Customize Options Columns

You may add, reorder, or remove columns from an options board. In addition, you can save your preferences to apply to all future option boards you create in the future.

 

Option boards have Common Columns (the column appears once for each Call/Put), and Instrument-specific Columns (the columns can be added to either Calls or Puts). You can add or remove columns from each set, as well as reorder the way in which they appear.

 

 

To customize options columns

 

  1. From the View menu, select Display Settings.

    OR

    Right-click on the options board to display the context menu, and select
    Display Settings.
     

  2. Open the Columns tab.
     

  3. Use the Add or Remove buttons to move columns between the Available and Selected fields. (Columns in the Selected field will appear on the options board in the sequence shown.) For detailed descriptions of the available columns, go here.

    Note
    : When adding or removing columns in the Instrument-specific Columns field, you must identify whether you want the column added to Calls or Puts using the Columns Apply To drop-down menu.
     

  4. If you want all new future options boards to use these column settings, check the field Use these settings for new windows.
     

  5. Decide how these changes should be applied by clicking the arrow to the right of the Apply button:



    Note
    : Simply clicking OK will apply your changes only to the Tab in which you are currently working.