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Most of the dates that shape a trading month follow a rule. Options expire on the third Friday. Futures roll before that. VIX settles thirty days ahead of the following expiration. Quarter end is quarter end. None of it has to be looked up, and none of it should come as a surprise on the morning.
This page lists those dates. They come from the same engine that drives the calendar inside Chart Ding, so the app and this page always show the same thing.
Here: anything that can be worked out from a published rule — expirations, witching, VIX expiry, futures rolls, index rebalances, month and quarter ends, market holidays and early closes, and the weeks when US and European clocks disagree.
Handled differently: economic releases. CPI, PPI, the employment report and the rest are scheduled by the agencies that publish them rather than derived from a rule, so they are read from a published source instead of calculated. FOMC decision dates are on this page because the Fed announces them a year or more ahead. Economic releases explained covers what each of them actually measures, who publishes it and when it lands — including the ones a calendar names without explaining, like WASDE and the COT report.
Two markers appear in the tables. Moved means the calculated date landed on a day the market was closed, so it shifted to the previous session. Usual convention means the rule is the one traders generally follow rather than one published by an exchange — worth confirming before you act on it.
Every date below is calculated from a published rule. It opens on today and runs forward; anything already past is folded into the section at the top. Search it to pull out one kind of date — try witching, FOMC, VIX or roll.
| Date | Event | Type | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 Jan 2025 | New Year's Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Thu 9 Jan 2025 | National Day of Mourning — President Carter | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 17 Jan 2025 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Mon 20 Jan 2025 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 22 Jan 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 31 Jan 2025 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Mon 17 Feb 2025 | Presidents' Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 19 Feb 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 21 Feb 2025 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Fri 28 Feb 2025 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sun 9 Mar 2025 | Clock mismatch begins | Clocks | US on daylight time, Europe not yet. The London–New York gap narrows by an hour, so the session overlap and European release times shift until it resolves. |
| Thu 13 Mar 2025 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 19 Mar 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 21 Mar 2025 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 21 Mar 2025 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Sun 30 Mar 2025 | Clock mismatch ends | Clocks | US and European clocks are back in their usual relationship. |
| Mon 31 Mar 2025 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Wed 16 Apr 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Thu 17 Apr 2025 | Monthly options expiration moved | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Fri 18 Apr 2025 | Good Friday | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 30 Apr 2025 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Fri 16 May 2025 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Wed 21 May 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Mon 26 May 2025 | Memorial Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 30 May 2025 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Thu 12 Jun 2025 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 18 Jun 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Thu 19 Jun 2025 | Juneteenth National Independence Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 20 Jun 2025 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 20 Jun 2025 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Fri 27 Jun 2025 | Russell reconstitution (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | The Russell indexes are rebuilt, taking effect at the close. Regularly one of the highest-volume sessions of the year. |
| Mon 30 Jun 2025 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Thu 3 Jul 2025 | July 3rd (1:00 PM ET) | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to close early. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 4 Jul 2025 | Independence Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 16 Jul 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 18 Jul 2025 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Thu 31 Jul 2025 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Fri 15 Aug 2025 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Wed 20 Aug 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 29 Aug 2025 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Mon 1 Sep 2025 | Labor Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Thu 11 Sep 2025 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 17 Sep 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 19 Sep 2025 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 19 Sep 2025 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Tue 30 Sep 2025 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Fri 17 Oct 2025 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Wed 22 Oct 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Sun 26 Oct 2025 | Clock mismatch begins | Clocks | Europe off daylight time, US not yet. The London–New York gap narrows by an hour, so the session overlap and European release times shift until it resolves. |
| Fri 31 Oct 2025 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sun 2 Nov 2025 | Clock mismatch ends | Clocks | US and European clocks are back in their usual relationship. |
