| springhill 74 posts
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 | 5/26/2016 11:45:36 PM 
 Hello StockFetcher suport
 
 I think the optionable stock filter is not working quite right.
 
 Symbol BABA is most definitely optionable but won't show up on this simple scan
 
 
 
 take the optionable argument line out and it shows in the listing
 This is the only one I found - but didn't look too much more.
 This one  took a bit of time to find.  It was not showing up in my scan and I knew it was optionable
 Thanks for your help
 
 The link below shows option info for BABA.
 http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/baba/option-chain
 
 
 
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| Mactheriverrat 3,173 posts
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 | 5/27/2016 7:23:04 AM 
 use
 price is above 75
 and price is below 80
 
 
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| springhill 74 posts
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 | 5/27/2016 9:09:01 AM 
 Mactheriverrat,
 The suggested change still doesn't pick up BABA in the scan.  Thanks though
 In checking a little more,  these optionable symbols are missing from the $75 to $80 list as well.
 BABA
 EPC
 GUSH
 PNQI
 TREE
 TSO
 WBA
 
 
 
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| springhill 74 posts
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 | 5/31/2016 10:14:56 AM 
 If you use SF to scan for optionable stocks be aware you're going to miss a lot of them
 In comparing SF optionable stocks between $10 and $300 ...
 SF shows 2563 and another scan service shows 3560
 That's an error of    997 missed symbols just in this price range.
 SF hasn't posted a reply to this so looks like they aren't able to fix it.
 
 
 
 
 
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| graftonian 1,089 posts
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 | 5/31/2016 7:51:57 PM 
 
 
 
 WELL I'LL BE DAMNED
 
 
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| springhill 74 posts
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 | 6/4/2016 11:54:12 PM 
 SF support, is there a chance the problem with missing optionable symbols will be fixed?
 
 
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| springhill 74 posts
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 | 6/11/2016 11:36:49 PM 
 Thanks SF for updating you optionable stock list!
 
 
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| snappyfrog 749 posts
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 | 3/28/2021 7:58:27 AM 
 Any idea how often optionable stocks are updated?
 
 I sell calls on weekly options, getting my list from CBOE.  I update once a month as some stocks move on and off the list depending on volume, open interest, etc.
 
 Last update I downloaded 630 weekly optionable stocks.  When I put the "optionable" line in my filter, it only returns 589.
 
 This tells me I am missing a lot of optionable stocks in some of my other filters where I use "optionable".
 
 
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| VirginTrader 73 posts
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 | 3/28/2021 11:28:31 AM 
 why wold BABA (over $200) show up on a scan wherein price is limited to between x and y (both under $100)?  am i missing something?
 
 
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| nibor100 1,099 posts
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 | 3/28/2021 12:08:58 PM 
 @virgintrader,
 
 You've run into one of the SF Gotchas,  the original posts were circa 2016, when BABA was much lower in price, however, SF always updates the charts related to posts to current day status where BABA is much higher.
 
 Ed S.
 
 
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