An event that occurs when the contracts for stock index futures, stock index options and stock options all expire on the same day.The event happens on the third Friday in March, June, September and December when all four speculative derivatives i.e options, index options, single stock futures and index futures all expire on the same date. he speculative investments are not … [Read more...]
The Witching Hour
Witching hour is the last hour of stock market while trading is on between 3pm (when the bond market closes) and 4pm . Witching hour is typically controlled by large professional traders, program traders and large institutional traders, and can be characterized by higher-than-average volatility. The witching hour is most commonly known in the context of triple witching, which … [Read more...]