Option Chain

Fetch option chain data from Yahoo Finance for a specific expiration date.

Instructions

Note: If uv is not installed or pyproject.toml is not found, replace uv run python with python in all commands below.

First, get available expiration dates:

uv run python scripts/options.py SYMBOL --expiries

Then fetch the chain for a specific expiry:

uv run python scripts/options.py SYMBOL --expiry YYYY-MM-DD

Arguments

• SYMBOL

• Ticker symbol (e.g., AAPL, SPY, TSLA)

• --expiries

• List available expiration dates only

• --expiry YYYY-MM-DD

• Fetch chain for specific date

Output

Returns JSON with:

• calls

• Array of call options with strike, bid, ask, volume, openInterest, impliedVolatility

• puts

• Array of put options with same fields

• underlying_price

• Current stock price for reference

Present data as a table. Highlight high volume/OI strikes and notable IV levels.

Dependencies

• pandas

• yfinance