First Week of July 2015 Options Trading For Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG)

Investors in Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc Tokyo (SMFG) saw new options begin trading this week, for the July 2015 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 234 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration..