US Future Options Trade and Quote
US Future Options Trade and Quote
Production
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The US Future Options Trade and Quote dataset provides high-quality intraday trade and quote data with millisecond timestamps. It covers all future options contracts that are traded on US exchanges. One of the features of this feed is the trade aggressor flag that represents insights into who was the initiator of the trade. Another feature of the dataset is local dates and times (Chicago time zone, CT) included while the data is organized by UTC. Also, it includes exchange condition codes for trade and quote events which include additional information on each event.
Dataset Info
Dataset Name ID
fut_opt_taq
Algoseek Dataset ID
US8003
Data Format
Market Data
Data Class
Future Options
Data Type
TAQ
Time Granularity
Tick
Region
US
Universe
All symbols from US exchanges
Version
1.0
Update Frequency Options
End of day
Start Date
01/01/2023
End Date
03/31/2023
Access Methods
SQL
Description
Three months of data (Jan. - March 2023) for the full universe of symbols
Data Size
8.3 TB / year
Update Size
23.7 GB
Update Frequency
1 Day
Start Date
2010-01-01
End Date
Ongoing
SQL (ArdaDB)
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Data Fields
Preview Data
| # | name | data type | description |
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CSV (S3)
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us-futures-options-taq-yyyy
S3 Bucket Name
us-futures-options-taq-yyyy
Update Time
06:30 ET
S3 Bucket Path
yyyymmdd/ss/ssmy.zip
S3 Bucket Path Description
One zip file per base future per trading date where yyyymmdd is year, month and day, ss - base future symbol (e.g. CL, ES), my is contract expiration date: m is the expiration month code and y is last digit of the expiration year. The zip file contains individual csv file per option type per contract expiration date
S3 Start Year
2010
S3 End Year
N/A
S3 Bucket Size
8.3 TB / year
Sample Data File
Data Fields
Preview Data
| # | name | data type | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTCDate | String | Trading date in yyyymmdd format (UTC time) |
| 2 | UTCTime | String | Event timestamp in nanoseconds (milliseconds before 2016) |
| 3 | LocalDate | String | Trading date in yyyymmdd format (CT time) |
| 4 | LocalTime | String | Event timestamp in nanoseconds (milliseconds before 2016) |
| 5 | Ticker | String | Instrument name |
| 6 | CallPut | String | Option type (Call or Put) displayed as 'C' or 'P'.Note:available only in Future Options dataset |
| 7 | Strike | Integer | A fixed price for buying or selling underlying outright future contract.Note:available only in Future Options dataset |
| 8 | Month | String | A code for the expiration month for the option contract (as a single letter).Note:available only in Future Options dataset |
| 9 | ExpirationYear | Integer | The expiration year of the option contract.Note:available only in Future Options dataset |
| 10 | SecurityID | String | internal security ID used by algoseek |
| 11 | TypeMask | Integer | Not in use |
| 12 | Type | String | The type of event |
| 13 | Price | Decimal | The opening, trade, ask/bid, and settlement price depending on the type of event |
| 14 | Quantity | Integer | The total number of contracts traded or quoted at this price |
| 15 | Orders | Integer | The number of customer orders at the price level |
| 16 | Flags | Integer | Conditions applicable to the trade/quote |