Alibaba and TSMC Included: US Stock Options Trading Hours to Expand Next Week

As the U.S. stock market has effectively entered "24-hour trading," options tied to stocks will also see expanded trading hours. According to a notice from the Chicago Board Options Exchange, its Cboe Options Exchange will begin offering additional pre-market and post-close trading sessions for designated stock and ETF options starting next Monday. Options on popular companies such as Alibaba, TSMC, Nvidia, Apple, and Tesla are all covered by the notice. For investors, the most direct change is that these stock options can participate in U.S. pre-market trading from 7:30 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. Eastern Time, and can also continue trading for 15 minutes after regular trading ends. The coverage includes the "Magnificent Seven" U.S. tech giants, as well as popular companies such as AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Micron, Oracle, Marvell Technology, SanDisk, Palantir, and Robinhood. Alibaba, TSMC, Nokia, Pfizer, Bank of America, and Ford are also on the notice list.