option fill Qs and observations

Discussion in 'Options' started by Abundance Magnet, Sep 13, 2018.

  1. hmmm... can you get that with IB or other provider? I haven't seen that offering before... where can i get something like that?
     
    #11     Sep 14, 2018
  2. rb7

    rb7

    By default, the level I that you'll see is the NBBO. As for level II, I don't know. Entities that want to offer level II on options need to get all individual feed for each exchange and do the consolidation themselves.
    Level I NBBO is offered by OPRA in one single feed. Not level II.
     
    #12     Sep 14, 2018
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  3. after testing and figuring things out, this is not what I need. It's not like I grabbed the 1 lot bid and then got filled at other prices. I got filled in between the bid and ask, so there's no data out there on what was available at that price. My guess is that my fills either filled a spread, or the MMs decided that they would take it at X+.5 even tho the bid was at X. i.e., what they publish what they will take it for, vs what they are actually willing to take it for.
     
    #13     Sep 14, 2018
  4. rb7

    rb7

    Where did you get filled?
    Which exchange?
     
    #14     Sep 14, 2018
  5. i don't remember which exchange... essentially filled it BTC at the bid plus 10 cents (initial spread was 40 cents). I was just trying to figure out why sometimes some mid-price (somewhere between bid and ask) get filled instantly whereas others are slow to fill...
     
    #15     Sep 14, 2018