With the pervasive investor uncertaintly, the so-called witching hour, a time when futures and options expire and investors usually make more trades, is unlikely to boost trading volumes Friday.

Index futures, index options, equity options and security futures are all set to expire Friday in a phenomenon known as the “quadruple witching” hour. It usually signals a time of higher trading volumes and surprises on Wall Street, but this time, investor uncertainty is likely to keep trades low.

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Why Futures and Options Expirations Won’t Boost Wall Street originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:00:00.

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