Triple Witching Hours
Triple witching hour occurs four times a year, and is a time when traders should watch out. It's actually when single stock options, stock index options, and stock index futures contracts all expire at once.
Triple Witching Hour
What It Is:
On the third Friday of every March, June, September, and December, contracts for stock index futures, stock index options, and stock options all expire at the end of the day.
Triple witching day
Occurring on the third Friday of the month that ends each quarter. The date marks the simultaneous expiration of stock options, index futures and index options.
Triple witching hour
Definition:
The four times a year that the S&P futures contract expires at the same time as the S&P 100 index option contract and option contracts on individual stocks.
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Triple Witching Hour
The Triple Witching Hour refers to the four time annually that the S&P Futures contract, the S&P 100 index option and options on individual stocks expire simulateously.
Triple Witching Hour Slang used for the last hour of trading before the simultaneous expiration of stock options, index options, and index futures. This occurs four times a year on the third Friday of each quarter's end.
Triple Witching
An event that occurs when the contracts for stock index futures, stock index options and stock options all expire on the same day.
Triple Witching Hour
The last trading hour on the third Friday of March, June, September and December when options and futures on stock indexes expire concurrently. (see Options and Futures)
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Triple Witching Hour- This is the final trading hours on the third Fridays of March, June, Septmber and December.
Uptick- This is the case when the current transaction price is above the initial transaction price.
Triple Witching
The days in which index futures, index future options, and specific stock options end (3rd Friday of March, June, September and December).
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Triple Witching - Prior to 2001. The third Friday of March, June, September, and December, when stock options, index futures and options on index futures expire.
Triple Witching Hour: Term for the simultaneous expiration each quarter of stock-index futures, options on individual stocks, and stock-index options.
Triple Witching Day: The day when stock options, stock-index options and stock-index futures expire. Normally, it is a day of high volatility
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Triple Witching Day
The third Friday in March, June, September, and December when US stock options, index options, and futures contracts all expire at the same time. The effect ...
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Triple Witching: the third Friday of March, June, September and December is the day when index futures, index future options, and certain stock options all expire. Triple Witching Fridays are know for high volatility.
It's Triple Witching day, options expirations. The morning futures do not indicate any dramatic changes in the current market trend. Do not expect any great market movement today, being a Friday and St. Patrick's Day.
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triple witching day The day on which triple witching hour occurs. triple witching hour The last hour of the stock market trading session on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December.
Double Witching Similar to triple witching, but instead of three classes of options or futures expiring on the same day, it is only two.
" Triple witching It occurs when the contracts for stock index futures, stock index options and stock options all expire on the same day. This happens four times a year: The 3rd Friday of March, June, September and December.
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