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triple witching hour
noun
- the last hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the four Fridays each year when stock options, stock index futures, and options on such futures simultaneously expire: regarded as a time of extreme volatility in trading.
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Origin of triple witching hour1
First recorded in 1985–90
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