| Wed 19 Nov 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 21 Nov 2025 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Thu 27 Nov 2025 | Thanksgiving Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 28 Nov 2025 | Day After Thanksgiving (1:00 PM ET) | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to close early. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 28 Nov 2025 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 17 Dec 2025 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 19 Dec 2025 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 19 Dec 2025 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Wed 24 Dec 2025 | Christmas Eve (1:00 PM ET) | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to close early. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Thu 25 Dec 2025 | Christmas Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 31 Dec 2025 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Thu 1 Jan 2026 | New Year's Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 16 Jan 2026 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Sat 17 Jan 2026 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 29 Jan. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Mon 19 Jan 2026 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 21 Jan 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Wed 28 Jan 2026 | FOMC decision (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30. No projections at this one. |
| Fri 30 Jan 2026 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Mon 16 Feb 2026 | Presidents' Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 18 Feb 2026 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 28 Jan meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 18 Feb 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 20 Feb 2026 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Fri 27 Feb 2026 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sat 7 Mar 2026 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 19 Mar. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Sun 8 Mar 2026 | Clock mismatch begins | Clocks | US on daylight time, Europe not yet. The London–New York gap narrows by an hour, so the session overlap and European release times shift until it resolves. |
| Thu 12 Mar 2026 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 18 Mar 2026 | FOMC decision + projections (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30, and the Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" — released alongside. The projections meetings tend to move more than the others. |
| Wed 18 Mar 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 20 Mar 2026 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 20 Mar 2026 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Sun 29 Mar 2026 | Clock mismatch ends | Clocks | US and European clocks are back in their usual relationship. |
| Tue 31 Mar 2026 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Fri 3 Apr 2026 | Good Friday | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 8 Apr 2026 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 18 Mar meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 15 Apr 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 17 Apr 2026 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Sat 18 Apr 2026 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 30 Apr. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Wed 29 Apr 2026 | FOMC decision (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30. No projections at this one. |
| Thu 30 Apr 2026 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Fri 15 May 2026 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Wed 20 May 2026 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 29 Apr meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 20 May 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Mon 25 May 2026 | Memorial Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 29 May 2026 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sat 6 Jun 2026 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 18 Jun. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Thu 11 Jun 2026 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 17 Jun 2026 | FOMC decision + projections (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30, and the Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" — released alongside. The projections meetings tend to move more than the others. |
| Wed 17 Jun 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Thu 18 Jun 2026 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Thu 18 Jun 2026 | Triple witching moved | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Fri 19 Jun 2026 | Juneteenth National Independence Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 26 Jun 2026 | Russell reconstitution (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | The Russell indexes are rebuilt, taking effect at the close. Regularly one of the highest-volume sessions of the year. |
| Tue 30 Jun 2026 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Fri 3 Jul 2026 | Independence Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 8 Jul 2026 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 17 Jun meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Fri 17 Jul 2026 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Sat 18 Jul 2026 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 30 Jul. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Wed 22 Jul 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Wed 29 Jul 2026 | FOMC decision (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30. No projections at this one. |
| Fri 31 Jul 2026 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Wed 19 Aug 2026 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 29 Jul meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 19 Aug 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 21 Aug 2026 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Mon 31 Aug 2026 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sat 5 Sep 2026 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 17 Sep. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Mon 7 Sep 2026 | Labor Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Thu 10 Sep 2026 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 16 Sep 2026 | FOMC decision + projections (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30, and the Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" — released alongside. The projections meetings tend to move more than the others. |
| Wed 16 Sep 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 18 Sep 2026 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 18 Sep 2026 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Wed 30 Sep 2026 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Wed 7 Oct 2026 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 16 Sep meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Sat 17 Oct 2026 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 29 Oct. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Wed 21 Oct 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Sun 25 Oct 2026 | Clock mismatch begins | Clocks | Europe off daylight time, US not yet. The London–New York gap narrows by an hour, so the session overlap and European release times shift until it resolves. |
