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How To

Your essential guide for navigating Massive. This category provides step-by-step instructions, practical tips, and solutions to common queries, helping users effectively utilize our platform's features.

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    How do you read an options symbol?
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    Options Category

    Options

    Description
    A Massive options ticker is four parts joined together: O: then the underlying, the expiry as YYMMDD, C or P, and the strike in thousandths padded to eight digits. So O:SPY260918C00650000 is a SPY call expiring 18 September 2026 at a strike of 650.
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    How do I get started with Flat Files and S3 on Massive?
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    Description
    Take your S3 keys from the dashboard and point any S3 client at https://files.massive.com with the bucket flatfiles. Flat files are on paid plans only, and a 403 does not say why: the file may be outside your plan or its history, not yet published, or blocked by unsigned agreements.
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    Does Massive offer sample code?
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    Data Coverage

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    How To

    Description
    Yes. Client libraries and runnable examples are published on GitHub, and the documentation carries a code sample for every endpoint. The quickest start is a client library for your language rather than raw HTTP.
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    How do I connect Massive to ChatGPT, Claude or another AI tool?
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    Description
    Add Massive's hosted MCP server, https://mcp.massive.com/, as a custom connector or MCP server in your AI tool and sign in with your Massive account in the browser; there is no API key to paste, and the tool can reach the same data your Massive plan includes.

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