First Week of January 2018 Options Trading For East West Bancorp (EWBC)
October 19, 2017 at 10:37 AM EDT
Investors in East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC) saw new options begin trading this week, for the January 2018 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 92 days until expiration the newly trading 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..