| Wed 28 Oct 2026 | FOMC decision (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30. No projections at this one. |
| Fri 30 Oct 2026 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sun 1 Nov 2026 | Clock mismatch ends | Clocks | US and European clocks are back in their usual relationship. |
| Wed 18 Nov 2026 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 28 Oct meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 18 Nov 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 20 Nov 2026 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Thu 26 Nov 2026 | Thanksgiving Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 27 Nov 2026 | Day After Thanksgiving (1:00 PM ET) | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to close early. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Sat 28 Nov 2026 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 10 Dec. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Mon 30 Nov 2026 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Wed 9 Dec 2026 | FOMC decision + projections (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30, and the Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" — released alongside. The projections meetings tend to move more than the others. |
| Thu 10 Dec 2026 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 16 Dec 2026 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Thu 24 Dec 2026 | Christmas Eve (1:00 PM ET) | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to close early. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 25 Dec 2026 | Christmas Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 30 Dec 2026 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 9 Dec meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Thu 31 Dec 2026 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Fri 1 Jan 2027 | New Year's Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 15 Jan 2027 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Sat 16 Jan 2027 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 28 Jan. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Mon 18 Jan 2027 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 20 Jan 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Wed 27 Jan 2027 | FOMC decision (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30. No projections at this one. |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Mon 15 Feb 2027 | Presidents' Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 17 Feb 2027 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 27 Jan meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 17 Feb 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 19 Feb 2027 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Fri 26 Feb 2027 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sat 6 Mar 2027 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 18 Mar. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Thu 11 Mar 2027 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Sun 14 Mar 2027 | Clock mismatch begins | Clocks | US on daylight time, Europe not yet. The London–New York gap narrows by an hour, so the session overlap and European release times shift until it resolves. |
| Wed 17 Mar 2027 | FOMC decision + projections (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30, and the Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" — released alongside. The projections meetings tend to move more than the others. |
| Wed 17 Mar 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 19 Mar 2027 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 19 Mar 2027 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Fri 26 Mar 2027 | Good Friday | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Sun 28 Mar 2027 | Clock mismatch ends | Clocks | US and European clocks are back in their usual relationship. |
| Wed 31 Mar 2027 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Wed 7 Apr 2027 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 17 Mar meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Fri 16 Apr 2027 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Sat 17 Apr 2027 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 29 Apr. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Wed 21 Apr 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Wed 28 Apr 2027 | FOMC decision (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30. No projections at this one. |
| Fri 30 Apr 2027 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Wed 19 May 2027 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 28 Apr meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 19 May 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 21 May 2027 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Fri 28 May 2027 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sat 29 May 2027 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 10 Jun. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Mon 31 May 2027 | Memorial Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 9 Jun 2027 | FOMC decision + projections (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30, and the Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" — released alongside. The projections meetings tend to move more than the others. |
| Thu 10 Jun 2027 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 16 Jun 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Thu 17 Jun 2027 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Thu 17 Jun 2027 | Triple witching moved | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Fri 18 Jun 2027 | Juneteenth National Independence Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 25 Jun 2027 | Russell reconstitution (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | The Russell indexes are rebuilt, taking effect at the close. Regularly one of the highest-volume sessions of the year. |
| Wed 30 Jun 2027 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 9 Jun meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 30 Jun 2027 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Mon 5 Jul 2027 | Independence Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 16 Jul 2027 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Sat 17 Jul 2027 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 29 Jul. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Wed 21 Jul 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Wed 28 Jul 2027 | FOMC decision (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30. No projections at this one. |
