QuantConnect / QuantConnect/Lean

Options Greeks and Implied Vol Accessible from Option Object

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Description

Expected Behavior

Be able to access greeks and implied volatility at the Option object similar to market data: Securities[symbol].Greeks.Delta.

Actual Behavior

If the algorithm wants to track an option contract greeks and implied volatility, it needs to look for the latest contract in QCAlgorithm.CurrentSlice.OptionChains (see #3207)

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