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title: Equity options on specific assets will begin trading at 7:15 ET starting this Monday (TODAY).
description: "Here are the full requirements for eligibility for pre-market options trading:\n\n-the option class has an average daily volume of 150,000 contracts or higher\n\n-the underlying equity to the option has a $50 billion or higher market capitalization, and \n\n-the underlying equity to the option has an average daily traded volume of 10 million shares or higher.\n\nSource: Trend Spider"
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# [Equity options on specific assets will begin trading at 7:15 ET starting this Monday (TODAY).](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/equity-options-on-specific-assets-will-begin-trading-at-715-et-starting-this-monday-today)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Aug 17, 2026, 2:54:00 PM

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