{ "pack_id": "options-chain-review", "title": "Options chain review", "version": "0.1.0", "summary": "A collection of nouns and verbs for reviewing an options chain descriptively, from an official or licensed data source the requester already has access to: greeks recomputed beside the provider's, implied volatility and its rank, open interest and volume, bid-ask spreads, the person's liquidity screens and roll candidates at the same strike and a later expiry or at a different strike, all described and compared only, never as financial advice, with no orders, trades or broker connections, every number cited with its data timestamp, and every decision left to a person.", "dependencies": [ "public-company-research", "policy-and-law-watch" ], "boundaries": [ "Not financial advice: outputs describe and compare what one snapshot shows and never recommend, rank, rate or target.", "No orders, trades or broker connections: no verb places, stages, previews or routes an order or reaches a brokerage.", "Data only from an official or licensed source the requester already has access to, read under its terms and kept to the people they cover.", "Every number carries its data timestamp; a person decides what is delivered. Importing the pack writes nothing and enqueues nothing." ], "nouns": [ { "slug": "pack", "category": "noun.skill_pack", "role": "pack", "title": "A collection of nouns and verbs for reviewing an options chain descriptively, never as financial advice", "value": { "lets_workers": "Review an options chain from an official or licensed data source the requester already has access to: capture one timestamped snapshot under the source's terms, recompute the greeks with a Black-Scholes-Merton model beside the provider's, solve implied volatility from each mid, place the 30-day implied volatility in its one-year range, apply the person's liquidity screens, list roll candidates at the same strike and a later expiry or at a different strike, and write a review that describes and compares only. A different worker rechecks every number, and a person decides what is delivered. No verb trades, places or previews an order, or connects to a brokerage.", "not_for": "Choosing a trade, sizing a position or timing a roll. Those decisions stay with the person who reads the review.", "flow": [ { "verb": { "$verb": "options-chain-review.capture-chain" } }, { "verb": { "$verb": "options-chain-review.compute-measures" } }, { "verb": { "$verb": "options-chain-review.screen-liquidity" } }, { "verb": { "$verb": "options-chain-review.list-roll-candidates" } }, { "verb": { "$verb": "options-chain-review.write-chain-review" } }, { "verb": { "$verb": "options-chain-review.check-chain-review" } }, { "verb": { "$verb": "options-chain-review.decide-delivery" } } ], "guardrails": [ { "$pin": "public-company-research:guardrail.not-financial-advice" }, { "$pin": "public-company-research:guardrail.no-trades-or-orders" }, { "$pin": "policy-and-law-watch:guardrail.person-decides" }, { "$pin": "public-company-research:guardrail.cite-every-number" }, { "$pin": "guardrail.timestamp-every-number" }, { "$pin": "public-company-research:guardrail.respect-provider-terms" } ], "tools": [ { "$pin": "tool.chain-measures" } ], "worked_example": "Synthetic: a fictional underlying, FERN.X, with nine calls across three expiries and three strikes from one delayed snapshot: one provider delta that differs from the recomputation, one stale quote, five contracts that fail a liquidity screen, eight roll candidates and a review whose numbers the pack's code recomputes." }, "relations": [ [ "requires_noun", "public-company-research:guardrail.not-financial-advice" ], [ "requires_noun", "public-company-research:guardrail.no-trades-or-orders" ], [ "requires_noun", "policy-and-law-watch:guardrail.person-decides" ], [ "requires_noun", "public-company-research:guardrail.cite-every-number" ], [ "requires_noun", "guardrail.timestamp-every-number" ], [ "requires_noun", "public-company-research:guardrail.respect-provider-terms" ], [ "requires_noun", "rules.data-access" ], [ "requires_noun", "rules.option-math" ], [ "requires_noun", "rules.liquidity-screens" ], [ "requires_noun", "rules.roll-candidates" ], [ "requires_noun", "tool.chain-measures" ], [ "requires_noun", "template.review-request" ], [ "requires_noun", "template.chain-snapshot" ], [ "requires_noun", "template.iv-history" ], [ "requires_noun", "template.chain-measures" ], [ "requires_noun", "template.liquidity-screen" ], [ "requires_noun", "template.roll-candidates" ], [ "requires_noun", "template.chain-review" ], [ "requires_noun", "template.review-check" ] ] }, { "slug": "guardrail.timestamp-every-number", "category": "noun.skill_pack", "role": "guardrail", "title": "Guardrail: every market data number carries its data timestamp", "category_reason": "A guardrail is a reusable rule every verb in this work follows, with the check that proves it.", "value": { "rule": "Every number taken from market data names its source, the contract or underlying, the field, and the timestamp the source gives that value, in UTC, and the data's delay. A number derived from several values carries the oldest of their timestamps. A quote older than the request's maximum age is stale: it is screened out and never described as current or compared with fresh quotes.", "how_it_is_checked": "Every row in a chain snapshot has a quote time; every figure in a review has a data timestamp that matches its source row; and the review checks fail any review that uses a stale quote.", "extends": "The cite-every-number guardrail of public company research, which this rule applies to quotes that change by the second." }, "relations": [ [ "derives_from", "public-company-research:guardrail.cite-every-number" ] ] }, { "slug": "rules.data-access", "category": "noun.reflex_procedure", "role": "rules", "title": "Reading options data under its terms", "category_reason": "A zero-call deterministic procedure: the same inputs always give the same result.", "value": { "allowed_sources": [ "A licensed market data product the requester already subscribes to, through its documented API, under its subscriber terms.", "A file the requester exported from such a product and supplied as a noun.", "Official public data from an exchange or the options industry, where its terms permit automated reading." ], "rules": [ "Read the source's terms before the first request, and record the date they were read.", "Record whether the terms permit automated access, storing the data, redistributing it and who may view it.", "Stop with blocked when the terms forbid automated access or storing the snapshot in the requester's scope.", "Never connect to a brokerage or trading account, never hold its credentials, and never read a quote page by scraping.", "Make no new accounts, subscriptions or trials for a review; use only access the requester already holds.", "Licensed prices stay in the requester's scope and reach only the people the terms cover; a review shared further carries only what the terms allow.", "Only people and workers the terms cover read licensed values; when the terms cover the requester alone, every verb runs as the requester's own tool on their surface.", "Record the SHA-256 of every response or file the values came from, and copy values exactly as given." ], "model_calls": 0 }, "relations": [ [ "requires_noun", "public-company-research:guardrail.respect-provider-terms" ], [ "requires_noun", "public-company-research:guardrail.no-trades-or-orders" ] ] }, { "slug": "rules.option-math", "category": "noun.reflex_procedure", "role": "rules", "title": "Option measures and how they are computed", "category_reason": "A zero-call deterministic procedure: the same inputs always give the same result.", "value": { "model": "Black-Scholes-Merton for European options with a continuous dividend yield, with N the standard normal distribution function, computed as one half of erfc(-x / sqrt(2)).", "formulas": { "d1": "(ln(S / K) + (r - q + sigma^2 / 2) T) / (sigma sqrt(T)); d2 = d1 - sigma sqrt(T)", "call": "S e^(-qT) N(d1) - K e^(-rT) N(d2)", "put": "K e^(-rT) N(-d2) - S e^(-qT) N(-d1)", "delta": "call e^(-qT) N(d1); put -e^(-qT) N(-d1)", "gamma": "e^(-qT) n(d1) / (S sigma sqrt(T)), the same for calls and puts", "vega_per_point": "S e^(-qT) n(d1) sqrt(T) / 100", "theta_per_day": "the yearly theta divided by 365" }, "rules": [ "T is the seconds from the snapshot time to the contract's expiration time given by the source, divided by 365 times 86,400.", "The rate and dividend yield come from the request, each with its source and date.", "Greeks are recomputed at the provider's implied volatility; implied volatility is solved from the mid by bisection between 0.0001 and 5.", "A mid exists only for a two-sided quote, a bid above zero and an ask above the bid; a mid outside the no-arbitrage bounds has no implied volatility, with the reason.", "Recomputed values are rounded to 4 