quad witch

Traders looking to trade options on Friday were met with surprise issues Friday.  What Happened: A system issue from the Cboe (BATS: CBOE) was causing issues for stock trading platforms Friday. Careful hearing most brokers having major issues w/ fills VWAP also not showing correctly on TOS...

Can the market end higher for two days in a row? The last time the S&P 500 Index (SPX) was able to string together consecutive up days was the middle of last month. Since then, we’ve seen massive moves up and down, but mostly down, as volatility has rocketed up. The futures...

Equity index futures looked ready to regain some lost ground from Quadruple Witching Friday’s sell-off at yesterday evening’s open, but this morning tells a different tale. S&P 500 futures are now little changed from Friday’s close, failing to hold above the 3,000 price level...

A FOMC meeting, quadruple witching and snowstorm clouds gathering over the East coast all make a heady concoction that could drive up volatility in the markets. In market parlance, volatility is the amount of uncertainty about the magnitude of change in the value of a security. It can be calculated...

Friday is a quadruple witching expiration, or "quad witch." So what exactly is a quad witch? This means that stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and single stock futures are all set to expire today. Stock and index option contracts expire on the third Friday of each month (plus...