triple witching hour definition

triple witching hour

Final hour of the trading day (called triple witching day) on a stock exchange when the all three related classes of options or futures contracts (stock options, index options, index futures) expire, and traders scramble to close out their positions. See also double witching hour.

triple witching hour is in the Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.

triple witching hour appears in the definitions of the following terms: triple witching day and double witching hour

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