Cboe Extends Options Trading Hours on 29 Stocks and ETFs
Chicago – October 19, 2026 -- Cboe Global Markets launched pre- and post-market trading in options on 24 single stocks and 5 ETFs on its Cboe Options Exchange (C1). Options on these names accounted for roughly 53% of average daily U.S.-listed options volume in 2026 through September.
Cboe opens two new sessions for equity and ETF options on C1
The pre-market session runs from 7:30 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. ET and the post-market session from 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET, Monday to Friday. C1 is currently the only U.S. options exchange offering pre- and post-market index options sessions. It is now extending extended-hours access to select single-stock and ETF options.
The covered underlyings include AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA and PLTR. The ETFs are SPY, QQQ, IWM, GLD and XLF. Cboe describes the group as including the Magnificent 10 stocks.