Options 101: Exploring Expiration Myths & Misconceptions
- What is expiration?
- Why do options expire?
- What do some of these scary terms mean, i.e. triple witching, and quadruple witching?
- How does expiration impact the Greeks?
- Myth busting: Is it true that options control the stock market on expiration Friday?
- Is max pain a real concept?
- Pinning/Pin risk: What is it? Why does it matter? How do you avoid it?
- What happens when you exercise an option?
- American vs. European exercise?
- Can you exercise options early? Should you?
- How does auto-exercise work?
The Buzz: Looking back on 2017: The year without volatility.
- VIX has been under 10 for about 45 days this year, and under 12 for a little over 200 days.
- "Stealth hedging" shows investors not so complacent
- We are all now living in a post-Bitcoin world now - when will we be able to trade the options?
