First Week of September 2016 Options Trading For SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
September 02, 2015 at 10:47 AM EDT
Investors in SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) saw new options begin trading this week, for the September 2016 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 380 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..