decimals and percentages to 2; a difference beyond the request's tolerance is flagged as a difference, never as the provider's error, because American-style options and other models differ.", "Implied volatility rank is (current - low) / (high - low) times 100 over the last lookback observations of one named measure, ending with the current one; the percentile is the share of the earlier observations strictly below the current one. Both are rounded to one decimal and unknown, with a reason, below min_observations or for a flat history." ], "model_calls": 0 }, "relations": [ [ "requires_noun", "guardrail.timestamp-every-number" ] ] }, { "slug": "rules.liquidity-screens", "category": "noun.reflex_procedure", "role": "rules", "title": "Liquidity screens the person sets", "category_reason": "A zero-call deterministic procedure: the same inputs always give the same result.", "value": { "screens": [ { "id": "two_sided", "passes_when": "The bid is above zero and the ask above the bid." }, { "id": "spread", "passes_when": "The spread is at most max_spread_pct_of_mid percent of the mid." }, { "id": "open_interest", "passes_when": "Open interest is at least min_open_interest." }, { "id": "volume", "passes_when": "The day's volume is at least min_volume." }, { "id": "quote_age", "passes_when": "The quote is at most max_quote_age_seconds older than the snapshot." } ], "rules": [ "The person sets every threshold in the review request; a worker never chooses or loosens one.", "Every contract is listed with every screen it fails; nothing is dropped.", "A screen describes the quoted market at one moment. Passing it says nothing about what anyone should do." ], "model_calls": 0 } }, { "slug": "rules.roll-candidates", "category": "noun.reflex_procedure", "role": "rules", "title": "Listing roll candidates without ranking them", "category_reason": "A zero-call deterministic procedure: the same inputs always give the same result.", "value": { "rules": [ "Start from the reference contract the request names; the request states no position, quantity or price to trade at.", "List contracts of the same type at the same strike and a later expiry, then at a different strike within the request's window and the same or a later expiry.", "Order each group by expiry, then strike. Never rank, score or label a candidate as better or worse.", "Compare each candidate with the reference: the difference of the two quoted mids, of the provider's delta, theta and vega, and of implied volatility. A mid difference is not a price anyone could trade at.", "Keep candidates that fail a screen, with the screens they fail." ], "model_calls": 0 }, "relations": [ [ "requires_noun", "public-company-research:guardrail.not-financial-advice" ] ] }, { "slug": "tool.chain-measures", "category": "noun.code_node", "role": "tool_card", "title": "Tool card: the chain measures code", "category_reason": "Tested code a worker runs inside a claimed verb, pinned by path, file count and digest.", "value": { "name": "chain measures", "code": { "$code": "options-chain-review" }, "runtime": "Python 3.10 or later, standard library only; nothing to install.", "commands": [ "python -m chain_measures check --request REQUEST.json --snapshot SNAPSHOT.json --history HISTORY.json", "python -m chain_measures measures --request REQUEST.json --snapshot SNAPSHOT.json --history HISTORY.json", "python -m chain_measures screen --request REQUEST.json --snapshot SNAPSHOT.json --history HISTORY.json", "python -m chain_measures candidates --request REQUEST.json --snapshot SNAPSHOT.json --history HISTORY.json", "python -m chain_measures iv-rank --history HISTORY.json --lookback 252 --min-observations 200" ], "does": [ "Checks a snapshot's terms, scope and timestamps before anything is computed.", "Recomputes Black-Scholes-Merton greeks beside the provider's and solves implied volatility from each mid.", "Computes the implied volatility rank and percentile, the liquidity screens and the roll candidate comparisons." ], "does_not": [ "Rank or recommend a contract, or price an order.", "Connect to a brokerage or open a network connection.", "Write a file." ], "tests": "Put-call parity, every greek against finite differences, implied volatility round trips and bounds, and the worked example.", "code_license": "MIT" }, "relations": [ [ "verifies", "rules.option-math" ], [ "verifies", "rules.liquidity-screens" ], [ "verifies", "rules.roll-candidates" ] ] }, { "slug": "template.review-request", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "role": "template", "title": "Template: the underlying, the data source, the reference contract, the screens and the descriptive questions", "value": { "describes": "a review request: the underlying, the licensed source the requester already has, the reference contract, the expiries and strike window, the person's screens and tolerances, the rate and dividend assumptions with their sources, the implied volatility measure, the descriptive questions and what is out of scope", "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "underlying", "source", "reference_contract", "expiries", "strike_window", "screens", "tolerances", "assumptions", "iv_history", "questions", "as_of", "out_of_scope" ], "properties": { "underlying": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "name", "symbol" ], "properties": { "name": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 160 }, "symbol": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9.]{0,11}$" } } }, "source": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "provider", "product" ], "properties": { "provider": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 160 }, "product": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 200 } } }, "reference_contract": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9.]{0,11} [0-9]{6}[CP][0-9]{8}$" }, "expiries": { "type": "array", "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 12, "items": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$" } }, "strike_window": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "min", "max" ], "properties": { "min": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "max": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 } } }, "screens": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "min_open_interest", "min_volume", "max_spread_pct_of_mid", "max_quote_age_seconds" ], "properties": { "min_open_interest": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 }, "min_volume": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 }, "max_spread_pct_of_mid": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "max_quote_age_seconds": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 } } }, "tolerances": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "delta", "gamma", "theta_per_day", "vega_per_point", "iv" ], "properties": { "delta": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "gamma": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "theta_per_day": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "vega_per_point": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "iv": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 } } }, "assumptions": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "rate", "dividend_yield" ], "properties": { "rate": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "value", "source", "as_of" ], "properties": { "value": { "type": "number", "minimum": -1, "maximum": 1 }, "source": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 300 }, "as_of": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$" } } }, "dividend_yield": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "value", "source", "as_of" ], "properties": { "value": { "type": "number", "minimum": -1, "maximum": 1 }, "source": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 300 }, "as_of": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$" } } } } }, "iv_history": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "measure", "lookback_observations", "min_observations" ], "properties": { "measure": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 120 }, "lookback_observations": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 2, "maximum": 1000 }, "min_observations": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 2, "maximum": 1000 } } }, "questions": { "type": "array", "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 10, "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 300 } }, "as_of": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$" }, "out_of_scope": { "type": "array", "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 10, "items": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 200 } } } }, "rules": [ "Questions are descriptive.", "out_of_scope lists advice, ratings, orders, trades, position sizes and broker connections.", "The person sets every screen threshold and tolerance; the worked example's values are placeholders, not