First Week of January 2016 Options Trading For East West Bancorp (EWBC)
May 19, 2015 at 11:10 AM EDT
Investors in East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC) saw new options become available this week, for the January 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 241 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..