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quadruple witching

quadruple witching noun: simultaneous expiry on US markets of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures, which takes place on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. (Prior to single stock futures those days were triple witching.).

Noun

quadruple witching (uncountable)

  1. Simultaneous expiry on US markets of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures, which takes place on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. (Prior to single stock futures those days were triple witching.)

Origin of quadruple witching

The idea of witching for these days is from the unusual patterns of trading that can occur ahead of the contract expiries.

Questions about quadruple witching

What does quadruple witching mean?
Quadruple witching means simultaneous expiry on US markets of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures, which takes place on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. (Prior to single stock futures those days were triple witching.).
What part of speech is quadruple witching?
Quadruple witching is a noun.

Words near quadruple witching in the dictionary

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  5. quadruple wholes
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