NYSE becomes latest exchange to extend options hours as appetite for around-the-clock trading grows — SkimNews
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- NYSE launched extended-hours options trading on Monday with a 7:30 AM–9:25 AM ET pre-market session and a 4:00–4:15 PM ET post-market session, making it the second major exchange to offer the service after CBOE's recent announcement.
- NYSE will extend options trading to 23 hours, five days a week for the same 29 names beginning Dec. 6, 2026, according to Chief Product Officer Kevin Tyrrell, who framed the move as meeting demand for investment opportunities and risk management over longer windows.
- CBOE data already shows extended-hours options trading hitting record levels of more than 199,000 contracts per day on average, and CBOE separately announced it would offer extended trading for 25 single stocks and five ETFs.
- Tesla options were the lone standout in Monday's modest debut — roughly 3,000 contracts traded, almost all calls from traders rolling positions ahead of Wednesday's earnings, with total value under $100,000 according to SpotGamma.
- Nvidia, Bank of America, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, and the iShares Russell 2000 ETF were among the 29 names made available for extended-hours options trading, targeting some of the market's most heavily traded instruments.
Why it matters: The NYSE is the second major exchange to respond to trader appetite for hedging and positioning outside regular hours, following CBOE — and its December 2026 plan to run options 23 hours/day mirrors the 24/7 model pioneered by crypto and now spreading to traditional equities. Day-one Tesla options volumes (under $100,000 in total value) showed real but thin demand ahead of Wednesday's earnings, suggesting the infrastructure is in place but volume has yet to scale.
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