Who is responsible for choosing maturities and strike prices in the listed options market? For instance, some
For instance, some underlying stocks have different maturity schedules than others, some have LEAPs and some do not, etc.
And what is the criteria for choosing maturities and strikes?
The expiration dates (the maturities): all stocks with options belong to one of several regular cycles, for example a stock with LEAPS might have jan 07, feb 07, may 07 and aug 07 expiration dates, plus 08 and 09 LEAPS. Everyone knows that when the feb 07s expire on 3rd friday of feb, the nov 07s will open the following monday. This pattern is a cycle 2.
Cycle 1s expire in jan, apr, jul & oct.
Cycle 3s expire in mar, jun, sep & dec.
Options with LEAPS always include jan no matter what cycle they
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