That's fairly common, yeah. There is a list of hard rules and requirements for when options become available after the IPO, and it is very variable. From a per

That's fairly common, yeah. There is a list of hard rules and requirements for when options become available after the IPO, and it is very variable. From a personal observation, I've noticed that for most IPOs i was looking at over the past few years, options became availavle only at least after a few weeks since the IPO date. Some took even longer.