First Week of VCIT November 20th Options Trading
March 27, 2015 at 10:51 AM EDT
Investors in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCIT) saw new options become available this week, for the November 20th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 238 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration..