Expiry Friday weeks - Bullish or Bearish?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by guy2, Jun 16, 2005.

  1. That would also make sense.
     
    #11     Sep 14, 2005
  2. nassau

    nassau

    I find this week both b/b and find it the best week to write puts and calls to allow good money from premium and to initate a start position in a stock that I am presently in or looking to scale in a positon.

    I find the week after usually follows the trend of thursday/friday for a few days which assist in the scaling in of the position.

    w
     
    #12     Sep 14, 2005
  3. Are you sure about Friday? Friday variations are very often counter-trend because of liquidations happening before the weekend.

    Or, are you talking about Thursday/Friday during expiry weeks only?
     
    #13     Sep 14, 2005
  4. guy2

    guy2

    Another week with an expiry Friday in it. Is this going to be a bullish week as well?
     
    #14     Dec 12, 2005
  5. as a great man voodoo once said...


    "trends never reverse during op ex weeks"


    the trend going in is the trend during and coming out imo
     
    #15     Dec 12, 2005
  6. guy2

    guy2

    So previous week's trend determines then? If I understand you correctly, if the previous week closed higher (week on week) we should have a better than 50% probability of expiry week closing higher and vice versa?
     
    #16     Dec 12, 2005

  7. don't know exactly how it is meant.. I wish Voodoo was still around on mIRC and in #pitstock so I could ask.

    He posted that quote and a link and I never forgot it.

    But yes, I would view it as if the trend in the prior week was up (usually a hod Friday close) .. I would expect no less than an up week during op ex, with any reversal to the downside not taking place until the week following.


    This last week ended as trending down imo and if correct we should expect the market to head down and close lower for the week.


    sorry if it sounds confusing, but I don't know how best to explain it given that I don't have the link that voodoo once posted and do not have any empirical evidence via statistics to back this up.


    Thanks,

    :)
     
    #17     Dec 12, 2005
  8. guy2

    guy2

    The week so far is turning out to be bullish. Will Friday hold up and keep this week as another bullish expiry week?

    [​IMG]
     
    #18     Dec 15, 2005
  9. Run a study for what the average percentage move is on the MONDAY AFTER TRIPLE WITCH.

    My guess is that it is usually a downer, as positions are unwound.
     
    #19     Dec 15, 2005
  10. guy2

    guy2

    Apex: Have you had a chance to look at the results from this? I must confess that I haven't had time to run this test yet... A week on Monday is another one of these days.

    Anybody out there run this test?
     
    #20     Mar 12, 2006