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Hi,

What you have interpreted is correct. There is no fixed length for underlying 
symbol though. For example, Jun 130 BT option will be BT130F0.L. June 420 Tesco 
option will be TSCO420F0.L. Underlying RIC code is in FID1026, if you have 
access to a TR IDN data. 

Regards,
Kate

> Can someone provide guidance or let me know where I can find info on how to 
> interpret a RIC symbol for an option order.
> 
> We are receiving the following
> 22 (IDSource) 5
> 48 (SecurityID) VOD120L9.L
> 461 (CFICode) OCEFCS
> 202 (Strike Price) 1.2
> 541 (MaturityDate) 20091218
> 
> Specifically I need to know how to extract the underlying product from the 
> SecurityID.  I'm guessing that the last 2 chars (L9) are the Maturity Month 
> and Year,  chars 4 to 6 (120) represent the Strike Price and char 1 to 3 
> (VOD) represent the underlying symbol.  Are each of these fields a fixed size?


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