I have read a few things today about notional value ending tomorrow, but still having a hard time understanding it, and if it even matters for us bogleheads. I'm new to the boglehead world and slowly taking over my own stocks. Is this a need for concern tomorrow, or anything in paticular to look out for? Or just keep sitting and chilling?
can you share one of the things you read?
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/friday-could-be-a-wild-day-of-trading-on-wall-street-heres-why.html?&qsearchterm=notional
lots of people have options to buy/sell at a set price, therefore there is incentive have the price trade above/below those levels.
For a bogle mindset this is just a days worth of noise.
It sounds like you're talking about tomorrow's triple witching? Contract expiration chaos is something generally ignored by Boglehead strategies.
What sorts of things are you reading, specifically?
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/friday-could-be-a-wild-day-of-trading-on-wall-street-heres-why.html?&qsearchterm=notional
Yeah, it's just saying that high trading volumes and volatility are expected because a lot of contracts (of multiple types) expire that day. So lots of transactions occur as things get re-spun into the next cycle. It's a routine occurrence, market clockwork.
Options expiration. It’s a nothing burger.
Awesome thanks everyone