Options Expiration Dates 2026 & 2027
Every standard monthly options expiration for 2026 and 2027, the quarterly triple witching dates, and live countdowns to the next ones in your time zone. Includes the June dates that move to Thursday for Juneteenth.
Monthly options expiration dates 2026
Standard monthly US equity and index options expire on the third Friday of each month. When that Friday is a market holiday, expiration moves to the Thursday before. Past dates are greyed out and the next one is highlighted.
| Month | Expiration (last trading day) | |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Fri Jan 16, 2026 | |
| February 2026 | Fri Feb 20, 2026 | |
| March 2026 | Fri Mar 20, 2026 | Triple witching |
| April 2026 | Fri Apr 17, 2026 | |
| May 2026 | Fri May 15, 2026 | |
| June 2026 | Thu Jun 18, 2026 | Triple witching Thursday: Juneteenth |
| July 2026 | Fri Jul 17, 2026 | |
| August 2026 | Fri Aug 21, 2026 | |
| September 2026 | Fri Sep 18, 2026 | Triple witching |
| October 2026 | Fri Oct 16, 2026 | |
| November 2026 | Fri Nov 20, 2026 | |
| December 2026 | Fri Dec 18, 2026 | Triple witching |
June 2026: the third Friday was June 19, Juneteenth, a market holiday, so the last trading day and expiration processing moved to Thursday, June 18.
Monthly options expiration dates 2027
| Month | Expiration (last trading day) | |
|---|---|---|
| January 2027 | Fri Jan 15, 2027 | |
| February 2027 | Fri Feb 19, 2027 | |
| March 2027 | Fri Mar 19, 2027 | Triple witching |
| April 2027 | Fri Apr 16, 2027 | |
| May 2027 | Fri May 21, 2027 | |
| June 2027 | Thu Jun 17, 2027 | Triple witching Thursday: Juneteenth |
| July 2027 | Fri Jul 16, 2027 | |
| August 2027 | Fri Aug 20, 2027 | |
| September 2027 | Fri Sep 17, 2027 | Triple witching |
| October 2027 | Fri Oct 15, 2027 | |
| November 2027 | Fri Nov 19, 2027 | |
| December 2027 | Fri Dec 17, 2027 | Triple witching |
June 2027 also moves to Thursday, June 17, because Juneteenth is observed on Friday, June 18, 2027. The OCC usually publishes the official next-year schedule in December; the 2027 dates above are the third Fridays with the holiday adjustment applied.
Triple witching dates
Triple witching (sometimes called quadruple witching) is the quarterly day when stock options, stock index options and stock index futures all expire together: the third Friday of March, June, September and December. Volume is often unusually heavy, especially around the open and close.
| Year | Triple witching dates |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Mar 20 · Jun 18 (Thu) · Sep 18 · Dec 18 |
| 2027 | Mar 19 · Jun 17 (Thu) · Sep 17 · Dec 17 |
How index futures settle
Quarterly E-mini S&P 500 (ES) and Nasdaq-100 (NQ) futures stop trading at the 9:30 am ET open on expiration day and settle to a Special Opening Quotation calculated from the opening prices of the index’s stocks, not to the previous close. If the third Friday is a holiday, this happens on the business day before. Many traders roll to the next contract about a week before expiry. Tick values are on the futures calculator, and month codes on futures month codes.
Weekly and daily options
Many index and ETF options also have weekly expirations, and the most active (such as SPX and SPY options) have contracts expiring every trading day. The dates on this page are the standard monthly expirations. Calculate an option’s payoff at expiry with the options profit calculator.
Sources: OCC Information Memos #57897 (2026 expiration schedule) and #59161 (Juneteenth 2026); CME Rulebook Chapter 358 (E-mini S&P 500 final settlement); NYSE holiday calendar. Checked October 2026. ChartWatch is independent and not affiliated with the OCC, Cboe or CME Group.
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