First Week of April 2016 Options Trading For United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)
August 28, 2015 at 10:57 AM EDT
Investors in United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG) saw new options begin trading this week, for the April 2016 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 231 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..