MIAX Pearl® Options Trade Hours of Operation

TIME - U.S. ET ZONE

Description

 

5:00 AM - 6:59 AM

Start of System Hours

Dissemination of Start of Session message and multicast heartbeats over all market data feeds. Dissemination of symbol reference data over all market data feeds and retransmission services. 

 

7:00 AM

MIAX Express Order Interface Startup

Firms can connect to the MIAX Express Order Interface (MEO) and download products. Firms may not send any application messages until the Live Order Window (LOW) opens at 7:30 AM.

 

7:30 AM

Live Order Window (LOW)

Firms can connect to the FIX Gateway and MEO Interface to conduct pre-market order activity. All order activity during this time period WILL affect the live book.

 

Series Assignments

Market Makers can send daily Market Maker Series Assignments.

 

9:00 AM

Series Assignments

MIAX Pearl stops accepting Market Maker Series Assignments.

 

9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Trading Session for Equity Options (ends at 1:00 pm on early closing days)

MIAX Pearl stops accepting Orders and Quotes at the end of the Trading Session.

 

9:30 AM - 4:15 PM

Trading Session for Select ETF and Index Options (ends at 1:15 pm on early closing days)

MIAX Pearl stops accepting Orders and Quotes at the end of the Trading Session.

 

4:25 PM

End of Order Cancel Acceptance

MIAX Pearl will stop accepting cancels for orders (ends at 1:25 pm on early closing days).

 

4:25 PM - 5:00 PM

Dissemination of Nothing Done Messages (1:25 pm to 2:00 pm on early closing days)

Final trade corrections and clearing adjustments.

 

MIAX Pearl Options Holiday Calendar

Holiday20262027
New Year’s DayThursday, January 1stFriday, January 1st
Martin Luther King Jr. DayMonday, January 19thMonday, January 18th
Washington’s BirthdayMonday, February 16thMonday, February 15th
Good FridayFriday, April 3rdFriday, March 26th
Memorial DayMonday, May 25thMonday, May 31st
Juneteenth National Independence DayFriday, June 19thFriday, June 18th
(Juneteenth National 
Independence Day Observed)
Independence DayFriday, July 3rd
(Independence Day Observed)
Friday, July 5th
(Independence Day Observed)
Labor DayMonday, September 7thMonday, September 6th
Thanksgiving DayThursday, November 26th
Friday, November 27th *
Thursday, November 25th
Friday, November 26th **
ChristmasThursday, December 24th *
Friday, December 25th
Friday, December 24th
(Christmas Day observed)

 

 *2026: Each market will close early at 1:00 p.m. (1:15 p.m. for eligible options) on Friday, November 27, 2026 and Thursday, December 24, 2026.  All times are Eastern Time.        
       

 **2027: Each market will close early at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 26, 2027. All times are Eastern Time. 

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