First Week of March 2015 Options Trading For iShares iBoxx Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG)
July 22, 2014 at 11:43 AM EDT
Investors in iShares iBoxx Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) saw new options become available this week, for the March 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 241 days until expiration the newly available 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..