where can i see option charts??

gbessone said: "I've seen tons of sphisticated tools to screen options (many useless). But i just cant find the simplest of tools: intraday charts (i want to look at options the same way i look at stocks). Why is this? anyone knows where i can find what im looking for? Regards, Gustavo"

drdan said: "[QUOTE=gbessone]I've seen tons of sphisticated tools to screen options (many useless). But i just cant find the simplest of tools: intraday charts (i want to look at options the same way i look at stocks). Why is this? anyone knows where i can find what im looking for? Regards, Gustavo[/QUOTE] Because you can't, options are not like stocks. They do not trade like stocks and they definitely do not chart like stocks. The difference is in volume and how that volume occurs. The options fluctuate with their bid and ask like stocks but that does not mean someone is trading at those times. Charting is only done on what is actually traded, because that is the only real data available. prophet.net will chart out options for you but check out this chart on SPX. I have chosen a just out of the money strike on SPX, symbol .SXMEB, which today traded about 16,000 volume - [url]http://www.prophet.net/analyze/sc.jsp?symbol=.SXMEB[/url] Click on the link then go to duration and change it to 1 day and frequency to one minute and you will have your intraday chart and you will see you can not chart options like you can stocks. But if that is what you want then prophet.net is your only choice that I have found."

TippingMonkey said: "Hi Gustavo, If you are still looking, my site offers charts on options for free. Just type in the 5-character option symbol (no leading "." required) in the "Get Quotes" box, and you can see the chart for that option. It goes from intraday to about 3 months out, which is about as much information as you need for any practical purposes. It's rudimentary and you cannot overlay TA on top, but it's better than nothing! :-) You can also type in the stock symbol and get the option chains, but that is hardly unique and you can get in a lot of places. But I think I'm one of the few sites that show the basic stock info / chart and the options chain in the same page. [URL="http://www.tippingmonkey.com"][/URL] I welcome any feedback that you might have... [quote=gbessone]I've seen tons of sphisticated tools to screen options (many useless). But i just cant find the simplest of tools: intraday charts (i want to look at options the same way i look at stocks). Why is this? anyone knows where i can find what im looking for? Regards, Gustavo[/quote]"

marketreflections said: "Your website's chart on option is good"