A phrase that describes the price of a stock that remains at or near the strike price of options in that stock, following a period of heavy options trading in that stock, as the expiration date of the options approaches.
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- Pinning the Strike Definition | Investopedia
 The tendency of a stock's price to close near the strike price of heavily traded   options (in the same stock) as the expiration date nears.
 
- What is PINNING THE STRIKE? - The Law Dictionary
 Definition of PINNING THE STRIKE: When stock with heavy options trades near   strike price of its most active option.
 
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- MarketTamer: Pinning The Strike - YouTube
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 Mar 29, 2011 ... Rocco Pendola: In the options market, what does "pinning" or "pinning" the strike   refer to? Frederic Ruffy: Pinning happens around the options ...
 
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