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The Tools APIs are now live: option scanning, backtest search, intraday backtesting, and time & sales over REST
We are currently out of hard drives, so the keep-drives option is unavailable. You can still purchase the return option and ship the drives back within 30 days.
Hard Drive Delivery
Historical Options Data Shipped to Your Door
Get up to 39 TB of intraday options history delivered on physical drives within 1-2 weeks. No cloud setup, no transfer fees, no waiting for multi-terabyte downloads. Data license included.
| S3 Download | Hard Drive Delivery | |
|---|---|---|
| AWS account required | Yes | No |
| Data transfer cost | ~$2,800 | $0 |
| Cloud storage cost | ~$1,200/mo | $0 |
Data delivery, simplified
No AWS account required. No bucket configurations. exFAT formatted USB drives work natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Just plug in and start working with your data.
1-2 week turnaround
Orders are prepared and shipped within 1-2 weeks via insured 2-day courier. Copying multi-terabyte datasets takes time, and we verify every drive before it leaves.
Verified integrity
Every drive ships with SHA256 checksum manifests. If a drive fails in transit, we re-ship a replacement at no cost.
License included
The data license is included in the purchase price. No separate subscription required.
Ongoing updates
1-minute data grows ~21 GB per trading day. For ongoing delivery, stream live updates via the intraday API or pull daily files from the 1-minute S3 feed.
Two data products, one delivery
Choose from our 1-minute intraday data (Oct 2020 to present) or add the 2-minute archive (2015 through Sep 2020) for the complete history. Both delivered on 3x 20TB USB drives.
1-Minute Intraday
Full SMV greeks, theoretical values, and IVs for every minute of the trading day. Oct 2020 to present, ~28 TB. Over 5,000 symbols included.
2-Minute Archive
Historical options data from Jan 2015 through Sep 2020. Fixed dataset at ~11 TB.
3x 20TB USB drives
60 TB total capacity per set. Seagate Expansion 20TB drives, shipped with power adapters.
Gzip CSV format
Compressed CSV files organized by date. Same format as our S3 delivery, ready for your existing data pipeline.
Field Definitions
ticker
The underlying symbol that represents the stock or index on which the option is based.
tradeDate
The date on which the option was traded.
expirDate
The date on which the option expires.
dte
The number of days remaining until the option's expiration date.
strike
The price at which the option can be exercised.
stockPrice
The current price of the underlying stock. For indexes, this is the solved implied futures price for each expiration.
callVolume
The total number of call option contracts traded on a particular day total at the time observed.
callOpenInterest
The total number of outstanding call option contracts updated by OCC the night before.
callBidSize
The number of call option contracts available at the current national best bid and offer (NBBO) bid price.
callAskSize
The number of call option contracts available at the current NBBO ask price.
putVolume
The total number of put option contracts traded on a particular day total at the time observed.
putOpenInterest
The total number of outstanding put option contracts updated by OCC the night before.
putBidSize
The number of put option contracts available at the current NBBO bid price.
putAskSize
The number of put option contracts available at the current NBBO ask price.
callBidPrice
The NBBO price at which a market maker is willing to buy a call option.
callValue
The theoretical value of a call option based on a smooth volatility assumption.
callAskPrice
The NBBO price at which a market maker is willing to sell a call option.
putBidPrice
The NBBO price at which a market maker is willing to buy a put option.
putValue
The theoretical value of a put option based on a smooth volatility assumption.
putAskPrice
The NBBO price at which a market maker is willing to sell a put option.
callBidIv
The implied volatility of a call option at the current NBBO bid price.
callMidIv
The implied volatility of a call option at the midpoint of the current NBBO bid and ask prices.
callAskIv
The implied volatility of a call option at the current NBBO ask price.
smvVol
The smoothed implied volatility of an option based on the ORATS model.
putBidIv
The implied volatility of a put option at the current NBBO bid price.
putMidIv
The implied volatility of a put option at the midpoint of the current NBBO bid and ask prices.
putAskIv
The implied volatility of a put option at the current NBBO ask price.