| Fri 30 Jul 2027 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Wed 18 Aug 2027 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 28 Jul meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 18 Aug 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 20 Aug 2027 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Tue 31 Aug 2027 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sat 4 Sep 2027 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 16 Sep. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Mon 6 Sep 2027 | Labor Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Thu 9 Sep 2027 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Wed 15 Sep 2027 | FOMC decision + projections (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30, and the Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" — released alongside. The projections meetings tend to move more than the others. |
| Wed 15 Sep 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 17 Sep 2027 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 17 Sep 2027 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Thu 30 Sep 2027 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
| Wed 6 Oct 2027 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 15 Sep meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Fri 15 Oct 2027 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Sat 16 Oct 2027 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 28 Oct. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Wed 20 Oct 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Wed 27 Oct 2027 | FOMC decision (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30. No projections at this one. |
| Fri 29 Oct 2027 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Sun 31 Oct 2027 | Clock mismatch begins | Clocks | Europe off daylight time, US not yet. The London–New York gap narrows by an hour, so the session overlap and European release times shift until it resolves. |
| Sun 7 Nov 2027 | Clock mismatch ends | Clocks | US and European clocks are back in their usual relationship. |
| Wed 17 Nov 2027 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 27 Oct meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Wed 17 Nov 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 19 Nov 2027 | Monthly options expiration | Expiration | Monthly stock and index options expire. Positioning around strike prices often unwinds into the close. |
| Thu 25 Nov 2027 | Thanksgiving Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Fri 26 Nov 2027 | Day After Thanksgiving (1:00 PM ET) | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to close early. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Sat 27 Nov 2027 | FOMC blackout begins | Fed | Fed officials stop commenting publicly on policy until 9 Dec. If the flow of Fed speakers seems to dry up before a meeting, this is why — it is scheduled, not a signal. |
| Tue 30 Nov 2027 | Month end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Month-end rebalancing flows into the close. |
| Wed 8 Dec 2027 | FOMC decision + projections (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Rate decision at 2:00, press conference at 2:30, and the Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" — released alongside. The projections meetings tend to move more than the others. |
| Thu 9 Dec 2027 | ES / NQ quarterly roll usual convention | Futures | Volume moves to the next contract month. Charts built on the expiring contract stop being the market being traded. |
| Fri 17 Dec 2027 | Quarterly index rebalance (4:00 PM ET) usual convention | Index | Index changes take effect at the close, concentrating a large amount of volume into the closing auction. |
| Fri 17 Dec 2027 | Triple witching | Expiration | Index futures, index options and stock options expire together. The closing auction is usually one of the largest of the quarter. |
| Wed 22 Dec 2027 | VIX expiration usual convention | Expiration | VIX futures and options settle. The date is 30 days before the following month’s expiration, which is why it rarely lands where people expect. |
| Fri 24 Dec 2027 | Christmas Day | Holiday | US stock markets are scheduled to be closed. Futures and bond hours differ. |
| Wed 29 Dec 2027 | FOMC minutes (2:00 PM ET) | Fed | Minutes of the 8 Dec meeting, released three weeks after the decision. Occasionally reveals a split that the statement smoothed over. |
| Fri 31 Dec 2027 | Quarter end (4:00 PM ET) | Period end | Quarter-end rebalancing by funds and pensions. Flows on this day often have nothing to do with the news. |
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| Event | Rule |
|---|---|
| Monthly options expiration | Third Friday of the month |
| Triple witching | Third Friday of March, June, September and December |
| VIX expiration | Thirty days before the following month's third Friday, which usually lands on a Wednesday |
| ES / NQ quarterly roll | Conventionally the Thursday eight days before the quarterly expiration |
| Quarterly index rebalance | Effective at the close on the quarterly expiration day |
| Russell reconstitution | Annually in June, effective at the close |
| Month and quarter end | The last session of the period, not the last date |
| Market holidays and early closes | See the holiday page for the rules behind each |
| Clock mismatch | The weeks when the US has changed its clocks and Europe has not, or the reverse |
Every one of these gets a holiday check. A rule that produces a date is not finished until it answers what happens when that day is not a trading day. Expiration moves back a session. Month end means the last session. This is where calendars most often go wrong, and it is why some rows carry a moved marker.
VIX expiration is not tied to its own month. It is thirty days before the next month's expiration, which is why it can land before or after the monthly options expiration depending on the calendar. It rarely falls where intuition puts it.
The futures roll is a convention, not a rule. Volume moves to the next contract about a week before expiry, and the exact day varies. If you are looking at a chart of the expiring contract after the roll, you are looking at something that is no longer the market being traded.
Quarterly expiration is not always a Friday. When the third Friday is a market holiday, expiration moves back to the Thursday. It is not common and it is not rare either.
Month end is a session, not a date. When the last day of the month falls on a weekend or a holiday, the flows happen on the last session instead — which can be two or three days earlier.
These dates are calculated from published rules, and we check them against the exchanges' own calendars. The exchanges are the source; we are not. Where a rule reflects market convention rather than an exchange publication, the row says so.
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