Options trades to exceed stocks for first time since 2021 as $5 trillion in contracts comes due Friday


Options tied to more than $5 trillion in stocks, exchange-traded funds and equity indexes are set to expire Friday during the quarterly triple witching — when a welter of monthly contracts are set to expire alongside index futures.

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