Cboe will offer trading on 24 of the most actively traded companies and five ETFs between 7:30 a.m. and 9:25 a.m. ET and 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET.
Cboe will offer trading on 24 of the most actively traded companies and five ETFs between 7:30 a.m. and 9:25 a.m.
ET and 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Traders work in the S&P options pit at the Cboe Global Markets exchange on Sept. 16, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
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The options market is about to get even bigger on Monday when Cboe Global Markets extends trading hours for options on two-dozen stocks and a handful of ETFs.
After first receiving approval by the SEC in May, regulators have now given the green light to the exchange and the Options Clearing Corp. to offer trading on 24 of the most actively traded companies and five exchange-traded funds between 7:30 a.m. and 9:25 a.m. ET and 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET.
It's another step towards around-the-clock trading. Cboe already offers pre- and post-market periods for index options. Trading during those hours has grown in popularity, with a record 228,097 average options traded in the pre-market session daily last quarter, according to exchange data shared with CNBC.
The list, which will be updated twice a year, starts with the so-called Magnificent Seven stocks, several big-tech giants, including Oracle and Micron, as well as popular retail-trading names like Robinhood, Nokia, and Palantir. Pfizer and Alibaba also make the cut. The ETF options include the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM), SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF).
"More investors than ever appreciate the power of optionality and what it can do for their portfolios, and the pace of adoption and growth of the market really reflect that," Rob Hocking, global head of derivatives at Cboe, said in an email. "We continue to push the next frontier of innovation, expanding access and introducing new ways for investors to trade and manage risk."
To meet the criteria for the extended hours, underlying securities must have an average daily volume for the preceding six months of 150,000 contracts or higher, a market value of $50 billion, and an average daily volume of at least 10 million shares. As a result, SpaceX does not yet qualify.
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