OPEX, or options expiration, is the day on which stock options contracts expire. Stock options give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a certain number of shares of a stock at a certain price by a certain date. If an option is not exercised by the expiration date, it…
OPEX day in the stock market is the day on which most stock options expire. It typically occurs on the third Friday of each month, but it can be moved if that day is a holiday. As traders, it might be interesting to ask this: What has happened the day before options expiration day –…
The options expiration happens on the Friday before the 3rd Saturday of each month in the US. An often referred to effect is the options expiration week effect. Is this effect real, or is it just a myth? In this article, we test the option expiration week effect: S&P 500 shows above-average returns during the…
