Quadruple witching refers to a date that entails the simultaneous expiry of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures.
 | | Term of the Day | Words to Know | | |  | | Quadruple Witching | Quadruple witching refers to a date on which stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures expire simultaneously. While stock options contracts and index options expire on the third Friday of every month, all four asset classes expire simultaneously on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December.
Quadruple witching is similar to the triple witching dates, when three out of the four markets expire at the same time, or double witching, when two markets out of the four markets expire at the same time. | | Read More » | | Related to "Quadruple Witching" | | | | SPONSORED BY INVESCO | | What is an Exchange-Traded Fund? | | An ETF is a basket of securities that may consist of stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial assets. Invesco offers a deep dive into this versatile asset. | | Learn More » | | | Volume | | Volume is the number of shares or contracts traded in a security or an entire market during a given period of time. | | Read More » | | | Arbitrage | | Arbitrage is the purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from a difference in the asset's price between markets. | | Read More » | | | Options | | Options are financial derivatives that give the buyer the right to buy or sell the underlying asset at a stated price within a specified period. | | Read More » | | | Futures | | Futures are financial contracts obligating the buyer to purchase an asset or the seller to sell an asset, such as a commodity or financial instrument, at a predetermined future date and price. | | Read More » | | | | | | CONNECT WITH INVESTOPEDIA | | | | | | | |
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