During the past 20 years (since Feb. 1993), total 250 counts, there are 18 times SP up more than 1% on option expiration day, and 32 times SP down more than 1% on option expiration day. The following are some examples. The research is in progress in order to extract insights. (color code: green-big up, light green-mild up, orange-mild down, red-big down)
Date |
Open |
High |
Low |
Close |
Volume |
Adj Close |
Daily Diff % |
Weekly Diff% |
1/21/11 |
128.88 |
129.17 |
128.23 |
128.37 |
151462900 |
121.22 |
0.22% |
-0.72% |
5 |
1 |
2/18/11 |
134.37 |
134.69 |
134.06 |
134.53 |
130002400 |
127.04 |
0.21% |
1.07% |
5 |
2 |
3/18/11 |
128.84 |
128.88 |
127.51 |
127.76 |
230435400 |
121.17 |
0.36% |
-2.35% |
5 |
3 |
4/15/11 |
131.8 |
132.37 |
131.41 |
132.04 |
170006700 |
125.23 |
0.36% |
-0.62% |
5 |
4 |
5/20/11 |
134.33 |
134.68 |
133.36 |
133.61 |
182594900 |
126.72 |
-0.80% |
-0.32% |
5 |
5 |
6/17/11 |
127.93 |
127.94 |
126.62 |
127.05 |
233284900 |
121.1 |
0.30% |
-0.43% |
5 |
6 |
7/15/11 |
131.66 |
131.87 |
130.77 |
131.69 |
220012800 |
125.52 |
0.58% |
-2.02% |
5 |
7 |
8/19/11 |
112.96 |
115.88 |
112.5 |
112.64 |
428281300 |
107.36 |
-1.63% |
-4.64% |
5 |
8 |
9/16/11 |
121.29 |
121.97 |
120.32 |
121.52 |
284528300 |
116.42 |
0.59% |
4.83% |
5 |
9 |
10/21/11 |
123.09 |
124.12 |
122.72 |
123.97 |
278999400 |
118.77 |
1.90% |
1.14% |
5 |
10 |
11/18/11 |
122.5 |
122.75 |
121.47 |
121.98 |
215580400 |
116.87 |
-0.10% |
-3.69% |
5 |
11 |
12/16/11 |
122.23 |
122.95 |
121.3 |
121.59 |
220481400 |
117.23 |
0.15% |
-3.54% |
5 |
12 |
1/20/12 |
131.24 |
131.95 |
130.92 |
131.95 |
138230200 |
127.22 |
0.37% |
2.41% |
5 |
1 |
2/17/12 |
136.52 |
136.63 |
135.96 |
136.41 |
129869400 |
131.52 |
0.27% |
1.53% |
5 |
2 |
3/16/12 |
140.36 |
140.48 |
140 |
140.3 |
152893500 |
135.86 |
0.14% |
1.98% |
5 |
3 |
4/20/12 |
138.33 |
138.83 |
137.87 |
137.95 |
143199600 |
133.59 |
0.17% |
0.59% |
5 |
4 |
5/18/12 |
131.37 |
131.6 |
129.55 |
129.74 |
319615900 |
125.64 |
-0.85% |
-4.33% |
5 |
5 |
6/15/12 |
133.38 |
134.26 |
133.1 |
134.14 |
169444500 |
130.57 |
1.02% |
0.78% |
5 |
6 |
7/20/12 |
136.95 |
137.16 |
136.32 |
136.47 |
142904500 |
132.84 |
-0.92% |
0.53% |
5 |
7 |
8/17/12 |
142.23 |
142.3 |
141.86 |
142.18 |
90813700 |
138.4 |
0.14% |
0.95% |
5 |
8 |
9/21/12 |
146.64 |
146.67 |
145.81 |
145.87 |
108737500 |
142.75 |
-0.04% |
-0.93% |
5 |
9 |
10/19/12 |
145.55 |
145.56 |
143.05 |
143.39 |
185645200 |
140.32 |
-1.67% |
0.35% |
5 |
10 |
11/16/12 |
135.9 |
136.64 |
134.7 |
136.37 |
239483900 |
133.45 |
0.50% |
-1.30% |
5 |
11 |
12/21/12 |
142.17 |
144.09 |
141.94 |
142.79 |
245883800 |
140.72 |
-0.91% |
0.49% |
5 |
12 |
1/18/13 |
147.97 |
148.49 |
147.43 |
148.33 |
169906000 |
146.18 |
0.22% |
0.86% |
5 |
1 |
2/15/13 |
152.43 |
152.59 |
151.55 |
152.11 |
215226500 |
149.91 |
-0.12% |
0.20% |
5 |
2 |
3/15/13 |
155.85 |
156.04 |
155.31 |
155.83 |
138601100 |
154.26 |
-0.13% |
0.25% |
5 |
3 |
4/19/13 |
154.5 |
155.55 |
154.12 |
155.48 |
149687600 |
153.91 |
0.87% |
-2.09% |
5 |
4 |
5/17/13 |
165.95 |
167.04 |
165.73 |
166.94 |
129801000 |
165.26 |
0.97% |
2.16% |
5 |
5 |
6/21/13 |
159.64 |
159.76 |
157.47 |
159.07 |
271956800 |
158.3 |
0.32% |
-2.52% |
5 |
6 |
7/19/13 |
168.52 |
169.23 |
168.31 |
169.17 |
103831700 |
168.35 |
0.18% |
0.99% |
5 |
7 |
8/16/13 |
166.06 |
166.63 |
165.5 |
165.83 |
130868200 |
165.03 |
-0.33% |
-2.06% |
5 |
8 |
9/20/13 |
172.33 |
172.33 |
170.58 |
170.72 |
132867100 |
170.72 |
-0.70% |
0.82% |
5 |
9 |
10/18/13 |
173.86 |
174.51 |
173.51 |
174.39 |
138316000 |
174.39 |
0.68% |
2.43% |
5 |
10 |
11/15/13 |
179.56 |
180.12 |
179.33 |
180.05 |
102745200 |
180.05 |
0.44% |
1.56% |
5 |
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