Brokers with
Options brokers with extended-hours options trading
5 brokers allow options trading outside regular hours for residents of the United States. The same facts for each: fees, approvals, countries.
Extended-hours options trading means you can place options orders outside the regular session. On Cboe, SPX options also trade in global trading hours, nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week. Check which products the broker opens outside regular hours, at what times and with which order types. 5 brokers allow options trading outside regular hours for residents of the United States.
At a glance: 5 brokers, 2 at $0 per contract, 2 with $0 exercise and assignment, 4 approving naked options, 5 working with QuantWheel; median fee $0.35 per contract, lowest margin rate at $50,000 5.05%.
| Broker | QuantWheel | Exercise | Approval | 0DTE | Margin | Offers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Interactive Brokers | Sync-only | $0.65 per contract$1 minimum; additional fees | $0 | Naked | Yes | 5.38% | |
 Moomoo | Trade & Sync | $0 per contractIndex, non-retail and other fees extra | Not published | Naked | Yes | 6.80% | |
 Robinhood | Sync-only | $0 per contractIndex contracts and other fees extra | $0 | Spreads | Yes | 5.05% | |
 tastytrade | Trade & Sync | $1 open / $0 close$10 opening cap per leg; other fees apply | $5 | Naked | Yes | 10.00% | |
 Tradier | Coming | $0.35 per contractPaid plans differ; other fees apply | $9 | Naked | Yes | 9.75% |
The brokers one by one
What qualifies each for this page, from its fee schedule and options agreement, and the one fact that sets it apart.Interactive Brokers$0.65 per contract · $0 exercise and assignment · naked
Interactive Brokers opens options accounts for residents of the United States. It charges $0.65 per contract ($1 minimum; additional fees). Exercise and assignment cost $0. It approves up to naked short options. It trades on Web, Desktop, Mobile, API. QuantWheel syncs positions and trades from the account and suggests; you place the orders at the broker.
Options outside regular hoursSPX, SPX Weeklys and XSP options trade in Cboe Global Trading Hours (7:15 pm to 8:25 am Chicago time, or 8:15 pm to 9:25 am ET), and equity index futures options trade nearly 24 hours, with no extra IBKR overnight fee. Nanos index options have no GTH.
Moomoo$0 per contract · exercise fee not published · naked
Moomoo opens options accounts for residents of the United States. It charges $0 per contract (Index, non-retail and other fees extra). It does not publish its exercise and assignment fees. It approves up to naked short options. It trades on Desktop, Mobile, API. QuantWheel syncs positions and trades from the account and suggests; with Trade & Sync the orders you approve go to the broker from QuantWheel.
Options outside regular hoursCboe-exclusive index options SPX, XSP, VIX and RUT can trade in Global Trading Hours (8:15 PM previous day to 9:25 AM ET) and the curb session (4:15 PM to 5:00 PM ET), with limit and off-market orders only. Regular index options hours are 9:30 AM to 4:15 PM ET.
Robinhood$0 per contract · $0 exercise and assignment · spreads
Robinhood opens options accounts for residents of the United States. It charges $0 per contract (Index contracts and other fees extra). Exercise and assignment cost $0. It approves up to defined-risk spreads. It trades on Web, Mobile. QuantWheel syncs positions and trades from the account and suggests; you place the orders at the broker.
Options outside regular hoursOnly index options trade after the close, with some SPX, VIX, XSP and RUT options trading until 5:00 PM ET. Stock and ETF options trade 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET (some index-tracking ETFs such as SPY until 4:15 PM ET), and no overnight or 24-hour options trading is published.
tastytrade$1 open / $0 close · $5 per event · naked
tastytrade opens options accounts for residents of the United States. It charges $1 open / $0 close ($10 opening cap per leg; other fees apply). Exercise and assignment cost $5 each. It approves up to naked short options. It trades on Web, Desktop, Mobile, API. QuantWheel syncs positions and trades from the account and suggests; with Trade & Sync the orders you approve go to the broker from QuantWheel.
Options outside regular hoursOutside regular hours only Cboe index options trade, with SPX, XSP, VIX and RUT in Global Trading Hours (8:15 pm to 9:25 am ET, Sunday evening to Friday morning) and the Curb session (4:15 to 5:00 pm ET). During GTH only limit orders are accepted (market, stop and stop-limit orders are rejected) and spreads are allowed. A handful of ETF options trade to 4:15 pm ET, and equity options have no pre-market or after-hours trading.
Tradier$0.35 per contract · $9 per event · naked
Tradier opens options accounts for residents of the United States. It charges $0.35 per contract (Paid plans differ; other fees apply). Exercise and assignment cost $9 each. It approves up to naked short options. It trades on Web, Desktop, Mobile, API. QuantWheel syncs positions and trades from the account and suggests; placing orders from QuantWheel is coming soon, so today you place them at the broker.
Options outside regular hoursSPX, XSP and VIX options trade 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET (to 4:00 pm on expiration day), SPY, QQQ and VXX options to 4:15 pm ET, and RUT and NDX dailies to 4:15 pm ET (4:00 pm on expiration day). Other equity options trade 9:30 am to 4:00 pm ET, and no overnight session is listed.
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