advice." ] } }, { "slug": "template.chain-snapshot", "category": "noun.feed_source", "role": "template", "title": "Template: one timestamped options chain snapshot and the terms it was read under", "value": { "describes": "an options chain snapshot: how the source was accessed and under which terms, the snapshot and retrieval times, the underlying's quote and every contract's quote with its own timestamp, as the source gave them", "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "source", "snapshot_at", "retrieved_at", "underlying", "contracts" ], "properties": { "source": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "provider", "product", "access", "terms_read_on", "automated_access_permitted", "storage_permitted", "redistribution_permitted", "viewers", "delay_minutes", "brokerage_connection", "raw_sha256" ], "properties": { "provider": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 160 }, "product": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 200 }, "access": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "licensed_api", "requester_export_file", "official_public_data" ] }, "terms_read_on": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$" }, "automated_access_permitted": { "type": "boolean" }, "storage_permitted": { "type": "boolean", "enum": [ true ] }, "redistribution_permitted": { "type": "boolean" }, "viewers": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "requester_only", "requester_team" ] }, "delay_minutes": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 1440 }, "brokerage_connection": { "type": "boolean", "enum": [ false ] }, "raw_sha256": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{64}$" } } }, "snapshot_at": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$" }, "retrieved_at": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$" }, "underlying": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "symbol", "price", "price_field", "quote_time" ], "properties": { "symbol": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9.]{0,11}$" }, "price": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "price_field": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "last", "mid", "close" ] }, "quote_time": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$" } } }, "contracts": { "type": "array", "minItems": 1, "maxItems": 400, "items": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "symbol", "type", "strike", "expiry", "expires_at", "bid", "ask", "last", "volume", "open_interest", "quote_time", "provider_iv", "provider_greeks" ], "properties": { "symbol": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9.]{0,11} [0-9]{6}[CP][0-9]{8}$" }, "type": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "call", "put" ] }, "strike": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "expiry": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$" }, "expires_at": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$" }, "bid": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "ask": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "last": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "minimum": 0 }, "volume": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 }, "open_interest": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 }, "quote_time": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$" }, "provider_iv": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "minimum": 0 }, "provider_greeks": { "type": [ "object", "null" ], "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "delta", "gamma", "theta_per_day", "vega_per_point" ], "properties": { "delta": { "type": "number", "minimum": -1, "maximum": 1 }, "gamma": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "theta_per_day": { "type": "number" }, "vega_per_point": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 } } } } } } } }, "rules": [ "Values are copied exactly as the source gives them, each with its own quote time.", "brokerage_connection is always false and storage_permitted always true; otherwise the run ends blocked.", "raw_sha256 is the digest of the response or file the values were read from." ] }, "category_reason": "A snapshot of a licensed pricing feed, tracked by its digest." }, { "slug": "template.iv-history", "category": "noun.feed_source", "role": "template", "title": "Template: one named implied volatility measure's daily history", "value": { "describes": "the daily history of one named implied volatility measure for one underlying, from one source", "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "symbol", "measure", "provider", "observations" ], "properties": { "symbol": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9.]{0,11}$" }, "measure": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 120 }, "provider": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 160 }, "observations": { "type": "array", "minItems": 2, "maxItems": 400, "items": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "date", "iv" ], "properties": { "date": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$" }, "iv": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 } } } } } }, "rules": [ "Dates are strictly increasing; the last observation is the snapshot's date or earlier.", "One measure only; never mix measures or sources in one history." ] }, "category_reason": "A history read from the same licensed pricing feed, tracked by its digest." }, { "slug": "template.chain-measures", "category": "noun.eval_run", "role": "template", "title": "Template: every number a review may cite, recomputed from one snapshot", "value": { "describes": "the measures computed from one snapshot: each contract's mid, spread, quote age, implied volatility from the mid, the provider's greeks beside a Black-Scholes-Merton recomputation and their differences, and the implied volatility rank and percentile", "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "model", "snapshot_at", "underlying", "underlying_quote_age_seconds", "rate", "dividend_yield", "contracts", "flag_counts", "iv_rank" ], "properties": { "model": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "black_scholes_merton_european" ] }, "snapshot_at": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$" }, "underlying": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "symbol", "price", "price_field", "quote_time" ], "properties": { "symbol": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[A-Z][A-Z0-9.]{0,11}$" }, "price": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "price_field": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "last", "mid", "close" ] }, "quote_time": { "type": "string", "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$" 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(fictional)", "symbol": "FERN.X" }, "source": { "provider": "A licensed market data provider (synthetic stand-in)", "product": "Delayed options quotes with implied volatility and greeks" }, "reference_contract": "FERN.X 261120C00050000", "expiries": [ "2026-11-20", "2026-12-18", "2027-01-15" ], "strike_window": { "min": 45.0, "max": 55.0 }, "screens": { "min_open_interest": 100, "min_volume": 10, "max_spread_pct_of_mid": 10.0, "max_quote_age_seconds": 120 }, "tolerances": { "delta": 0.02, "gamma": 0.005, "theta_per_day": 0.005, "vega_per_point": 0.01, "iv": 0.01 }, "assumptions": { "rate": { "value": 0.0393, "source": "Synthetic stand-in for a dated Treasury bill rate", "as_of": "2026-10-29" }, "dividend_yield": { "value": 0.012, "source": "Synthetic stand-in for the company's stated dividend", "as_of": "2026-10-29" } }, "iv_history": { "measure": "30-day at-the-money implied volatility", "lookback_observations": 252, "min_observations": 200 }, "questions": [ "What do the greeks, implied volatility and liquidity of the November 20 50 call look like at the snapshot?", "Where does the 30-day implied volatility sit in its one-year range?", "How do the same-strike later expiries and the other strikes compare with the November 20 50 call?" ], "as_of": "2026-10-30", "out_of_scope": [ "Advice, ratings or recommendations", "Orders, trades or position sizes", "Brokerage or trading account connections" ] } }, "synthetic": true }, { "slug": "example.chain-snapshot", "category": "noun.feed_source", "role": "example", "title": "Worked example: nine delayed call quotes, one of them stale", "value": { "notice": "SYNTHETIC. A fictional underlying whose symbol ends in .X, so it never matches a listed security.", "conforms_to": { "$pin": "template.chain-snapshot" }, "instance": { "source": { "provider": "A licensed market data provider (synthetic stand-in)", "product": "Delayed options quotes with implied volatility and greeks", "access": "requester_export_file", "terms_read_on": "2026-10-30", "automated_access_permitted": false, "storage_permitted": true, "redistribution_permitted": false, "viewers": "requester_only", "delay_minutes": 