double witching hour investment & finance definition
The simultaneous expiration of stock option and index option contracts, which may create market volatility.
Double Witching Day: A term for the day of the month when two related classes of options and futures expire. A double witching day may lead to various strategies by arbitrageurs to close out positions.
Double witching day
A trading day when of two related classes of options and futures expire, resulting in a variety of arbitrage strategies to close out positions.
Double witching day
The last trading day before expiry of options and futures on the same underlying asset, resulting in a variety of arbitrage strategies to close out positions.
Double Witching Similar to triple witching, but instead of three classes of options or futures expiring on the same day, it is only two.
witching hour See double witching hour, triple witching hour. with interest A type of bond in which the buyer must pay the seller the cumulative interest... withdraw To take money of an account for expenditure.
 See also: Stock, Investment, Share, Contract, Close
  
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