, 2014, 10:35 AM
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BlueRoo - You've done some very nice work; I've...
BlueRoo - You've done some very nice work; I've seen commercial packages that are not that well designed. Bonus points for putting a visual representation of the StdDev ranges and position break-even...
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