15, "brokerage_connection": false, "raw_sha256": "25cd5799a9f94638d34d2bc04f14ec5deb6806a42f20a4a98b3853d84865024b" }, "snapshot_at": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T19:31:12Z", "underlying": { "symbol": "FERN.X", "price": 48.62, "price_field": "last", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:58Z" }, "contracts": [ { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00045000", "type": "call", "strike": 45.0, "expiry": "2026-11-20", "expires_at": "2026-11-20T21:00:00Z", "bid": 4.02, "ask": 4.22, "last": 4.12, "volume": 35, "open_interest": 860, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:51Z", "provider_iv": 0.372, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.823, "gamma": 0.0596, "theta_per_day": -0.0294, "vega_per_point": 0.0302 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00050000", "type": "call", "strike": 50.0, "expiry": "2026-11-20", "expires_at": "2026-11-20T21:00:00Z", "bid": 1.01, "ask": 1.07, "last": 1.04, "volume": 412, "open_interest": 3120, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:55Z", "provider_iv": 0.341, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.3892, "gamma": 0.0962, "theta_per_day": -0.0376, "vega_per_point": 0.0448 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00055000", "type": "call", "strike": 55.0, "expiry": "2026-11-20", "expires_at": "2026-11-20T21:00:00Z", "bid": 0.09, "ask": 0.13, "last": 0.11, "volume": 220, "open_interest": 1940, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:54Z", "provider_iv": 0.329, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.0668, "gamma": 0.0337, "theta_per_day": -0.0121, "vega_per_point": 0.0151 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00045000", "type": "call", "strike": 45.0, "expiry": "2026-12-18", "expires_at": "2026-12-18T21:00:00Z", "bid": 4.67, "ask": 4.87, "last": 4.77, "volume": 4, "open_interest": 240, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:49Z", "provider_iv": 0.356, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.7529, "gamma": 0.0496, "theta_per_day": -0.0227, "vega_per_point": 0.0561 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00050000", "type": "call", "strike": 50.0, "expiry": "2026-12-18", "expires_at": "2026-12-18T21:00:00Z", "bid": 1.81, "ask": 1.89, "last": 1.85, "volume": 96, "open_interest": 1475, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:56Z", "provider_iv": 0.334, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.4452, "gamma": 0.0663, "theta_per_day": -0.0254, "vega_per_point": 0.0703 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00055000", "type": "call", "strike": 55.0, "expiry": "2026-12-18", "expires_at": "2026-12-18T21:00:00Z", "bid": 0.46, "ask": 0.52, "last": 0.49, "volume": 61, "open_interest": 1210, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:52Z", "provider_iv": 0.322, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.201, "gamma": 0.0441, "theta_per_day": -0.0154, "vega_per_point": 0.0451 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00045000", "type": "call", "strike": 45.0, "expiry": "2027-01-15", "expires_at": "2027-01-15T21:00:00Z", "bid": 5.16, "ask": 5.46, "last": 5.31, "volume": 0, "open_interest": 75, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:02:11Z", "provider_iv": 0.349, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.7241, "gamma": 0.0426, "theta_per_day": -0.019, "vega_per_point": 0.0743 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00050000", "type": "call", "strike": 50.0, "expiry": "2027-01-15", "expires_at": "2027-01-15T21:00:00Z", "bid": 2.41, "ask": 2.51, "last": 2.46, "volume": 18, "open_interest": 690, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:53Z", "provider_iv": 0.331, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.4716, "gamma": 0.0537, "theta_per_day": -0.0206, "vega_per_point": 0.0887 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00055000", "type": "call", "strike": 55.0, "expiry": "2027-01-15", "expires_at": "2027-01-15T21:00:00Z", "bid": 0.85, "ask": 0.95, "last": 0.9, "volume": 12, "open_interest": 410, "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:50Z", "provider_iv": 0.318, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.2323, "gamma": 0.0429, "theta_per_day": -0.0148, "vega_per_point": 0.0681 } } ] } }, "synthetic": true }, { "slug": "example.iv-history", "category": "noun.feed_source", "role": "example", "title": "Worked example: 252 daily observations of a 30-day implied volatility", "value": { "notice": "SYNTHETIC. A fictional underlying whose symbol ends in .X, so it never matches a listed security.", "conforms_to": { "$pin": "template.iv-history" }, "instance": { "symbol": "FERN.X", "measure": "30-day at-the-money implied volatility", "provider": "A licensed market data provider (synthetic stand-in)", "observations": [ { "date": "2025-11-13", "iv": 0.3213 }, { "date": "2025-11-14", "iv": 0.3179 }, { "date": "2025-11-17", "iv": 0.3256 }, { "date": "2025-11-18", "iv": 0.3237 }, { "date": "2025-11-19", "iv": 0.3321 }, { "date": "2025-11-20", "iv": 0.3233 }, { "date": "2025-11-21", "iv": 0.3278 }, { "date": "2025-11-24", "iv": 0.333 }, { "date": "2025-11-25", "iv": 0.3323 }, { "date": "2025-11-26", "iv": 0.332 }, { "date": "2025-11-27", "iv": 0.3307 }, { "date": "2025-11-28", "iv": 0.3366 }, { "date": "2025-12-01", "iv": 0.3375 }, { "date": "2025-12-02", "iv": 0.3363 }, { "date": "2025-12-03", "iv": 0.3396 }, { "date": "2025-12-04", "iv": 0.336 }, { "date": "2025-12-05", "iv": 0.3411 }, { "date": "2025-12-08", "iv": 0.3425 }, { "date": "2025-12-09", "iv": 0.3424 }, { "date": "2025-12-10", "iv": 0.3387 }, { "date": "2025-12-11", "iv": 0.3474 }, { "date": "2025-12-12", "iv": 0.3473 }, { "date": "2025-12-15", "iv": 0.3454 }, { "date": "2025-12-16", "iv": 0.3447 }, { "date": "2025-12-17", "iv": 0.3516 }, { "date": "2025-12-18", "iv": 0.3482 }, { "date": "2025-12-19", "iv": 0.3464 }, { "date": "2025-12-22", "iv": 0.3528 }, { "date": "2025-12-23", "iv": 0.3542 }, { "date": "2025-12-24", "iv": 0.347 }, { "date": "2025-12-25", "iv": 0.3511 }, { "date": "2025-12-26", "iv": 0.3487 }, { "date": "2025-12-29", "iv": 0.3447 }, { "date": "2025-12-30", "iv": 0.3511 }, { "date": "2025-12-31", "iv": 0.3509 }, { "date": "2026-01-01", "iv": 0.3503 }, { "date": "2026-01-02", "iv": 0.3441 }, { "date": "2026-01-05", "iv": 0.3528 }, { "date": "2026-01-06", "iv": 0.346 }, { "date": "2026-01-07", "iv": 0.3456 }, { "date": "2026-01-08", "iv": 0.3538 }, { "date": "2026-01-09", "iv": 0.3548 }, { "date": 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"2026-09-14", "iv": 0.3447 }, { "date": "2026-09-15", "iv": 0.3497 }, { "date": "2026-09-16", "iv": 0.3449 }, { "date": "2026-09-17", "iv": 0.347 }, { "date": "2026-09-18", "iv": 0.3483 }, { "date": "2026-09-21", "iv": 0.3434 }, { "date": "2026-09-22", "iv": 0.3493 }, { "date": "2026-09-23", "iv": 0.3447 }, { "date": "2026-09-24", "iv": 0.3459 }, { "date": "2026-09-25", "iv": 0.3458 }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "iv": 0.3496 }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "iv": 0.3541 }, { "date": "2026-09-30", "iv": 0.3464 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "iv": 0.3471 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "iv": 0.3536 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "iv": 0.3534 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "iv": 0.3482 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "iv": 0.3526 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "iv": 0.3438 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "iv": 0.3461 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "iv": 0.3463 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "iv": 0.3433 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "iv": 0.3443 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "iv": 0.3432 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "iv": 0.345 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "iv": 0.3435 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "iv": 0.3436 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "iv": 0.3404 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "iv": 0.3422 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "iv": 0.3392 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "iv": 0.3435 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "iv": 0.3446 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "iv": 0.3394 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "iv": 0.3438 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "iv": 0.3365 } ] } }, "synthetic": true }, { "slug": "example.chain-measures", "category": "noun.eval_run", "role": "example", "title": "Worked example: measures recomputed by the pack's code, one delta difference flagged", "value": { "notice": "SYNTHETIC. A fictional underlying whose symbol ends in .X, so it never matches a listed