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DATE:  February 11, 2010

QUESTION:
I would like to know why you can't view options quotes for a stock for all the months in the year, at any given point in time.

ANSWER:
For individual stocks there are not option series trading for every expiration month.  Each stock has options for the next two months and then for two more months that are farther out, but within the next 12 months.  This is based on the individual security.  In addition, some of the more liquid stocks also have LEAPS options with expirations over the next two years expiring in January.

 




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