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Date Posted: Friday, January 24, 08:20:09pm Next triple witching 21st of March U.S.time. ------------------------------------------------------------ Triple witching hour: The last hour of stock market trading on days when options and futures contracts expire on market indexes employed by program traders to hedge their positions in stocks. Triple Witching Fancy Way to Say: Mass Derivative (i.e. options, futures) Expiration ------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation ------------------------------------------------------------ Four times a year, on the third Friday of the quarter ending month (March, June, September, December) three different types of derivatives related to stocks expire: Options on Individual Stocks Options on Stock Index Futures Stock Index Futures The 'mass' expiration can cause wild gyrations and false moves in prices as contracts are covered, rolled over, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------ [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |