Option Greeks
Calculate Greeks for options using Black-Scholes model. Computes IV from market price via Newton-Raphson.
Instructions
Note: If uv is not installed or pyproject.toml is not found, replace uv run python with python in all commands below.
uv run python scripts/greeks.py --spot SPOT --strike STRIKE --type call|put [--expiry YYYY-MM-DD | --dte DTE] [--price PRICE] [--date YYYY-MM-DD] [--vol VOL] [--rate RATE]
Arguments
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--spot
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Underlying spot price (required)
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--strike
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Option strike price (required)
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--type
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Option type: call or put (required)
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--expiry
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Expiration date YYYY-MM-DD (use this OR --dte)
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--dte
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Days to expiration (alternative to --expiry)
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--date
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Calculate as of this date instead of today (YYYY-MM-DD)
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--price
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Option market price (for IV calculation)
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--vol
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Override volatility as decimal (e.g., 0.30 for 30%)
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--rate
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Risk-free rate (default: 0.05)
Output
Returns JSON with:
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spot
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Underlying spot price
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strike
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Strike price
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days_to_expiry
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Days until expiration
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iv
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Implied volatility (calculated from market price)
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greeks
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delta, gamma, theta, vega, rho
Examples
With expiry date and market price (calculates IV)
uv run python scripts/greeks.py --spot 630 --strike 600 --expiry 2026-05-15 --type call --price 72.64
With DTE directly
uv run python scripts/greeks.py --spot 630 --strike 600 --dte 30 --type call --price 40
As of a future date
uv run python scripts/greeks.py --spot 630 --strike 600 --expiry 2026-05-15 --date 2026-03-01 --type call --price 50
Explain what each Greek means for the position.
Dependencies
- scipy