security.", "conforms_to": { "$pin": "template.chain-measures" }, "instance": { "model": "black_scholes_merton_european", "snapshot_at": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "underlying": { "symbol": "FERN.X", "price": 48.62, "price_field": "last", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:58Z" }, "underlying_quote_age_seconds": 2, "rate": 0.0393, "dividend_yield": 0.012, "contracts": [ { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00045000", "type": "call", "strike": 45.0, "expiry": "2026-11-20", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:51Z", "quote_age_seconds": 9, "days_to_expiry": 21, "years_to_expiry": 0.057705, "bid": 4.02, "ask": 4.22, "two_sided": true, "mid": 4.12, "spread": 0.2, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.85, "open_interest": 860, "volume": 35, "provider_iv": 0.372, "iv_from_mid": 0.372, "iv_from_mid_reason": null, "iv_difference": 0.0, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.823, "gamma": 0.0596, "theta_per_day": -0.0294, "vega_per_point": 0.0302 }, 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"theta_per_day": -0.0001, "vega_per_point": 0.0 }, "flags": [] }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00055000", "type": "call", "strike": 55.0, "expiry": "2026-11-20", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:54Z", "quote_age_seconds": 6, "days_to_expiry": 21, "years_to_expiry": 0.057705, "bid": 0.09, "ask": 0.13, "two_sided": true, "mid": 0.11, "spread": 0.04, "spread_pct_of_mid": 36.36, "open_interest": 1940, "volume": 220, "provider_iv": 0.329, "iv_from_mid": 0.3297, "iv_from_mid_reason": null, "iv_difference": -0.0007, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.0668, "gamma": 0.0337, "theta_per_day": -0.0121, "vega_per_point": 0.0151 }, "recomputed_greeks": { "price": 0.109, "delta": 0.0667, "gamma": 0.0336, "theta_per_day": -0.012, "vega_per_point": 0.0151 }, "greek_differences": { "delta": 0.0001, "gamma": 0.0001, "theta_per_day": -0.0001, "vega_per_point": 0.0 }, "flags": [] }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00045000", "type": "call", "strike": 45.0, "expiry": "2026-12-18", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:49Z", "quote_age_seconds": 11, "days_to_expiry": 49, "years_to_expiry": 0.134418, "bid": 4.67, "ask": 4.87, "two_sided": true, "mid": 4.77, "spread": 0.2, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.19, "open_interest": 240, "volume": 4, "provider_iv": 0.356, "iv_from_mid": 0.3561, "iv_from_mid_reason": null, "iv_difference": -0.0001, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.7529, "gamma": 0.0496, "theta_per_day": -0.0227, "vega_per_point": 0.0561 }, "recomputed_greeks": { "price": 4.7693, "delta": 0.7525, "gamma": 0.0496, "theta_per_day": -0.0226, "vega_per_point": 0.0561 }, "greek_differences": { "delta": 0.0004, "gamma": 0.0, "theta_per_day": -0.0001, "vega_per_point": 0.0 }, "flags": [] }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00050000", "type": "call", "strike": 50.0, "expiry": "2026-12-18", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:56Z", "quote_age_seconds": 4, "days_to_expiry": 49, "years_to_expiry": 0.134418, "bid": 1.81, "ask": 1.89, "two_sided": true, "mid": 1.85, "spread": 0.08, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.32, "open_interest": 1475, "volume": 96, "provider_iv": 0.334, "iv_from_mid": 0.3342, "iv_from_mid_reason": null, "iv_difference": -0.0002, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.4452, "gamma": 0.0663, "theta_per_day": -0.0254, "vega_per_point": 0.0703 }, "recomputed_greeks": { "price": 1.8487, "delta": 0.4447, "gamma": 0.0663, "theta_per_day": -0.0254, "vega_per_point": 0.0703 }, "greek_differences": { "delta": 0.0005, "gamma": 0.0, "theta_per_day": 0.0, "vega_per_point": 0.0 }, "flags": [] }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00055000", "type": "call", "strike": 55.0, "expiry": "2026-12-18", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:52Z", "quote_age_seconds": 8, "days_to_expiry": 49, "years_to_expiry": 0.134418, "bid": 0.46, "ask": 0.52, "two_sided": true, "mid": 0.49, "spread": 0.06, "spread_pct_of_mid": 12.24, "open_interest": 1210, "volume": 61, "provider_iv": 0.322, "iv_from_mid": 0.3212, "iv_from_mid_reason": null, "iv_difference": 0.0008, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.201, "gamma": 0.0441, "theta_per_day": -0.0154, "vega_per_point": 0.0451 }, "recomputed_greeks": { "price": 0.4936, "delta": 0.1697, "gamma": 0.044, "theta_per_day": -0.0153, "vega_per_point": 0.045 }, "greek_differences": { "delta": 0.0313, "gamma": 0.0001, "theta_per_day": -0.0001, "vega_per_point": 0.0001 }, "flags": [ "delta_differs" ] }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00045000", "type": "call", "strike": 45.0, "expiry": "2027-01-15", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:02:11Z", "quote_age_seconds": 1669, "days_to_expiry": 77, "years_to_expiry": 0.21113, "bid": 5.16, "ask": 5.46, "two_sided": true, "mid": 5.31, "spread": 0.3, "spread_pct_of_mid": 5.65, "open_interest": 75, "volume": 0, "provider_iv": 0.349, "iv_from_mid": 0.3503, "iv_from_mid_reason": null, "iv_difference": -0.0013, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.7241, "gamma": 0.0426, "theta_per_day": -0.019, "vega_per_point": 0.0743 }, "recomputed_greeks": { "price": 5.3001, "delta": 0.7234, "gamma": 0.0427, "theta_per_day": -0.0189, "vega_per_point": 0.0743 }, "greek_differences": { "delta": 0.0007, "gamma": -0.0001, "theta_per_day": -0.0001, "vega_per_point": 0.0 }, "flags": [] }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00050000", "type": "call", "strike": 50.0, "expiry": "2027-01-15", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:53Z", "quote_age_seconds": 7, "days_to_expiry": 77, "years_to_expiry": 0.21113, "bid": 2.41, "ask": 2.51, "two_sided": true, "mid": 2.46, "spread": 0.1, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.07, "open_interest": 690, "volume": 18, "provider_iv": 0.331, "iv_from_mid": 0.3311, "iv_from_mid_reason": null, "iv_difference": -0.0001, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.4716, "gamma": 0.0537, "theta_per_day": -0.0206, "vega_per_point": 0.0887 }, "recomputed_greeks": { "price": 2.4595, "delta": 0.4709, "gamma": 0.0537, "theta_per_day": -0.0205, "vega_per_point": 0.0887 }, "greek_differences": { "delta": 0.0007, "gamma": 0.0, "theta_per_day": -0.0001, "vega_per_point": 0.0 }, "flags": [] }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00055000", "type": "call", "strike": 55.0, "expiry": "2027-01-15", "quote_time": "2026-10-30T19:29:50Z", "quote_age_seconds": 10, "days_to_expiry": 77, "years_to_expiry": 0.21113, "bid": 0.85, "ask": 0.95, "two_sided": true, "mid": 0.9, "spread": 0.1, "spread_pct_of_mid": 11.11, "open_interest": 410, "volume": 12, "provider_iv": 0.318, "iv_from_mid": 0.3187, "iv_from_mid_reason": null, "iv_difference": -0.0007, "provider_greeks": { "delta": 0.2323, "gamma": 0.0429, "theta_per_day": -0.0148, "vega_per_point": 0.0681 }, "recomputed_greeks": { "price": 0.895, "delta": 0.2317, "gamma": 0.0429, "theta_per_day": -0.0148, "vega_per_point": 0.068 }, "greek_differences": { "delta": 0.0006, "gamma": 0.0, "theta_per_day": 0.0, "vega_per_point": 0.0001 }, "flags": [] } ], "flag_counts": { "delta_differs": 1 }, "iv_rank": { "measure": "30-day at-the-money implied volatility", "observations": 252, "first_date": "2025-11-13", "current_date": "2026-10-30", "current": 0.3365, "low": 0.256, "low_date": "2026-05-25", "high": 0.3548, "high_date": "2026-01-09", "rank": 81.5, "percentile": 62.9, "reason": null } } }, "synthetic": true }, { "slug": "example.liquidity-screen", "category": "noun.eval_run", "role": "example", "title": "Worked example: four contracts pass every screen and five do not", "value": { "notice": "SYNTHETIC. A fictional underlying whose symbol ends in .X, so it never matches a listed security.", "conforms_to": { "$pin": "template.liquidity-screen" }, "instance": { "screens": { "min_open_interest": 100, "min_volume": 10, "max_spread_pct_of_mid": 10.0, "max_quote_age_seconds": 120 }, "results": [ { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00045000", "passed": true, "failed": [], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.85, "open_interest": 860, "volume": 35, "quote_age_seconds": 9 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00050000", "passed": true, "failed": [], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 5.77, "open_interest": 3120, "volume": 412, "quote_age_seconds": 5 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00055000", "passed": false, "failed": [ "spread" ], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 36.36, "open_interest": 1940, "volume": 220, "quote_age_seconds": 6 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00045000", "passed": false, "failed": [ "volume" ], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.19, "open_interest": 240, "volume": 4, "quote_age_seconds": 11 