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Market Update: Quadruple Expiration Week
Dec 17, 2012 || OpenMarkets || No Comments
This week is quadruple expiration week. Jack explains what that means and how open interest in the December S&P 500 futures rolling over to the March contract affects the market. He also explains why portfolio managers are getting into calendar spreads.
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