First Week of DFS April 2018 Options Trading
August 22, 2017 at 10:50 AM EDT
Investors in Discover Financial Services (DFS) saw new options become available this week, for the April 2018 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..