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00050000", "passed": true, "failed": [], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.32, "open_interest": 1475, "volume": 96, "quote_age_seconds": 4 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00055000", "passed": false, "failed": [ "spread" ], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 12.24, "open_interest": 1210, "volume": 61, "quote_age_seconds": 8 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00045000", "passed": false, "failed": [ "open_interest", "volume", "quote_age" ], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 5.65, "open_interest": 75, "volume": 0, "quote_age_seconds": 1669 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00050000", "passed": true, "failed": [], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.07, "open_interest": 690, "volume": 18, "quote_age_seconds": 7 } }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00055000", "passed": false, "failed": [ "spread" ], "measured": { "two_sided": true, "spread_pct_of_mid": 11.11, "open_interest": 410, "volume": 12, "quote_age_seconds": 10 } } ], "passed": 4, "failed": 5 } }, "synthetic": true }, { "slug": "example.roll-candidates", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "role": "example", "title": "Worked example: two same-strike and six different-strike candidates", "value": { "notice": "SYNTHETIC. A fictional underlying whose symbol ends in .X, so it never matches a listed security.", "conforms_to": { "$pin": "template.roll-candidates" }, "instance": { "reference": { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00050000", "expiry": "2026-11-20", "strike": 50.0, "days_to_expiry": 21, "mid": 1.04, "delta": 0.3892, "theta_per_day": -0.0376, "vega_per_point": 0.0448, "iv": 0.341, "open_interest": 3120, "volume": 412, "spread_pct_of_mid": 5.77, "screen_passed": true, "failed_screens": [] }, "order": "expiry, then strike", "same_strike_later_expiry": [ { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00050000", "expiry": "2026-12-18", "strike": 50.0, "days_to_expiry": 49, "mid": 1.85, "delta": 0.4452, "theta_per_day": -0.0254, "vega_per_point": 0.0703, "iv": 0.334, "open_interest": 1475, "volume": 96, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.32, "screen_passed": true, "failed_screens": [], "mid_difference": 0.81, "delta_difference": 0.056, "theta_difference": 0.0122, "vega_difference": 0.0255, "iv_difference": -0.007 }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00050000", "expiry": "2027-01-15", "strike": 50.0, "days_to_expiry": 77, "mid": 2.46, "delta": 0.4716, "theta_per_day": -0.0206, "vega_per_point": 0.0887, "iv": 0.331, "open_interest": 690, "volume": 18, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.07, "screen_passed": true, "failed_screens": [], "mid_difference": 1.42, "delta_difference": 0.0824, "theta_difference": 0.017, "vega_difference": 0.0439, "iv_difference": -0.01 } ], "different_strike": [ { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00045000", "expiry": "2026-11-20", "strike": 45.0, "days_to_expiry": 21, "mid": 4.12, "delta": 0.823, "theta_per_day": -0.0294, "vega_per_point": 0.0302, "iv": 0.372, "open_interest": 860, "volume": 35, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.85, "screen_passed": true, "failed_screens": [], "mid_difference": 3.08, "delta_difference": 0.4338, "theta_difference": 0.0082, "vega_difference": -0.0146, "iv_difference": 0.031 }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261120C00055000", "expiry": "2026-11-20", "strike": 55.0, "days_to_expiry": 21, "mid": 0.11, "delta": 0.0668, "theta_per_day": -0.0121, "vega_per_point": 0.0151, "iv": 0.329, "open_interest": 1940, "volume": 220, "spread_pct_of_mid": 36.36, "screen_passed": false, "failed_screens": [ "spread" ], "mid_difference": -0.93, "delta_difference": -0.3224, "theta_difference": 0.0255, "vega_difference": -0.0297, "iv_difference": -0.012 }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00045000", "expiry": "2026-12-18", "strike": 45.0, "days_to_expiry": 49, "mid": 4.77, "delta": 0.7529, "theta_per_day": -0.0227, "vega_per_point": 0.0561, "iv": 0.356, "open_interest": 240, "volume": 4, "spread_pct_of_mid": 4.19, "screen_passed": false, "failed_screens": [ "volume" ], "mid_difference": 3.73, "delta_difference": 0.3637, "theta_difference": 0.0149, "vega_difference": 0.0113, "iv_difference": 0.015 }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 261218C00055000", "expiry": "2026-12-18", "strike": 55.0, "days_to_expiry": 49, "mid": 0.49, "delta": 0.201, "theta_per_day": -0.0154, "vega_per_point": 0.0451, "iv": 0.322, "open_interest": 1210, "volume": 61, "spread_pct_of_mid": 12.24, "screen_passed": false, "failed_screens": [ "spread" ], "mid_difference": -0.55, "delta_difference": -0.1882, "theta_difference": 0.0222, "vega_difference": 0.0003, "iv_difference": -0.019 }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00045000", "expiry": "2027-01-15", "strike": 45.0, "days_to_expiry": 77, "mid": 5.31, "delta": 0.7241, "theta_per_day": -0.019, "vega_per_point": 0.0743, "iv": 0.349, "open_interest": 75, "volume": 0, "spread_pct_of_mid": 5.65, "screen_passed": false, "failed_screens": [ "open_interest", "volume", "quote_age" ], "mid_difference": 4.27, "delta_difference": 0.3349, "theta_difference": 0.0186, "vega_difference": 0.0295, "iv_difference": 0.008 }, { "symbol": "FERN.X 270115C00055000", "expiry": "2027-01-15", "strike": 55.0, "days_to_expiry": 77, "mid": 0.9, "delta": 0.2323, "theta_per_day": -0.0148, "vega_per_point": 0.0681, "iv": 0.318, "open_interest": 410, "volume": 12, "spread_pct_of_mid": 11.11, "screen_passed": false, "failed_screens": [ "spread" ], "mid_difference": -0.14, "delta_difference": -0.1569, "theta_difference": 0.0228, "vega_difference": 0.0233, "iv_difference": -0.023 } ] } }, "synthetic": true }, { "slug": "example.chain-review", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "role": "example", "title": "Worked example: a descriptive review marked Not financial advice", "value": { "notice": "SYNTHETIC. A fictional underlying whose symbol ends in .X, so it never matches a listed security.", "conforms_to": { "$pin": "template.chain-review" }, "instance": { "underlying": "FERN.X", "data_as_of": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "data_delay_minutes": 15, "notice": "Not financial advice", "source_terms_read": true, "stale_quotes_used": false, "points": [ { "text": "At the 2026-10-30 19:30 UTC snapshot, delayed 15 minutes, FERN.X last traded at 48.62 USD.", "cites": [ "u-price" ] }, { "text": "The 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20 had a mid of 1.04 USD and a spread of 0.06 USD, 5.77% of the mid.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] }, { "text": "Its implied volatility from the mid was 34.07%, against the provider's 34.10%; the provider's greeks for it agree with a Black-Scholes-Merton recomputation within the request's tolerances.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50", "request" ] }, { "text": "The 30-day at-the-money implied volatility of 33.65% sits at rank 81.5 and percentile 62.9 of its last 252 observations, which ranged from 25.60% to 35.48%.", "cites": [ "ivr" ] }, { "text": "At the same strike, the call expiring 2026-12-18 has a mid 0.81 USD above the reference and the call expiring 2027-01-15 one 1.42 USD above; 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}, { "id": "bad-advice", "label": "known_bad", "fails": "no-advice-language", "finding": { "notice": "Not financial advice", "data_as_of": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "data_delay_minutes": 15, "source_terms_read": true, "stale_quotes_used": false, "points": [ { "text": "The 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20 had a mid of 1.04 USD and a spread of 0.06 USD.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] }, { "text": "The call expiring 2026-12-18 at the same strike has a mid 0.81 USD above it.", "cites": [ "c-261218c50" ] }, { "text": "You should roll before the November expiry.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] } ], "figures": [ { "label": "Mid, 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20", "value": 1.04, "unit": "USD", "cite": "m-261120c50", "field": "mid", "data_timestamp": "2026-10-30T19:29:55Z" } ] } }, { "id": "bad-order", "label": "known_bad", "fails": "no-order-language", "finding": { "notice": "Not financial advice", "data_as_of": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "data_delay_minutes": 15, "source_terms_read": true, "stale_quotes_used": false, "points": [ { "text": "The 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20 had a mid of 1.04 USD and a spread of 0.06 USD.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] }, { "text": "The call expiring 2026-12-18 at the same strike has a mid 0.81 USD above it.", "cites": [ "c-261218c50" ] }, { "text": "A limit order at the mid would close the reference.