If I buy a set a limit buy and sell position on an option, and the conditions are met in pre/after market trad

ing sessions, will my transaction take place? I was told I cannot trade options in pre or after market time periods.

Actually it depends upon the trading hours of the underlying security.

For example it is true that most individual equity options can only be traded during regular trading hours of the major exchanges 9:30 am - 4 pm US eastern time.

However....many of the index products such as SPY, QQQQ, DIA trade until 4:15 pm Eastern and therefore the options on these also trade until 4:15 pm Eastern. Same goes for the CBOE index options on SPX, DJX, NDX, etc.

So while most equities have stopped trading at 4pm the index related options usually trade for an extra 15 minutes after the equities stop trading.

....oh and also if you trade futures you can trade options on index futures (emini S&P, DOW, Nasdaq, etc.) almost 24 hours a day on CME Globex.

options may only be traded during regular trading hours, sorry

<<<If I buy a set a limit buy and sell position on an option, and the conditions are met in pre/after market trading sessions, will my transaction take place?>>>

No.

<<<I was told I cannot trade options in pre or after market time periods.>>>

That is correct.

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