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What the added sessions include
Webull has added options trading beyond regular market hours for eligible U.S. Customers. Its new schedule broadly matches sessions introduced by CBOE and NYSE on 19 October, bringing the broker into a wider shift towards longer options availability.
On weekdays, customers can trade selected single-stock and exchange-traded fund options from 7:30 a.m. To 9:25 a.m. And from 4:00 p.m. To 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. Webull allows single-leg and multi-leg strategies in those periods, but requires limit orders and excludes orders linked to simultaneous stock trades.
Where access remains constrained
At launch, the selection includes options on Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Tesla (TSLA), among others, plus ETFs tied to SPY, QQQ, IWM, GLD and XLF. CBOE says the 24 stock options and five ETFs represent 53% of the average daily volume in US-listed options during the first nine months of 2026.
NYSE American has introduced comparable sessions. Webull has not identified which exchange platforms will handle orders outside regular hours.
Fidelity, Interactive Brokers, Robinhood and other brokers also confirmed support earlier this week. Webull's Group President and U.S. CEO, Anthony Denier, said the added access is intended to help investors respond to news outside standard sessions. The announcement was first reported by Finance Magnates.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Morning session | 7:30 a.m. To 9:25 a.m. Eastern Time, Monday to Friday |
| Afternoon session | 4:00 p.m. To 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday to Friday |
| Additional morning access | 1 hour and 55 minutes |
| Initial coverage | 24 stock options and five ETFs; 29 underlying stocks and ETFs |
| Share of options volume | CBOE puts the selection at 53% of US-listed options' average daily volume for the first nine months of 2026 |
What this means on the desk
The new hours create two additional periods for order entry, but do not amount to round-the-clock options trading. Operations teams should check that order controls, risk limits and customer-facing availability information reflect the separate morning and afternoon windows, including the limit-order requirement.
Webull has not named the execution platforms for these sessions or given a timetable for adding selected index options and more markets. Desks should establish how fills and unfilled orders will feed into position and P&L reconciliation, and ask which routing and reporting processes apply outside regular trading hours.