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] } ], "figures": [ { "label": "Mid, 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20", "value": 1.04, "unit": "USD", "cite": "m-261120c50", "field": "mid", "data_timestamp": "2026-10-30T19:29:55Z" } ] } }, { "id": "bad-ranking", "label": "known_bad", "fails": "no-ranking-language", "finding": { "notice": "Not financial advice", "data_as_of": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "data_delay_minutes": 15, "source_terms_read": true, "stale_quotes_used": false, "points": [ { "text": "The 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20 had a mid of 1.04 USD and a spread of 0.06 USD.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] }, { "text": "The call expiring 2026-12-18 at the same strike has a mid 0.81 USD above it.", "cites": [ "c-261218c50" ] }, { "text": "The December call is the best candidate.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] } ], "figures": [ { "label": "Mid, 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20", "value": 1.04, "unit": "USD", "cite": "m-261120c50", "field": "mid", "data_timestamp": "2026-10-30T19:29:55Z" } ] } }, { "id": "bad-terms-unread", "label": "known_bad", "fails": "terms-read", "finding": { "notice": "Not financial advice", "data_as_of": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "data_delay_minutes": 15, "source_terms_read": false, "stale_quotes_used": false, "points": [ { "text": "The 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20 had a mid of 1.04 USD and a spread of 0.06 USD.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] }, { "text": "The call expiring 2026-12-18 at the same strike has a mid 0.81 USD above it.", "cites": [ "c-261218c50" ] } ], "figures": [ { "label": "Mid, 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20", "value": 1.04, "unit": "USD", "cite": "m-261120c50", "field": "mid", "data_timestamp": "2026-10-30T19:29:55Z" } ] } }, { "id": "bad-stale-quotes", "label": "known_bad", "fails": "no-stale-quotes", "finding": { "notice": "Not financial advice", "data_as_of": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "data_delay_minutes": 15, "source_terms_read": true, "stale_quotes_used": true, "points": [ { "text": "The 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20 had a mid of 1.04 USD and a spread of 0.06 USD.", "cites": [ "m-261120c50" ] }, { "text": "The call expiring 2026-12-18 at the same strike has a mid 0.81 USD above it.", "cites": [ "c-261218c50" ] } ], "figures": [ { "label": "Mid, 50-strike call expiring 2026-11-20", "value": 1.04, "unit": "USD", "cite": "m-261120c50", "field": "mid", "data_timestamp": "2026-10-30T19:29:55Z" } ] } } ], "expected": { "good-descriptive": { "verdict": "pass", "failed_checks": [] }, "bad-no-notice": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "notice-exact" ] }, "bad-uncited-point": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "points-cited" ] }, "bad-untimed-figure": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "figures-timestamped" ] }, "bad-no-as-of": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "as-of-stated" ] }, "bad-no-delay": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "delay-stated" ] }, "bad-advice": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "no-advice-language" ] }, "bad-order": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "no-order-language" ] }, "bad-ranking": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "no-ranking-language" ] }, "bad-terms-unread": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "terms-read" ] }, "bad-stale-quotes": { "verdict": "fail", "failed_checks": [ "no-stale-quotes" ] } } }, "synthetic": true } ], "verbs": [ { "slug": "capture-chain", "kind": "verb.ingest", "title": "Capture one timestamped chain snapshot under the source's terms", "claimant": "agent", "model_use": "none", "summary": "Read the options chain and the implied volatility history the review request names from a licensed or official source the requester already has access to, or from the export file they supplied, under the source's terms, and write them as one timestamped snapshot and one history with the digest of every response.", "outcome": "A chain snapshot and an implied volatility history, or blocked when the terms forbid automated access or storage.", "ready_outcome": "chain_captured", "pinned": [ "public-company-research:guardrail.respect-provider-terms", "public-company-research:guardrail.no-trades-or-orders", "guardrail.timestamp-every-number", "rules.data-access" ], "slots": [ { "name": "review_request", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the review request." }, { "name": "supplied_export", "category": "noun.feed_source", "required": false, "description": "Pin of the file the requester exported from their licensed source, if they supplied one." } ], "network": [ "read_only", "Only the data source the review request names, through its documented API with the requester's existing access, or no network at all for a supplied export; never a brokerage or trading host, a login page or a quote page read by scraping." ], "produces": [ { "name": "chain_snapshot", "template": "template.chain-snapshot" }, { "name": "iv_history", "template": "template.iv-history" } ], "steps": [ "Read the source's terms first and record what they permit; stop with blocked when they forbid automated access or storing the snapshot.", "Never connect to a brokerage or trading account and never accept its credentials; a request to use one ends blocked with a plain refusal.", "Copy every value exactly as the source gives it, with each quote's own time, the data's delay and the digest of the response or file.", "Run python -m chain_measures check and fix the capture, never the values, until it reports no problems." ], "acceptance": [ { "id": "matches-template", "check": "The output validates against template.chain-snapshot's schema.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "terms-recorded", "check": "The source block records the terms date, the permissions, the delay and brokerage_connection false.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "check-passes", "check": "python -m chain_measures check reports no problems.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "requested-only", "check": "Every contract belongs to the requested underlying, expiries and strike window.", "method": "deterministic" } ] }, { "slug": "compute-measures", "kind": "verb.verify_gate", "title": "Recompute every measure the review may cite", "claimant": "agent", "model_use": "none", "summary": "Run the pack's code on the snapshot, the history and the request's assumptions: mids, spreads, quote ages, implied volatility from each mid, the provider's greeks beside a Black-Scholes-Merton recomputation with their differences, and the implied volatility rank and percentile of the named measure.", "outcome": "Chain measures anyone can recompute.", "ready_outcome": "measures_computed", "pinned": [ "rules.option-math", "tool.chain-measures", "guardrail.timestamp-every-number" ], "slots": [ { "name": "chain_snapshot", "category": "noun.feed_source", "description": "Pin of the chain snapshot." }, { "name": "iv_history", "category": "noun.feed_source", "description": "Pin of the implied volatility history." }, { "name": "review_request", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the review request." } ], "produces": [ { "name": "chain_measures", "template": "template.chain-measures" } ], "steps": [ "Run python -m chain_measures measures on the pinned inputs and keep its output unchanged.", "Record a difference from the provider as a difference; never overwrite or correct a provider value.", "Leave the rank unknown, with its reason, when the history is too short or flat; never substitute a shorter window." ], "acceptance": [ { "id": "matches-template", "check": "The output validates against template.chain-measures's schema.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "recomputed", "check": "python -m chain_measures measures reproduces the noun exactly.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "assumptions-cited", "check": "The rate and dividend yield equal the request's, which name their sources and dates.", "method": "deterministic" } ], "follows": [ "options-chain-review.capture-chain" ] }, { "slug": "screen-liquidity", "kind": "verb.verify_gate", "title": "Apply the person's liquidity screens to every contract", "claimant": "agent", "model_use": "none", "summary": "Apply the screens the person set in the review request (a two-sided quote, the spread as a share of the mid, open interest, volume and quote age) to every contract, listing every failed screen and its measured value.", "outcome": "A liquidity screen that lists every contract.", "ready_outcome": "contracts_screened", "pinned": [ "rules.liquidity-screens", "tool.chain-measures" ], "slots": [ { "name": "chain_measures", "category": "noun.eval_run", "description": "Pin of the chain measures." }, { "name": "review_request", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the review request." } ], "produces": [ { "name": "liquidity_screen", "template": "template.liquidity-screen" } ], "steps": [ "Run python -m chain_measures screen with the request's thresholds; never choose or loosen a threshold.", "List every contract once, with each screen it fails." ], "acceptance": [ { "id": "matches-template", "check": "The output validates against template.liquidity-screen's schema.