triple witching hour: Meaning and Definition of

tri'ple witch'ing hour"

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  1. 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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