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Chart options contracts to help identify trends and make more informed decisions

Please read the Options Disclosure Document entitled Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options before considering any options transaction.

Implied Volatility Charting
Use as a leading indicator of future price moves and the expected volatility of underlying securities or indices. Selected benefits include:
  • Chart the expected volatility of an underlying stock, ETF or index based on options prices.
  • Chart correlations of implied volatility forecasts to the underlying price movement.
  • Select by average of Calls, average of Puts or average of Puts and Calls.
  • View actual implied volatility or as a simple moving average.



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Put/Call Ratio Studies
Help gauge market sentiment with a historic view of the Put/Call Ratio.
  • View the total Put/Call ratio based on current open interest of an underlying stock, ETF or index.
  • Display in actual or simple moving average format.
  • Detect changes in activity that may signal a buying or selling opportunity.


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Historical Option Price Charts
Review the past price performance of an individual option contract.
  • Compare the option price with the underlying price.
  • Select a time period of one week (5 days), one month, three months or nine months.
  • Review daily closing values based on the closing midpoint of the bid and ask to help assess the impact of time decay.


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Theoretical Profit and Loss Charts
Help assess the risk associated with a specific strategy before you enter into a trade.
  • Estimate profit and loss based on where you expect the underlying price to trade.
  • View charts for all single and multi-leg trades except Rollouts and Collars.
  • View P/L scenarios for today’s date, expiration date and the midpoint of those two dates.


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Options carry a high level of risk and are not suitable for all investors. Certain requirements must be met to trade options through Schwab. Multiple-leg options strategies will involve multiple commissions. Please read the Options Disclosure Document entitled "Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options" before considering any options transaction. Call your local Schwab office, or write to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. at 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 for a current copy.

Stock and/or option symbols and price and volume data shown here are for illustrative purposes only. Charles Schwab & Co., its parent or affiliates, and/or its employees and/or directors may have positions in securities referenced herein, and may, as principal or agent, buy from or sell to clients.


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*250 free trades expire 90 days after account approval. Applies to base online equity, ETF and option commissions only. Option per-contract fees still apply. To qualify, you must commit to making a minimum of 36 online equity or options trades per year and deposit $100,000. Other commission-free trade offers may be available if you deposit less than $100,000 -- call 888-245-6864 for terms. Free trades will be assigned at account opening. Account and assets deposited must be new to Schwab. Current Schwab clients and households are not eligible. Please see the Charles Schwab Pricing Guide for detailed information. Offer valid until 12/31/2010. Offer is nontransferable, limited to one per household, and may not be combined with other offers. Accounts ineligible for this offer include, without limitation: 401(k), 403(b), Custodial, 529 Plan and Estate accounts. Unlisted foreign ordinary stocks are not eligible for this offer. Only trades placed through Schwab.com, StreetSmart Pro®, StreetSmart.com®, or Schwab Wireless are eligible for free trades. No credit will be given for unexecuted trades. Domestic, nonprofessional accounts only. Schwab, Schwab-affiliated, broker-dealer and exchange employees are not eligible. Other exceptions may apply. Schwab reserves the right to restrict this offer at any time.

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