THE OPTIONS MARKET IS ABOUT TO GO EXTENDED HOURS: THE MAG 7 ARE FIRST IN LINE
CBOE just received SEC approval to launch extended trading hours for options. Launch date: July 13, 2026.
Here's who makes the cut at launch:
About 20 stocks, including all Magnificent 7 names:
• Apple
$AAPL
• Microsoft
$MSFT
• NVIDIA
$NVDA
• Google
$GOOGL
• Amazon
$AMZN
• Meta
$META
• Tesla
$TSLA
To qualify for extended hours options trading:
- $50B market cap
- 150,000 contracts minimum
- 10M shares in daily average trading volume
CBOE Global Markets
$CBOE also plans to launch 23x5 equities trading on its CBOE EDGX Exchange in December. Nearly around-the-clock trading, 5 days a week.
Two separate launches. One direction: the market is open longer than ever.