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?