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Expiration Cycle
The calendar cycle of expiration months that is assigned to basic exchange-traded stock options. With a few exceptions (some options will have contracts in every month), most equity options are set up to trade with expiration months in one of the following three formats:
January Cycle: Expirations in January, April, July, October (the first month of each quarter)
February Cycle: Expirations in February, May, August, November (second month)
March Cycle: Expirations in March, June, September, December (third month) Investopedia Says:
Some options may have contracts in every month of the year, but this is usually reserved for highly liquid underlying securities, such as ETFs on the S&P 500. Options such as these are often used to hedge a portfolio and, because they represent a basket of stocks, the security is more stable. The strike prices tend to hold up better as a result.
With single stock options, a given strike price that once seemed valuable can quickly become obsolete, such as a $25 strike price in a call option on a stock that drops suddenly from $27 to $15 over the course of a month.
LEAPS are not subject to standard expiration cycles because they are derivative contracts that are one year or more away from expiration. Related Terms:
Call Option
Expiration Date
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities - LEAPS
Option Series
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