Quadruple Witching

What Does Quadruple Witching Mean?
A day on which contracts for stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and single stock futures (SSF) all expire.

Investopedia explains Quadruple Witching
This is similar to the triple witching hour, except that the quadruple witching hour sees also the expiry of SSFs.

Quadruple witching days occur on the third Friday of March, June, September and December.

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Futures
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Option
Single Stock Future - SSF
Standard & Poor's 500 Index - S&P 500
Triple Witching
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