residualRate
The implied interest rate that is derived from the option pricing model.
delta
The theoretical increase in an option's price due to a one dollar increase in the underlying price.
gamma
The rate of change of an option's delta with respect to a one dollar increase in the price of the underlying asset.
theta
The rate of time decay of an option's value for one day.
vega
The sensitivity of an option's price to a one percent rise in the implied volatility of the option.
rho
The sensitivity of an option's price to a one percent increase in interest rates for the option.
phi
A measure of the convexity of an option's price with respect to changes in the price of the underlying asset.
driftlessTheta
The rate of time decay of an option's value as the expiration date approaches, without taking into account the drift in the price of the underlying asset.
callSmvVol
The smoothed implied volatility of a call option based on the ORATS model.
putSmvVol
The smoothed implied volatility of a put option based on the ORATS model.
extSmvVol
The external implied volatility of the underlying asset, as provided by an external data source. The external data source is from the ORATS forecast volatility.
extCallValue
The external theoretical value of a call option, as provided by an external data source.
extPutValue
The external theoretical value of a put option, as provided by an external data source.
spotPrice
The current market price of the underlying asset. For indexes this is the cash price.
quoteDate
The date and time at which the market quote used to calculate the SMV (option's greeks, skew, and other related values) was recorded.
updatedAt
The date and time at which the calculation of the option's greeks, skew, and other related values was completed.
snapShotEstTime
The time (EST) at which a one-minute snapshot of the SMV strikes was taken.
snapShotDate
The date and time at which a one-minute snapshot of the SMV strikes was taken.
Hard Drive Delivery Pricing
Historical options data shipped to your door. Data license included. Free shipping to the US and Canada.
Shipping to other regions incurs an additional charge. Email support@orats.com for a shipping quote.
Individual
Institution
1-Minute Intraday
Delivered via Hard drive (shipped)Full SMV greeks, theoretical values, and IVs for every minute during the trading day. Oct 2020 to present on 3x 20TB USB drives. ~28 TB compressed.
Choose what you need:
Pick one
Total:
$3,000
due today, $1,000 refunded on return
Includes:
Data license included
1-minute intraday data (Oct 2020 - present)
SHA256 checksum manifests
Free insured shipping to US and Canada
Gzip CSV format
Over 5,000 symbols
Sample data available on request
FAQ
Hard drives, answered.
What do I actually receive?
Three 20TB Seagate Expansion USB drives, 60TB of capacity in the set, with power adapters, formatted exFAT so they mount natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The data is gzipped CSV organized by date, the same format as our S3 delivery, and every set ships with SHA256 checksum manifests.
Which data is on the drives?
The 1-minute intraday history from October 2020 to present, about 28TB. You can add the 2-minute archive covering January 2015 through September 2020, a fixed dataset of about 11TB, for the complete history. README files for both are downloadable from this page.
How much does it cost?
$2,000 for the return option, plus a $1,000 refundable deposit that comes back when you ship the drives back within 30 days of delivery. Keeping the drives is $3,000, though that option is out of stock right now. Adding the 2-minute archive is $1,000 either way. Shipping is free and insured to the US and Canada.
How long does it take?
One to two weeks. Copying multi-terabyte datasets takes real time and we verify every drive before it leaves, then ship by insured 2-day courier.
Is the data license included?
Yes. The license is part of the purchase price, with no separate subscription to buy alongside it.
What if a drive fails in transit?
Check the SHA256 manifests that ship with the set. If a drive does not verify, or arrives dead, we re-ship a replacement at no cost.
Why not just download from S3?
Plenty of people do, and that option is on the 1-minute data page. Drives make sense when you have no AWS account and do not want one, when your connection makes a multi-terabyte pull unrealistic, or when transfer time and egress cost more than shipping does.
How do I keep the data current after the drives arrive?
Two ways. Stream live updates through the Intraday Data API, or pull the daily files from the 1-minute S3 feed. The 1-minute data grows roughly 21GB per trading day, which is an easy nightly download once you have the bulk history in hand.
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