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "recomputed", "check": "python -m chain_measures screen reproduces the noun exactly.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "every-contract", "check": "Every contract in the measures appears exactly once.", "method": "deterministic" } ], "follows": [ "options-chain-review.compute-measures" ] }, { "slug": "list-roll-candidates", "kind": "verb.situate", "title": "List roll candidates beside the reference contract", "claimant": "agent", "model_use": "none", "summary": "List the contracts at the reference's strike and a later expiry, and at other strikes in the request's window, each compared with the reference contract and ordered by expiry, then strike, without ranking them.", "outcome": "Roll candidates, described and compared only.", "ready_outcome": "candidates_listed", "pinned": [ "rules.roll-candidates", "tool.chain-measures", "public-company-research:guardrail.not-financial-advice" ], "slots": [ { "name": "chain_measures", "category": "noun.eval_run", "description": "Pin of the chain measures." }, { "name": "liquidity_screen", "category": "noun.eval_run", "description": "Pin of the liquidity screen." }, { "name": "review_request", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the review request." } ], "produces": [ { "name": "roll_candidates", "template": "template.roll-candidates" } ], "steps": [ "Run python -m chain_measures candidates; keep its order and every candidate that fails a screen.", "Add no rank, score, preference or price to trade at." ], "acceptance": [ { "id": "matches-template", "check": "The output validates against template.roll-candidates's schema.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "recomputed", "check": "python -m chain_measures candidates reproduces the noun exactly.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "neutral-order", "check": "Each group is ordered by expiry, then strike.", "method": "deterministic" } ], "follows": [ "options-chain-review.screen-liquidity" ] }, { "slug": "write-chain-review", "kind": "verb.solve_draft", "title": "Write a descriptive chain review, marked Not financial advice", "claimant": "agent", "summary": "Write a plain review from the measures, screens and candidates that answers only the request's descriptive questions, cites what every point describes, gives every figure its data timestamp, and describes and compares without recommending, ranking or pricing an order.", "outcome": "A chain review with its notice.", "ready_outcome": "review_written", "pinned": [ "public-company-research:guardrail.not-financial-advice", "public-company-research:guardrail.no-trades-or-orders", "public-company-research:guardrail.cite-every-number", "guardrail.timestamp-every-number", "review-checks" ], "slots": [ { "name": "chain_snapshot", "category": "noun.feed_source", "description": "Pin of the chain snapshot." }, { "name": "chain_measures", "category": "noun.eval_run", "description": "Pin of the chain measures." }, { "name": "liquidity_screen", "category": "noun.eval_run", "description": "Pin of the liquidity screen." }, { "name": "roll_candidates", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the roll candidates." }, { "name": "review_request", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the review request." } ], "produces": [ { "name": "chain_review", "template": "template.chain-review" } ], "steps": [ "Cite the measures, candidates, screens or request behind every point, and give every figure its source field and data timestamp.", "Turn any request for advice, a ranking or an order into a plain refusal and a pointer to the person who decides.", "State the data's delay, the model's assumptions and what the review does not cover in its limits.", "Run the review checks and fix every failure before submitting." ], "acceptance": [ { "id": "matches-template", "check": "The output validates against template.chain-review's schema.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "review-checks-pass", "check": "Every check in review-checks passes on the review.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "figures-trace", "check": "Every figure equals its cited row's field and carries that row's data timestamp.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "plain", "check": "Points read plainly, without jargon a general reader would not know.", "method": "judgment" } ], "follows": [ "options-chain-review.list-roll-candidates" ] }, { "slug": "check-chain-review", "kind": "verb.verify_gate", "title": "Recheck every number, timestamp and phrase (a different worker)", "claimant": "agent_or_human", "review": "distinct_reviewer", "summary": "A worker other than the drafter reruns the pack's code on the pinned snapshot, checks every figure against its row and timestamp, and lists every uncited number, stale quote, advice, order or ranking phrase, unread term and any personal data.", "outcome": "A review check that passes only with no problems.", "ready_outcome": "review_checked", "pinned": [ "guardrail.timestamp-every-number", "public-company-research:guardrail.not-financial-advice", "public-company-research:guardrail.no-trades-or-orders", "tool.chain-measures" ], "slots": [ { "name": "chain_review", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the chain review." }, { "name": "chain_measures", "category": "noun.eval_run", "description": "Pin of the chain measures." }, { "name": "chain_snapshot", "category": "noun.feed_source", "description": "Pin of the chain snapshot." }, { "name": "iv_history", "category": "noun.feed_source", "description": "Pin of the implied volatility history." }, { "name": "review_request", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the review request." } ], "produces": [ { "name": "review_check", "template": "template.review-check" } ], "steps": [ "Read the snapshot only when its data's terms cover you; otherwise end blocked.", "Rerun python -m chain_measures measures, screen and candidates and compare them with the pinned nouns.", "Check every figure against its row, field and data timestamp, and every decimal number in the points.", "List every problem; pass only when nothing is listed." ], "acceptance": [ { "id": "matches-template", "check": "The output validates against template.review-check's schema.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "every-number", "check": "numbers_checked equals the review's figures plus the decimal numbers and percentages in its points.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "different-worker", "check": "The checking key differs from the drafting key.", "method": "deterministic" } ], "follows": [ "options-chain-review.write-chain-review" ] }, { "slug": "decide-delivery", "kind": "verb.verify_gate", "title": "Decide whether the checked review is delivered (a person)", "claimant": "human", "model_use": "none", "summary": "A person reads the checked review and its check and decides whether it is delivered to the requester inside the requester's scope and the data's terms; any decision about a position, a roll or money stays with the reader.", "outcome": "A delivery record: delivered or held, with the reason.", "ready_outcome": "delivery_decided", "pinned": [ "policy-and-law-watch:guardrail.person-decides", "public-company-research:guardrail.not-financial-advice", "checklist" ], "slots": [ { "name": "chain_review", "category": "noun.seed_hypothesis", "description": "Pin of the chain review." }, { "name": "review_check", "category": "noun.eval_run", "description": "Pin of the review check." } ], "produces": [ { "name": "delivery_record", "template": "policy-and-law-watch:template.delivery-record" } ], "steps": [ "Deliver only a review whose check passed, and only to the people the data's terms cover.", "Holding is a valid decision; give the reason." ], "acceptance": [ { "id": "matches-template", "check": "The output validates against template.delivery-record's schema.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "check-passed", "check": "A deliver decision has review_passed true.", "method": "deterministic" }, { "id": "person-decides", "check": "The submitting key belongs to a person who neither drafted nor checked the review.", "method": "deterministic" } ], "bounds": { "max_elapsed_seconds": 604800 }, "follows": [ "options-chain-review.check-chain-review" ] } ] }