JamesKB2 Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 Good morning! I have been having issues for awhile now, with SPX options calendar leaving out many dates. It's sporadic on which dates are missing though. Since I like to trade weekly options from time to time, it's becoming a problem. I can see all the dates on my phone with TD's mobile app, and also in Think or Swim (which I hate...) but not in MT. Help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 I just checked on that the other day. It seems that TDA is not returning the options prior to 16th in the chain. will report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesKB2 Posted November 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thanks. It's not just this week and early next missing, it's a Monday here, a Wednesday there too. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesKB2 Posted November 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 So I decided to try other data sources, and the option chain is still the same regardless. I'm not sure why. Also, since I'm sticking with your platform, I signed up for the year. I really don't want to go through moving to another broker so... Any ideas on why weekly calendar for SPX is missing dates? I do like to trade "last day" or next day expiry, especially in volatility (as now). If I put in the symbol manually, such as .spxw_181114P2690 in the portfolio list, it'll track it fine. It's much easier to watch and track strike / price in the option chain real time though. The option chain real time with the chain updating is one of the main features I use in the program to trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 keep in mind the chain is cached. So if you switch to another source, click the button to reload chain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesKB2 Posted November 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Ok, didn't know that (refresh). I thought it did it automatically when connecting to another source. So, using Yahoo (since it's free and I don't have another feed besides TD) and refreshing, the dates populate. So as you said, it's a TD problem. Maybe I will end up switching after all... Thanks. I see you still never sleep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 I'll check with TDA why that is happening. they should be able to fix it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 ok right now it is returning 16th as the earliest options, but then right now that is accurate. If you see it miss some again, let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesKB2 Posted November 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) Here are screen shots from MT and TDA mobile app for comparison. There are many dates that are not populating. It's primarily weekly and end of month(s) that's missing. Edited November 12, 2018 by JamesKB2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesKB2 Posted November 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 ...to add, I noticed this happening, I'm not sure, a month ago? Two months ago? Up until then, it worked pretty flawlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 thanks for the details. reported it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 got feedback. for the moment, if you get options on $SPXPM.X you will get the missing days. Issue started when they started to have AM and PM options. I will see if I can do something for to request both and merge them client side. But the above is a temporary fix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted November 14, 2018 Report Share Posted November 14, 2018 Get the new beta version: https://medvedtrader.com/beta it fixes the issue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesKB2 Posted December 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Weekly SPX option chain is messed up again. It was fine on Friday, this morning Jan 11's are the earliest calendar. Many intermittent dates are also missing. TD Ameritrade feed. Very frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 y, I reported that this morning to them. One of the requests for the option chain is failing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesKB2 Posted December 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Jerry, any idea when the weekly option chain will work reliably again? It seriously hampered my trading today not being able to see and operate on last day SPX options. It's starting to really make me angry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 I have not heard anything back from TDA about it. I sent a followup just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesKB2 Posted December 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Seems to be back in order working properly again. Didn't at 9:30 but right now it's showing all dates. Sheesh. I don't believe it's MT, I think it's TD A's data feed. If it continues, I'll just have to make some changes I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Medved Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 yes, I got through to the right person this morning and they had it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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