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Q: List of U.S. stocks (companies) on which options can be bought or sold? ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: List of U.S. stocks (companies) on which options can be bought or sold?
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: schmooz-ga
List Price: $20.00
Posted: 12 Jan 2005 14:56 PST
Expires: 11 Feb 2005 14:56 PST
Question ID: 456289
Can you point me to List of stocks that can be optioned?  I heard that
there are many stocks on which options cannot be be bought or sold.  I
heard that there are just about 3,000 stocks (or companies) on which
you can buy or sell options, puts and calls. ODon't have a clue
whether this is an accurate number either)
I have tried every way I can think of to query Google to help me find
the U.S list of the stocks (or related . . . whatever) on which
options can be purchased but have been totally unsuccessful.
  
Can you point me to a list that includes all of them or at least a
great number of them and then, tell me how you found the list?
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Subject: Re: List of U.S. stocks (companies) on which options can be bought or sold?
Answered By: hedgie-ga on 14 Jan 2005 04:58 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Not all stock exchange deal with futures and options.
Trick is to look for those which do, such as:

Chicago Board Options Exchange ( CBOE).
They provide resources and materials
http://www.cboe.com/LearnCenter/Seminars.aspx

including list of options they list
http://www.cboe.com/TradTool/Symbols/SymbolDirectory.aspx

Here is a list of other exchanges:
http://www.ino.com/resources/exchanges/

However, I have found the following method easiest for common stocks,
method which I  will illustrate ot on example of AMD.

Are there options available for AMD?

We go to some good source of quotes, e.g.:
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
Enter symbol into the box at the top 
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=AMD&sid=0&o_symb=AMD&x=0&y=0

and get
 AMD  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE)    1/13/2005
hide quote      detailed   quote    options chain     sponsored link  (bar)

In this case we see there are options available: 

as we see words
                 options chain 

We click on it and can view the quotes on options.

Do no forget that trading options is risky WHEN USED TO SPECULATE,
rather then TO HEDGE (it allows both) and do ask for the CBOE booklet
before you start. Booklet explains risks and also rules by which
option symbols are formed.
Your broker will provide such booklet when you ask for option trading
priviledges (Those are available to experienced investors only).

Good luck.

Hedgie
schmooz-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Thank you so much.  Nice job!

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Subject: Re: List of U.S. stocks (companies) on which options can be bought or sold?
From: mkphillips1216-ga on 02 May 2005 09:46 PDT
 
A list of all U.S. optionable stocks can be found at PowerOptions website:

http://www.poweropt.com/optionable.asp

Regards,

Mike

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