Trading Session Selection for Options

When trading index options, you can select which session your orders execute within: Global Trading Hours (GTH), or Regular Trading Hours (RTH) plus the Curb Session. Orders will execute only within their designated session.

1. Trading Session Arrangements

  • Standard Trading Hours

Time Zone

Global Trading Hours

Regular Trading Hours

Curb Session

Eastern Time

8:15 PM - 9:25 AM

9:30 AM - 4:15 PM

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Arabia Standard Time

3:15 AM - 4: 25 PM

4:30 PM - 11:15 PM

11:15 PM - 12: 00 AM

  • US Holiday Trading Hours

Note:

  • Orders set for a specific session will expire if not executed by the end of that session. (Example: A GTH order expires at the end of GTH if unfilled.)
  • The trading hours selection feature is only available for certain index option contracts.
  • Special arrangements, such as US Holiday Trading Hours and Early Close Hours, occur according to the CBOE holiday schedule.
  • Market orders are only allowed during RTH.
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