First Week of February 2019 Options Trading For Akamai Technologies (AKAM)
June 20, 2018 at 11:31 AM EDT
Investors in Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM) saw new options begin trading this week, for the February 2019 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 240 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..