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Second-Order Greeks ​

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Fetch second-order Greeks history (intraday, sampled by interval).

  • Returns the data for all contracts that share the same provided symbol and expiration.
  • Calculated using the option and underlying midpoint price. If an interval size is specified (highly recommended), the option quote used in the calculation follows the same rules as the quote endpoint.
  • The underlying price represents whatever the last underlying price was at the timestamp field. You can read more about how Theta Data calculates greeks here.
  • Multi-day requests are limited to 1 month of data.
SPY · 20250321
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from thetadatadx import Client

client = Client.from_env()

rows = client.market_data.option_history_greeks_second_order(
    "SPY", "20250321",
    strike="570", right="C", date="20250303", interval="1m",
)
for t in rows:
    print(t.date, t.gamma, t.vanna, t.charm)
Sample response · JSON
[
  {
    "ask": 0,
    "bid": 0,
    "charm": 0,
    "gamma": 0,
    "implied_vol": 0.25,
    "iv_error": 100,
    "timestamp": "2024-11-04T09:30:00",
    "underlying_price": 221,
    "underlying_timestamp": "2024-11-04T09:30:00",
    "vanna": 0,
    "veta": 0,
    "vomma": 0
  },
  {
    "ask": 0.01,
    "bid": 0,
    "charm": 0,
    "gamma": 0,
    "implied_vol": 0.25,
    "iv_error": 100,
    "timestamp": "2024-11-04T10:30:00",
    "underlying_price": 221.73,
    "underlying_timestamp": "2024-11-04T10:30:00",
    "vanna": 0,
    "veta": 0,
    "vomma": 0
  },
  {
    "ask": 0.01,
    "bid": 0,
    "charm": 0,
    "gamma": 0,
    "implied_vol": 0.25,
    "iv_error": 100,
    "timestamp": "2024-11-04T11:30:00",
    "underlying_price": 221.49,
    "underlying_timestamp": "2024-11-04T11:30:00",
    "vanna": 0,
    "veta": 0,
    "vomma": 0
  }
]

Parameters ​

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
symbolstringyes-Ticker symbol (e.g. AAPL)
expirationdateyes-Expiration date YYYYMMDD
strikestringno*Strike price in dollars as a string (e.g. 500 or 17.5). Use * for wildcard selection.
rightstringnobothOption side. Use both or * (alias) for calls and puts. Accepted values: call, put, both, *.
datedateno-Single date YYYYMMDD. Supply this for a single-day pull, or supply start_date/end_date for a range. When present, date takes precedence over the range.
intervalstringno1sInterval preset. Defaults to 1s when omitted, matching the upstream ThetaData Python library. Accepted values: tick, 10ms, 100ms, 500ms, 1s, 5s, 10s, 15s, 30s, 1m, 5m, 10m, 15m, 30m, 1h.
start_timestringno09:30:00Start time filter
end_timestringno16:00:00End time filter
annual_dividendfloatno-Annualized expected dividend amount, in dollars per share, used in the Greeks calculation (e.g. 2.5 is $2.50 per share per year).
rate_typestringnosofrRisk-free-rate source used in the Greeks calculation. Accepted values: sofr, treasury_m1, treasury_m3, treasury_m6, treasury_y1, treasury_y2, treasury_y3, treasury_y5, treasury_y7, treasury_y10, treasury_y20, treasury_y30.
rate_valuefloatno-Interest rate as a percent (4.36 means 4.36%, matching the InterestRateTick.rate convention) used in the Greeks calculation. Applied when rate_type selects a manual rate.
versionstringnolatestGreeks model version. Accepted values: latest, 1.
strike_rangeintno-Strike range filter
start_datedateno-Start date YYYYMMDD
end_datedateno-End date YYYYMMDD
timeout_msintno-Per-request deadline in milliseconds. 0 means no deadline.

Response ​

Rows of GreeksSecondOrderTick:

FieldTypeDescription
ms_of_dayi32Milliseconds since midnight Eastern Time.
bidf64Last NBBO bid price.
askf64Last NBBO ask price.
gammaf64Rate of change of delta with respect to the underlying price.
vannaf64Sensitivity of delta to a change in implied volatility.
charmf64Rate of change of delta over time.
vommaf64Sensitivity of vega to a change in implied volatility.
vetaf64Rate of change of vega over time.
implied_volatilityf64Implied volatility solved from the option price. The vendor names this column IMPLIED_VOL.
iv_errorf64Residual pricing error of the implied-volatility solve.
underlying_ms_of_dayi32Timestamp of the underlying price, milliseconds since midnight ET. The vendor names this column MS_OF_DAY2.
underlying_pricef64Underlying price used in the calculation (midpoint of the underlying).
datei32Trading date as a YYYYMMDD integer.
underlying_datei32Trading date of the underlying price as a YYYYMMDD integer, decoded from the same wire column as underlying_ms_of_day. It differs from date when the underlying price and the option quote come from different sessions.

Wildcard requests additionally populate expiration (YYYYMMDD), strike (dollars), and right ("C" / "P") on every row to identify the contract; on single-contract requests these are absent (None / null / undefined; the Rust and C rows carry the documented 0 / 0.0 / '\0' fills).

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