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Upcoming expiries, market events, and timing that may affect derivatives.

How to useUpcoming expiries and market events, with their scheduled timing.

Next witching event

SCHEDULED

Monthly Expiry

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2026

NOV202026

Standard monthly US equity options expiration and position rolls.

Counting down to Market open · 9:30 AM ET

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The WickHour

3:33 PM ET

WickHour's designated moment inside the final trading hour.

A WickHour ritual, not an exchange-defined market event.

Witching day timeline

All times Eastern (ET) on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2026. Not trading instructions.

  1. 9:30 AM ET

    Market open

  2. 3:00 PM ET

    Final hour

  3. 3:33 PM ET

    The WickHour

  4. 4:00 PM ET

    Market close

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What is witching?

The quarterly expiration session and what expires in it.

Quarterly expiration falls on the third Friday of March, June, September and December. In the same session, index options, equity options, index futures and futures options reach expiry together.

With many positions expiring, rolling or settling at once, expiration and hedging flows can become material, trading volume may be elevated, and the closing session draws particular attention.

Nothing here predicts direction, volatility or price. Not financial advice.

What WickHour is watching

Connected capabilities are shown here. Current availability, freshness and coverage are reported on each data panel.

  • Stock Token

    CONNECTED

    Official Robinhood registry, status, multiplier, halt state and corporate actions.

  • Flow

    CONNECTED

    Mint, burn and transfer events read from Robinhood Chain.

  • Activity

    CONNECTED

    Transfer-event counts compared across two fully covered equal windows.

  • Derivatives

    CONNECTED

    Arcus perpetual funding and open interest are live. Options chains, implied volatility, gamma and dated-futures positioning remain unconnected.

  • Liquidity

    CONNECTED

    Arcus perpetual L2 spread, visible depth and 24h notional volume are live. Multi-venue Robinhood Chain liquidity remains forthcoming.

  • Corporate actions

    CONNECTED

    Splits, multiplier changes and other issuer actions read from the official Stock Token corporate-actions feed.

If onchain Flow is temporarily unavailable, the Flow panel says so and keeps its last verified reading marked stale. The Almanac stays useful either way.

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After this event

The rhythm continues: monthly expiries, then the next quarterly witching.

  • QUARTERLY WITCHING

    DEC 18 2026

    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2026 · The WickHour 3:33 PM ET

    The December quarterly expiration — the next flagship witching session after September.

Calendar

Expiry timing is computed from published calendar rules. Event values are not connected.

  1. OPTIONS

    Monthly options expiry

    US equity options

    SCHEDULEDNOT CONNECTED

    Standard monthly equity options expiry and position rolls.

    Starts
    2026-11-20 18:30 UTC
    Important window
    2026-11-20 18:30 UTC → 2026-11-20 21:00 UTC
    Expiry / settlement
    2026-11-20 20:00 UTC

    Affects: US equities · Equity index options · Stock Tokens — source: Standard expiry calendar rule (computed locally)

  2. OPTIONS

    Quadruple Witching

    US equity options

    SCHEDULEDNOT CONNECTED

    Quarterly convergence of equity-derivatives expiries, settlements, and position rolls.

    Starts
    2026-12-18 18:30 UTC
    Important window
    2026-12-18 18:30 UTC → 2026-12-18 21:00 UTC
    Expiry / settlement
    2026-12-18 20:00 UTC

    Affects: US equities · Equity index options · Stock Tokens — source: Standard expiry calendar rule (computed locally)

  3. OPTIONS

    Monthly options expiry

    US equity options

    SCHEDULEDNOT CONNECTED

    Standard monthly equity options expiry and position rolls.

    Starts
    2027-01-15 18:30 UTC
    Important window
    2027-01-15 18:30 UTC → 2027-01-15 21:00 UTC
    Expiry / settlement
    2027-01-15 20:00 UTC

    Affects: US equities · Equity index options · Stock Tokens — source: Standard expiry calendar rule (computed locally)

  4. OPTIONS

    Monthly options expiry

    US equity options

    SCHEDULEDNOT CONNECTED

    Standard monthly equity options expiry and position rolls.

    Starts
    2027-02-19 18:30 UTC
    Important window
    2027-02-19 18:30 UTC → 2027-02-19 21:00 UTC
    Expiry / settlement
    2027-02-19 20:00 UTC

    Affects: US equities · Equity index options · Stock Tokens — source: Standard expiry calendar rule (computed locally)

  5. FUTURES

    Quarterly futures settlement / roll

    Equity index futures

    SCHEDULEDNOT CONNECTED

    Quarterly index futures settlement coinciding with Quadruple Witching. Roll activity typically precedes it.

    Starts
    2026-12-18 20:00 UTC
    Important window
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    Expiry / settlement
    2026-12-18 20:00 UTC

    Affects: Index futures · Index options — source: Standard expiry calendar rule (computed locally)

  6. PERPS

    Perpetual funding interval

    Perpetual futures venues

    NOT CONNECTEDNOT CONNECTED

    Funding is exchanged on each venue's interval. Connect a venue source to populate exact times and rates.

    Starts
    —
    Important window
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    Expiry / settlement
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    Affects: Perpetual futures — source: Not connected

  7. RWA

    Stock Token corporate action window

    Robinhood Stock Tokens

    NOT CONNECTEDNOT CONNECTED

    Corporate actions and halt states affecting Stock Tokens. Requires the official Stock Token source.

    Starts
    —
    Important window
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    Expiry / settlement
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    Affects: Robinhood Stock Tokens — source: Not connected

  8. MACRO

    Scheduled macro release

    Macro

    NOT CONNECTEDNOT CONNECTED

    Scheduled economic releases that shift expected move and hedging conditions. Requires a calendar source.

    Starts
    —
    Important window
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    Expiry / settlement
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    Affects: Rates · Index derivatives — source: Not connected